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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Ph.D. Student Position – Perturbations impacts on lake food webs studied from paleo-ecological methods

A Ph.D. position is available to study the impacts, over the last 200 years, of human perturbations on lake food webs using paleo-ecological methods. This PhD project is part of a larger program funded by the French National Research Agency, gathering sedimentologists, biogeochemists and ecologists. Research will involve lab and field work and would require a multi-disciplinary perspective.

The student will be working under the supervision of Dr. Marie-Elodie Perga, at the Alpine Research Center for Lake Food Webs (UMR CARRTEL) of the National Institute for Agronomical Research, in Thonon les Bains, France. This position will provide diverse opportunities for field and laboratory work, integration of field results and long-term monitoring data, and collaborative work within a large multi-disciplinary network program.

For more information, applicants should contact Dr Perga. Applicants should submit a C.V. indicating previous research experience, unofficial copies of university transcripts (undergraduate and graduate as appropriate) and a brief statement of scientific interests to: Dr. Marie-Elodie Perga, Station d’Hydrobiologie Lacustre, UMR CARRTEL INRA, 75 Avenue de Corzent BP 511, 74203 Thonon les Bains Cedex, France. Phone : +33 (0)4 50 26 78 18. Applicants are not required to be French speaking. Applications should be sent preferably by email at: perga@thonon.inra.fr.

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