Deadline: 15 August 2016
Open to: candidates holding PhD in environmental sciences
Fellowship: full-time employment for a maximum of two years

Description

The Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) is a multidisciplinary department that gathers scientists from diverse fields in the natural sciences to study environmental phenomena with some 220 faculty, researchers, doctoral students and support staff from over 30 countries. The research spans across five major areas: chemical contaminants, atmospheric aerosols, biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients, ecotoxicology, and analytical chemistry. Extensive facilities for chemical analysis, particle characterization and aquaria experimentation as well as several modelling platforms and research stations are key to our research.

Project description

The overarching goal for this project is to entangle how anthropogenic emissions of Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP), aerosols (including sulfate, black carbon and organic carbon), methane and other ozone forming pollutants from different regions of the world affect the global climate and specifically the Arctic. The purpose is twofold; firstly to investigate the key processes behind the Arctic amplification which is not well understood and secondly to quantify how much anthropogenic SLCP emission reductions in different regions of the world affect the climate in different parts of the world and specifically the Arctic.

Eligibility

• Applicants are expected to hold a Swedish doctoral degree, or an equivalent degree from another country;
• The successful applicant will be selected based on documented knowledge relevant for the area of study;
• An exam within a relevant discipline, a strong mathematical, physical and computational background, and a comprehensive understanding of climate processes will be considered as merits;
• A good command of English is required.

Costs

The applicant will be employed full-time at the hosting institution for a maximum of two years with the possibility to extend the contract under special circumstances. Start date 1 September or as per agreement.

How to apply?

The applicant should fill in the online application following the instructions. Please include the following information in the application:

• Cover letter describing:
  – why you are interested in the field/project described in the advertisement
  – what makes you suitable for the project in question
• CV – degrees and other completed courses, work experience and a list of publications;
• Copy of PhD diploma;
• Publications in support of your application (no more than 3 files).

The deadline for application is 15 August 2016. For more information open the official call.