Programs and Events

Sun Run 2019

Join the EOAS Sun Run Team!  The 10 km race is Sunday, April 14, 2019.  Register before February 15^th for $49; $59 after. Click here for information about how to register. We also need a logo for our t-shirts. Please send your design ideas to Roger (head@eoas.ubc.ca).
 

Employment Opportunities

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Marine Sciences Department, University of Connecticut

The Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut (UConn) invites applications for a 9-month, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the area of physical oceanography.  We seek candidates with physical oceanographic expertise that can include turbulence, waves, air-sea interaction, and physical ocean dynamics.  Preference will be given to those who apply observations to studying processes controlling mass, momentum, and energy transfer across boundaries (atmosphere and benthic), across density fronts, and throughout the ocean interior.  Competitive candidates should have experience in the development and use of modern measurement technologies, data analysis, and in the advancement of theory. 

The Department of Marine Sciences (www.marinesciences.uconn.edu) has 20 tenure-track faculty members, 4 research professors, and an average enrollment of 45 graduate students and 70 undergraduate majors. The department and its faculty have state of the art research facilities including the R/V Connecticut, smaller vessels, other field instrumentation systems (buoys, gliders, ROVs), computational resources, analytical instrumentation facilities, and research laboratories which support a strong record of research excellence.  The department is centered at the Avery Point campus, located on the coast in southeastern Connecticut. Opportunities for collaboration exist with faculty in physical, biological, chemical, and geological oceanography, meteorology, and in other departments throughout the university.

UConn is the top ranked public university in New England, and among the top public universities nationwide.  UConn is in the midst of a transformational period of growth supported by the $1.7B Next Generation Connecticut (https://nextgenct.uconn.edu) and a bold new Academic Plan: Path to Excellence (https://academicvision.uconn.edu).  We are pleased to continue these investments by inviting applications for this faculty position in the Department of Marine Sciences at the rank of Assistant Professor.

For more information and how to apply, please see here.
 

Research Fellow in Ocean Biogeochemistry, National Oceanography Centre Southampton

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled individual to undertake a programme of research within a NERC funded project investigating the biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean. The recruited Post-Doctoral Research Fellow will work on the influence of iron and other environmental conditions on phytoplankton community composition and elemental stoichiometry as a key component of the wider project ‘Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits of Antarctic Remineralisation’ (CUSTARD: https://roses.ac.uk/custard/), which itself forms part of the broader NERC RoSES programme (https://roses.ac.uk/) . 

Biogeochemical processes within the Southern Ocean form a key component of the global carbon cycle. However significant uncertainties remain concerning the controls on phytoplankton growth and consequent elemental cycling which form a major component of this system. Within this context, CUSTARD aims to collect, analyse and interpret new data within an important and highly under-sampled region.

You will have a PhD* or equivalent professional qualifications and experience in some field relating to biological and/or biogeochemical oceanography. You would be expected to participate in the project’s dedicated research cruise to the Pacific sector of the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean in late 2019, subsequently leading analysis and dissemination of key aspects of this research. Knowledge or experience in at sea experimental work, trace metal clean sampling, phytoplankton photosynthetic physiology and/or at sea primary production measurements would be advantageous.

You will work at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton in Ocean and Earth Sciences and join an active group studying the role of phytoplankton in the global oceans and links to the cycles of carbon and nutrients in the Earth system.

This post is available until the 30/04/2021 from April 2019.

Postdoctoral Positions in Isotope Geochemistry and Contaminant Hydrogeology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto

Postdoctoral fellows in earth sciences, hydrogeology, environmental chemistry, isotope geochemistry and/or microbiology sought for research projects in compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) to investigate the fate and transport of hydrocarbon contaminants in the subsurface and at the groundwater-surface water interface.  Novel instrumental approaches have been developed that target discharge zones between groundwater and surface waters and enable application of CSIA at fine spatial scale across this important redox transition zone.  Through a combination of field, laboratory and modelling approaches we hope to explore the controls of diffusion, advective transport, sorption and biodegradation on contaminant profiles and isotopic signatures with the goal of refining the ability of CSIA to address biodegradation rates at contaminated sites for a variety of important hydrocarbon pollutants impacting soils, groundwaters, surface waters and the atmosphere. Active collaborations and interactions with industry partners and international collaborators provide an enriching and rewarding intellectual environment.

