[Aqualist] PhD scholarship on Subantarctic diatom time series (Australian/NZ residents only)

[Leanne Armand]

Dear All,

We have an opening for a new PhD Scholarship In the Marine and Coastal
Phytoplankton Laboratory here in Sydney at Macquarie University. We can not
accept international applicants only those who are considered domestic.
Closing date is 31 July 2013.

Please see the project details below, which are also found on the website:
http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/scholarships/hdr_scholarships_domestic_candidates_only

Project Name: Grass of the Oceans: quantifying biodiversity, environmental
and climatic connectivity from a decade-long capture of Southern Ocean
diatoms

A full time PhD Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship
(MQRES) is available for a suitably qualified candidate to work on the
project “Grass of the Oceans: quantifying biodiversity, environmental and
climatic connectivity from a decade-long capture of Southern Ocean diatoms”
within the Department of Biological Sciences. The overarching project is
co-funded by Macquarie University and the Australian Antarctic Division
grant to Dr Leanne Armand and will be co-supervised with the associated
post-doc Dr Andrés Rigual-Hernández.
An Australian sediment trap program was launched between the Roaring 40's
and Furious 50's in 1997. The three aligned sites were defined by varying
nutrient, physical and carbon export properties. Diatoms, the grass of the
oceans, signify the frontier between the environment and the food web. The
decade-long data stream of these microscopic carbon-capture agents,
ensnared by the traps, is central to our typifying their biodiversity,
identifying weekly, monthly and seasonal cycles, detecting migrations and
identifying the connectivity to climatic change integral to future
modelling efforts.

The successful PhD student will collaborate with Dr Armand and the
postdoctoral researcher Dr Rigual-Hernández in the study of the sediment
trap time series. The PhD student will be trained in sample preparation for
microscopy analysis, polar diatom identification and statistical analyses.
Their work will be focused on one single site to assist with completing the
full time-series at all locations.
The outcomes of the work will provide the first evidence of species
succession and interannual variability from the Sub-Antarctic Zone in the
Australian sector of the Southern Ocean.

For further information and inquiries in the first instance, please contact
Dr Leanne Armand and/or Dr Rigual Hernández, email:leanne.armand at mq.edu.au
 / andres.rigualhernandez at mq.edu.au <leanne.armand at mq.edu.au>, phone:+61 2
9850 8351 / +61 2 9850 6296

The 2013 MQRES full-time stipend rate is $24,653 pa tax exempt for 3.5
years.

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 the
Applications<http://www.hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/research_degrees/applications>
page
for further application instructions. Macquarie University will advise the
successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

*Please quote the appropriate allocation number 2013116 on your application
form.*
Kind regards,
Leanne Armand

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NEW! Lab website: https://sites.google.com/site/marinephytoplanktonlab/home
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Dr Leanne Armand
Senior Researcher/Lecturer Biological Oceanography
Co-Director Marine Science Degree
Climate Futures at Macquarie - Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
North Ryde, NSW, 2109.
Australia.

E-mail: leanne.armand at mq.edu.au
Ph: +61 (0)2 9850 8351
Fax: + 61 (0)2 9850 8245

Location: Building E8C, Room 157.

LAB WEBSITE
https://sites.google.com/site/marinephytoplanktonlab/home

OTHER PROFILES
http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/about/staff/person.htm?id=larmand
http://mq.academia.edu/LeanneArmand
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-9004-2009

Read about the KEOPS 2 mission at :
http://www.climatefutures.mq.edu.au/keops2-mission/
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