Postdoctoral Researcher Coastal Ecosystem Functioning in a Changing Climate

Postdoctoral Researcher Coastal Ecosystem Functioning in a Changing Climate

SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Uppsala, Sweden

We have an exciting opportunity for a curious postdoctoral researcher with expertise in aquatic ecosystem ecology to contribute to our research on how land-sea interactions and climate change affect aquatic food webs.

About the position

The postdoc will quantify how warming and increasingly dark waters, caused by brown-coloured terrestrial organic matter, jointly affect coastal ecosystem functioning and service provisioning. The work will bridge ecology and biogeochemistry, integrating whole-ecosystem and mesocosm experiments with in-field measurements in the Baltic Sea.

Methods and tasks will be developed collaboratively to resolve how temperature and light variation influence habitat-specific and whole-ecosystem carbon metabolism and productivity, biomass distributions from plankton to fish, and resulting ecosystem services.

This position is part of a larger project on coastal ecosystem services and is a great opportunity to do and collaborate in frontier research on climate change effects on coastal ecosystems of high societal relevance.

The postdoc will lead and contribute to scientific publications while benefitting from ongoing research in our research groups at SLU in Uppsala and Umeå university, ranging from basal ecosystem metabolism to fish community dynamics.

Your profile

We seek highly motivated candidates with a PhD, preferably obtained within the past three years.

Documented expertise and skills in aquatic ecology and/or aquatic biogeochemistry are required, as are skills and experience in conducting independent aquatic fieldwork. Fluency in spoken and written English, experience in operating small boats, and a valid driver’s licence recognized for use in Sweden are also required.

Merits include expertise in foodweb ecology, biogeochemistry, and especially their combination. Proficiency in statistical analyses relevant to aquatic ecosystem ecology is expected. Additional merits include experience and skills in experimental design and laboratory work, as well as knowledge of plankton, invertebrate and/or fish ecology.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities and abilities to communicate and to cooperate in a team as well as to work and develop independently, including demonstrated independent scientific work.

Qualifications: At the time of appointment you have to hold a PhD degree in ecology, limnology, aquatic ecology, marine biology, biogeochemistry, or similar subject.