Researcher in Environmental Science - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Interdisciplinary research project on impacts on carbon pools and greenhouse gas exchanges during the early vegetation recovery years after a forest fire

To date, very little is known on the impact of wildfires on Sweden's boreal forest and soil ecosystems, and their feedback on the climate, particularly regarding the early post-fire recovery years. This gap creates a large uncertainty in national and global carbon budgets and impairs the predictions of climate models. Our project addresses this knowledge gap by assessing post-fire and forest management impacts by means of collecting crucial data on forest carbon stocks, and greenhouse gas (GHG) and energy budgets.

Duties
The researcher will prepare and execute field surveys, handle and process data of manual and automated GHG measurements, determine key drivers of GHG fluxes, and publish results in high-quality journals. The post is based in Lund, but includes fieldwork in central Sweden.

Qualifications

Requirements

• A PhD, or an international degree deemed equivalent to a PhD, with a focus on Environmental Science, completed no more than 3 years ago.
• A publication record commensurate with the career stage
• Excellent knowledge in carbon cycling and GHG budgeting
• Proficiency in both written and spoken English
• Demonstrated proficiency in programming languages: Matlab, ArcGIS
• Excellent communication skills, ability to work in a team but also independently, and to complete activities on time

Merits

• Experience to independently plan and carry out field surveys, including GHG soil chamber measurements and possibly UAV surveys
• Demonstrated knowledge in forest fire research and remote sensing approaches
• Experience in multivariate statistics or spatio-temporal analysis, e.g. mixed effects modelling, time-series analysis, image analysis, empirical GHG modelling
• Demonstrated skills in handling and analysis of large datasets
• Swedish driver's license

Terms of employment
Fixed-term employment, 100% of a full-time for 18 months. Contact person is Natascha Kljun, Professor +46 46 222 47 31, natascha.kljun@cec.lu.se

Instructions on how to apply
Applications shall be written in English and be compiled into a PDF-file containing:

• résumé/CV, including a list of publications
• a general description of past research and future research interests (no more than three pages)
• contact information of at least two references
• copy of the doctoral degree certificate, and other certificates/grades that you wish to be considered.