Norwegian Polar Institute seeks Researcher
Arctic Marine Ecosystem-Modeling
Tromso, Norway
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) seeks an arctic marine ecosystem-modeling
researcher. The position is permanent and based in Tromso, Norway.
The position will be part of a marine ecological group within the Centre for Ice,
Climate and Ecosystems (ICE) at NPI. The goal of the research is to use modeling
to improve understanding of the arctic marine ecosystem as influenced by physical
factors and processes in an era of rapid climate change.
The successful applicant will participate in ongoing research of ecosystem
processes associated with arctic sea ice and oceanic systems in Svalbard waters
and the Arctic Ocean and contribute to development of numerical ice-oceanecosystem model tools for this region. Other aspects of ecosystem-modeling could
include marine production, energy flow, trophic levels, carbon flux, ocean
acidification effects, and bioaccumulation of contaminants in arctic marine food
chains. The modeling research will be an important contribution to implementation
of ecosystem-based management in the Arctic.
Applicants should have formal competence as a PhD, or equivalent, and experience
in ecosystem models, preferably as part of integrated 3D numerical model systems.
Good quantitative skills and competence in statistics are also needed. Applicants
should have experience in ecological models or biological oceanography and be
prepared to work closely with researchers in ice physics and oceanography.
The successful candidate should be well connected within national and
international research networks; have a good publication record in relevant
international journals, including publications from modeling work; and a capacity
for retrieving research funding.
Application deadline: Monday, 15 October 2012.
Applications should include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, university
transcripts, letters of reference, and the names of three references.
Applications should be submitted electronically via:
www.jobbnorge.no.
For further information, including a full job description and instructions on how
to apply, please go to:
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=86628.
Or contact:
Harald Steen
Email: steen@npolar.no
Phone: +47 7775 0531
Haakon Hop
Email: Haakon.Hop@npolar.no
Phone: +47 7775 0522
Nalan Koc
Email: nalan.koc@npolar.no
Phone: +47 7775 0654