[Aqualist] 2 PhD positions (Palaeoecology) available in Melbourne, Australia

[Michael-Shawn Fletcher]

A call for 2 PhD positions in Palaeoecology based in Melbourne, Australia
This is a call for 2 high calibre graduates who are interested in
palaeoenvironmental, ecological and palaeoclimate research.  Applications
are invited for 2 PhD positions in the Palaeoenvironmental Research Team
(PERT) in the Department of Resource Management and Geography at the
University of Melbourne, Australia.  PERT is a dynamic research team that
employs a wide array of palaeoenvironmental proxies to reconstruct past
changes, including lake sediment analyses, speleothem research and
geomorphology.  PERT has four well resourced laboratories at its disposal
and is committed to cutting edge research driven by fundamental research
questions.

Successful applicants will commence in March 2014 and will secure a
scholarship top-up (up to $7000 AUD p/a), relocation assistance (up to
$4000AUD for international students) and will be in receipt of substantial
project operating funds to ensure the collection of high quality data. The
PhD candidates will develop original research that investigates the role of
the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in governing wildfire occurrence and in
driving ecological and landscape processes in southeast Australia over the
last 12,000 years using state-of-the-art multi-proxy lake sediment analysis
(microfossil, charcoal, particle-size, geochemistry, stable isotope and
geochronological analyses).

For more information please contact Dr. Michael-Shawn Fletcher
-msfl at unimelb.edu.au

Department of Resource Management and Geography
Department of Resource Management and Geography (DRMG) at the University of
Melbourne is a high quality cross-disciplinary department that combines
disciplines in Geography Resource Management.  DRMG has expertise in
investigating the complex processes that shape our world by combining the
study of the physical and social sciences, and considering the impact of
existing systems on the environment and people.

The University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne will offer an Australian Postgraduate Award
stipend, or equivalent for international students ($25,392AUD p/a), to those
who score above 85 on their internal ranking system.  The University of
Melbourne lies in the heart of thriving city of Melbourne.  Established in
1853, the University of Melbourne is a public-spirited institution that
makes distinctive contributions to society in research, learning and
teaching and engagement. It’s consistently ranked among the leading
universities in the world, with international rankings of world universities
placing it as number 1 in Australia and number 28 in the world (Times Higher
Education World University Rankings 2012-2013).  


The city of Melbourne 
The city of Melbourne has been ranked as the world’s most liveable city in
ratings published by the Economist Group’s Intelligence Unit (in 2011 and
2012). It has also been ranked in the top ten Global University Cities by
RMIT’s Global University Cities Index (since 2006) and the top 20 Global
Innovation Cities by the 2thinknow Global Innovation Agency (since 2007).
Often referred to as the “cultural capital of Australia”, Melbourne is the
birthplace of cultural institutions such as Australian film (as well as the
world’s first feature film), Australian television, Australian rules
football, the Australian impressionist art movement (known as the Heidelberg
School) and Australian dance styles such as New Vogue and the Melbourne
Shuffle. It is also a major centre for contemporary and traditional
Australian music.

Dr Michael-Shawn Fletcher
Department of Resource Management and Geography

The University of Melbourne
221 Bouverie Street, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
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