[Aqualist] PhD scholarship opportunity

[Patricia Fanning]

 Thinking about applying for an APA? Then please consider this:


 A 3 year PhD scholarship associated with ARC Linkage Project LP110100180
‘Enhancing cultural heritage management for mining operations: a
multi-disciplinary approach', is available in the Department of Environment
and Geography at Macquarie University.

*Please quote the allocation reference number LP110100180 on your
application form.*

Project Name: Enhancing Cultural Heritage Management for mining operations:
a multi-disciplinary approach.

Project Description:

Applications are sought from suitably qualified students (good Honours 1 or
Research Masters) with a background in geomorphology or other terrestrial
geoscience to join our multi-disciplinary international team of researchers
working on improving Cultural Heritage Management outcomes from mining
operations. The project is based at Weipa in Far North Queensland,
Australia, where our industry partner, RioTintoAlcan Pty Ltd, extracts
bauxite. The successful applicant will work with the Project Leader, A/Prof
Trish Fanning from Macquarie University, and Chief Investigator, Dr Craig
Sloss from Queensland University of Technology, to investigate landscape
change along the coastal estuarine margins of the Mission, Pine, Hey and
Embley Rivers. Developing a chronology of landscape change, using Optically
Stimulated Luminescence, Amino Acid Racemisation and other dating
techniques, is a key component of the research. These outputs will be
integrated with archaeological and palaeoenvironmental data to understand
past human-environment interactions, and contribute to Cultural Heritage
Management.

Collaborating institutions include the Australian National University, the
Queensland University of Technology, the University of Auckland, the Waikato
University Radiocarbon Laboratory, and the University of York, UK, and the
successful applicant will have opportunities to work with leading
researchers from those institutions.

Prospective applicants should, in the first instance, submit a CV, including
current email address and phone number, to the principal supervisor:
Associate Professor Trish Fanning, email: patricia.fanning at mq.edu.au,
telephone: +61 (0)2 9850 7979, with a statement of interest and background
relevant to the proposed project.

The 2011 APAI full-time stipend rate is $27,651 pa, tax free. The stipend is
indexed to increase each year and is initially available for 3 years.
Generous project support funding is also provided by Macquarie University.

Applicants will need to complete a candidature/scholarship application form
and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Higher
Degree Research Office. Refer to:
http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/applications for further
application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the successful
applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.
-- 
Associate Professor Patricia (Trish) Fanning
Associate Dean, Higher Degree Research
Faculty of Science
Geomorphologist
Graduate School of the Environment
Macquarie University, NSW, 2109
Australia
patricia.fanning at mq.edu.au
V: +612 98507979
F: +612 98509102




-- 
Associate Professor Patricia (Trish) Fanning
Associate Dean, Higher Degree Research
Faculty of Science
Geomorphologist
Graduate School of the Environment
Macquarie University, NSW, 2109
Australia
patricia.fanning at mq.edu.au
V: +612 98507979
F: +612 98509102