[Aqualist] PhD opportunity at JCU

[Bird, Michael]

If you could please pass the opportunity below to any interested students I’d appreciate it.


PhD opportunity in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction at James Cook University
As part of an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship, Professor Michael Bird is seeking to appoint a PhD student in the general areas of sedimentology, geochemistry and/or palynology. The Laureate project will produce terrestrial records of environmental change before, during and after the arrival of humans in Australian tropical savannas. These records will be extracted from sediments accumulated in newly identified sinkholes in the northern Australia. Sediment cores will be used to develop palaeoenvironmental records of changes in water balance, vegetation type and fire activity.
The PhD scholarship includes a stipend for 3 years currently valued at AUD$31296 p.a. with costs associated with travel, fieldwork and laboratory analysis covered by the project. Applicants with a Masters Degree or a First Class Honours degree and an appropriate background in Earth Sciences, Physical Geography or Archaeology should contact Michael Bird for further information.  (michael.bird at jcu.edu.au<mailto:michael.bird at jcu.edu.au> ; http://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/michael.bird)
Closing date for expressions of interest:  June 30th, 2016
Start date: as soon as possible.

Professor Michael Bird FRSE
ARC Laureate Fellow
mailing: College of Science, Technology and Engineering, James Cook University
PO Box 6811 Cairns Queensland, 4870, Australia
deliveries: C/- CSTE Office, Bldg A2. Room 227, James Cook University,
Macgregor Road, Smithfield Qld 4878 Queensland, Australia
Phone:  +61-7-4232-1137
Fax: +61-7-4232-1284
email: michael.bird at jcu.edu.au<mailto:michael.bird at jcu.edu.au>
http://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/michael.bird
https://research.jcu.edu.au/tess


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