Aurora

Employment Opportunities

PhD Position in marine Geology/Proxy Development - Lund, Sweden

This project has the overall goal to provide tools to study past bottom water deoxygenation, and advance the field of proxy calibration via a novel combination of biological processes and biomineralization studies. The project will use modern foraminifera from low-oxygen environments and study their geochemistry, perform mesocosm experiments with forams, and genetically characterize forams. This is a four-year fully paid PhD position and includes full Swedish social system benefits. International travel is an important part of the project. For more information and to apply, please see:

https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:191927/type:job/where:4/apply:1

Deadline March 7, 2018

Contact Prof. Helena L Filipsson (helena.filipsson@geol.lu.se) with questions.

Sessional Instructors Summer 2018, Department of Geography, SFU

All positions have a closing date of Monday March 12, 2018 at noon.

Applicants should submit an online application and supporting documents. The documents should include three  current letters of reference, including at least one from a department/school/program for which courses have been taught, unless the applicant recently taught for the Department of Geography. Further information is available on the Department of Geography Website. 

If you cannot submit an online application, we will accept your application in person at the Department of Geography office (RCB 7123). 

For questions and inquiries, please email the Chair’s Assistant at  geogsec@sfu.ca or contact the Manager, Academic and Administrative services at 778.782.2558 or geogmgr@sfu.ca.

 

Programs and Events

Impact of Sea-Level Rise from Past to Present (iSLR18)

August 26-29, 2018, Utrecht, Netherlands

This conference aims to facilitate scientific exchange between early-career researchers (ECRs) from a broad range of disciplines working with sea-level change. The conference will include two days of oral and poster presentations by ECRs, invited keynote lectures, a one-day field trip to the Rhine delta and Holland coastal plain with conference dinner, and a public ‘Science and Society’ evening event. The conference is open to ECRs who have obtained or expect to obtain their Ph.D. in 2010 or later. The conference is limited to 75 ECR participants.

For a full description of the sessions, see www.islr18.org.  For more information, please see here.

Grad Student and Early Career Training and Funding from LacCore/CSDCO

LacCore/CSDCO, supported by NSF, provides a wide range of training and support for early career researchers from the US and abroad.  We announce two important opportunities for 2018:

The Drilling and Coring Summer Institute (DCSI), a nine-day comprehensive training course for grad students, postdocs, and early-career researchers. This highly-rated, low-cost course will be offered twice in summer 2018. http://z.umn.edu/dcsi

The Visiting Grad Student Program (VGSP), a $1000 competitive travel grant for graduate students to visit LacCore/CSDCO with their cores and receive support and training from Facilities staff.  http://z.umn.edu/vgsp

The application deadline for both programs is March 16, 2018.

Please contact Amy Myrbo (amyrbo@umn.edu) with additional questions about either program.