澳大利亚西悉尼大学招收微生物生态学博士后
Appointment: 3 year appointment and reappointment thereafter pending funding availability
Level: Academic Level A Step 3
School/Office: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
College/Division: Academic and Research Division
The newly-formed Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at the University of Western Sydney conducts fundamental and applied research in a range of areas that include soil microbiology, plant-soil interactions, genomics and bioinformatics, plant physiology, climate change biology, and plant-environment interactions.
A Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Microbial Ecology is available for an active, dynamic individual with expertise in soil carbon and green house gas analyses, and/or molecular microbial ecology research. The candidate will conduct research into the microbial modulators of soil carbon storage under grain-based farming ecosystems. The successful candidate will therefore require both molecular microbial ecology skills as well as skills in establishing laboratory microcosms.
The position is funded by a Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) grant and is available for 3 years with the possibility of extension thereafter pending funding availability.
The position will be based at the Hawkesbury Campus at Richmond, New South Wales, Australia.
Web: www.uws.edu.au/hawkesburyinstitute
Remuneration Package: Academic Level A Step 3 $77,140 AUD p.a. plus 17% Superannuation and Leave Loading
Position Enquiries: Associate Professor Brajesh Singh, +61 2 4570 1329 or b.singh@uws.edu.au
Closing Date: 17 August 2012
How to Apply: Go to the web site http://uws.nga.net.au/cp/ and scroll to the job reference 733/12. Click on the reference number and follow the instructions at the bottom of the page on ‘How To Apply’.
