Resolving the Organic Carbon Budget of a salmonid humic lake
Applications are invited for a full-time three year PhD research position in Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), Ireland, in conjunction with the Irish Marine Institute. The position can commence anytime up to Dec 2015 but preferably as soon as feasible.
Background
Waters draining peat catchments are generally coloured due to high levels of dissolved organic carbon. This carbon can represent the main carbon source to downstream lakes and therefore fuel the lake foodweb. Human activities have greatly modified global carbon exchange between the atmosphere, land and freshwater bodies in recent decades, including in peatland catchments.Knowledge about the redistribution of this carbon is crucial, not only to understand global cycling,but for mitigation and management in affected catchments. This project will investigate the carbon cycle in a humic catchment, building on work that already been undertaken in the Burrishoole catchment, Mayo.
Dundalk Institute of Technology
Requirements
Applicants should have a good primary degree (First or Upper Second Class Honours) or M.Sc. in an appropriate discipline (e.g. Environmental Science, Environmental Biology, Biology). The successful candidate should possess a knowledge of catchment processes, have some lab-based experience inwater or sediment analysis, a knowledge of multivariate statistical analysis, and be highly selfmotivated. NOTE: A full EU driving licence is also essential.
Award
Funding is through a Marine Institute Cullen Fellowship and provides a 3-year stipend of €16,000 per annum plus fees (appropriate for EU students studying at DkIT) and the position can commence anytime up to Dec 2015 but preferably as soon as feasible. The student will primarily be based in the Marine Institute facility in Burrishoole, Newport, Co. Mayo, and will also use the facilities of the Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies, Dundalk Institute of Technology. The successful candidate will be registered as a full time research student in DkIT, working under the supervision of Dr Eleanor Jennings (DkIT), and Dr Elvira de Eyto (Marine Institute, Newport). The PhD degree will be awarded by Dublin City University (DCU), and the student will also be a member of the DCU-DkIT Graduate School.
For informal enquires in relation to the position please contact: Dr Eleanor Jennings ([email protected]) Centre for Freshwater and Environmental Studies
Department of Applied Sciences, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland.
Application Procedure
Submit an electronic copy of Curriculum Vitae and a letter of interest simultaneously to the DkIT
Research Office at[email protected] by the 4th September 2015 at 5pm
Applications are invited for a full-time three year PhD research position in Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT), Ireland, in conjunction with the Irish Marine Institute. The position can commence anytime up to Dec 2015 but preferably as soon as feasible.