Applicants please send a detailed CV, statement of research interests and potential fit to the team, along with 3 letters of recommendation directly to:         

Dr. B. Sherwood Lollar
Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
22 Russell Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3B1 Canada
Tel: 416-978-0770
Email:  

Due Date: Position is open immediately and will remain open until the position(s) are filled.

Postdoctoral Positions available in Fluid-Rock Interactions and Investigation of Deep Subsurface Life  - Stable Isotope Laboratory, University of Toronto

One or more postdoctoral positions are available for research projects on the origin, residence times and geochemical signatures of deep crustal fluids and the subsurface microbial communities that are sustained by water-rock reactions in the deep Earth. Field, laboratory and modelling opportunities are available to extend the existing program to explore the implications of our work on Earth analogs to the search for life on the rocky bodies and ocean worlds of our solar system. Applicants with a PhD in geochemistry, geobiology, chemistry or related disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Summary of Current Research Program: Research on fracture fluids 1-3 km deep in Precambrian Shield rocks across Canada, Fennoscandian, South Africa and Brazil has revealed that such subsurface fluids rich in dissolved substrates such as hydrogen and methane sustain subsurface microbiology communities akin to those discovered at the hydrothermal vents (Sherwood Lollar et al., 2002 Nature; Sherwood Lollar et al., 2006 Chemical Geology, Sherwood Lollar et al., 2014 Nature; Li et al., 2016 Nature Communications). New collaborations in clumped methane isotope analysis are providing innovative models for delineating biotic and abiotic sources of methane (Etiope & Sherwood Lollar, 2013, Wang et al., 2015, Young et al., 2017; Giunta et al., 2018). By incorporating novel stable isotope techniques with conservative noble gas tracers, the extreme antiquity of these hydrogeologically ancient fracture waters has been demonstrated - with residence times ranging from tens of millions of years in the Witwatersrand basin (Lippmann-Pipke et al., 2011 Chemical Geology) to billions of years in the Timmins mine in Northern Ontario Canada (Holland et al., 2013 Nature, Warr et al., 2018 GCA). A diverse team of researchers at the Stable Isotope Lab, University of Toronto along with international collaborators are extending these findings through interdisciplinary studies across the breadth of geoscience, geobiology and planetary science and astrobiology. 

If the excitement of subsurface exploration for deep fluids and subsurface life appeals to you, do apply to join our team!

Applicants please send a detailed CV, statement of research interests and potential fit to the team, along with 3 letters of recommendation directly to:         

Dr. B. Sherwood Lollar
Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto
22 Russell Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3B1  Canada
Tel: 416-978-0770
Email:  

Due Date: Position is open immediately and will remain open until the position(s) are filled.

Assistant Professor Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Central Asia

Staff Associate position, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory seeks a full-time Staff Associate to oversee day-to-day operation of the organic geochemistry laboratory.  Oversee general operation and maintenance of the facility, including ordering supplies, billing lab users, and handling EH&S compliance with oversight from laboratory PIs.  Operate and conduct maintenance and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment/instrumentation including but not limited to an Accelerated Solvent Extractor, gas chromatographs, mass selective detector and other lab equipment and facilities. Provide training and oversight of laboratory users such as students, research assistants, postdocs, and visiting scientists in laboratory methods and instrument use.  Oversee and conduct sample analyses for lab users’ research projects, including method development, sample management, chemical analysis, oversight of research assistants’ work, and data reporting.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in geology, chemistry or a closely related discipline and four years of experience with organic geochemistry, laboratory protocols, and related instrumentation required or a Master’s degree in geology, chemistry or a closely related discipline and two years of experience with organic geochemistry, laboratory protocols, and related instrumentation. Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational skills. Must be independent and self-reliant and have excellent written and verbal communication skills; English skills required.

Appointments are made on a fiscal year basis and are eligible for renewal each July 1, contingent upon performance and funding.

Search will remain open for at least 30 days after the ad appears and will continue until the position is filled.

Please visit our online application site at:http://pa334.peopleadmin.com/postings/2071