[Sasnet] Fwd: PhD Fellowship - Geochemistry of Lake Sediments

[bonnie.a.b.blackwell at williams.edu]

----- Forwarded message from Martin Trauth <Martin.Trauth at GEO.UNI-POTSDAM.DE>
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    Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:31:15 +0200
    From: Martin Trauth <Martin.Trauth at GEO.UNI-POTSDAM.DE>
Reply-To: Martin Trauth <Martin.Trauth at GEO.UNI-POTSDAM.DE>
 Subject: PhD Fellowship - Geochemistry of Lake Sediments
      To: QUATERNARY at CLIFFY.UCS.MUN.CA

The Graduate School of Earth Sciences at Potsdam University, Germany
(DFG-GRK 1364, entitled "Shaping the Earth's surface in a variable  
environment: Interactions between tectonics, climate and biosphere in  
the African-Asian monsoonal region")

invites applications for

One PhD fellowship, available as of September 1, 2008.

The duration of the fellowship is for three years. A stipend of 1200  
EUR/month is offered to the PhD fellow contingent on successful   
completion of each academic year.

The Graduate School is an integral part of the Department of  
Geosciences at Potsdam University, co-hosted by the Departments of  
Biology, Physics, and Geoecology as well as the Alfred-Wegener- 
Institute for Polar and Marine Research (Potsdam) and the  
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam. The principal objective of research  
projects in the Graduate School is the investigation of the  
interaction between tectonics and climate in shaping the surface of  
Earth at different length and timescales. In addition, studying the  
impact of these processes on the biosphere is an integral part of this  
effort. The regional basis for this research program involves the  
India-Asia collision zone and the East African Rift System, both  
characterized by ongoing tectonism and the creation of pronounced  
relief contrasts during the Cenozoic. Both settings are influenced by  
the African-Asian Monsoon, which is highly variable on yearly,  
decadal, millennial, but also on geologic timescales and has left   
fundamental imprints in landscape evolution of these regions.

The PhD project will be in the field of low-temperature fluid/rock  
interaction and noble gas and stable isotope geochemistry applied to  
palaeoclimate reconstructions. We are seeking an individual with  
strong interests in isotope analytics and geochemical processes, who  
has also fieldwork experiences, as the sample material for this  
project is supposed to be collected in the East African Rift System.  
Candidates holding a diploma, MSc or BSc honours degree are invited to  
submit their applications in PDF format (including cover letter, CV,  
copies of relevant certificates, contact information of referees) via  
email to graduateschool at geo.uni-potsdam.de to the acting  
representative of the Graduate School:

Prof. Manfred Strecker, PhD
Institut für Geowissenschaften
Universität Potsdam
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24
D-14476 Potsdam
Germany

Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2008. Potsdam University is an  
equal opportunity employer. For additional information please contact  
PD Dr. Martin Trauth (E-Mail: trauth at geo.uni-potsdam.de), Dr. Nicole  
A. Stroncik (E-Mail: nicole at gfz-potsdam.de).

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Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Ph.D., F.G.S.A., F.G.A.C.
Director, RFK Science Research Institute, 
Research Scientist, Williams College
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