[DIALOGnews] January 12, 2007 DISCCRS News
Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Fri Jan 12 14:06:50 CST 2007
DISCCRS News
1/12/2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
New Book: The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping The World's Greatest
Challenge By Kirstin Dow and Thomas E Downing (Earthscan 2006)
http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/738/
groupID/4/categoryID/6/
Alaska Sea Grant - Funding Opportunity Available – (USA)
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/research/rfp/index.html
(see RESOURCES 1 below)
FORUM
Science creates jobs, saves lives, underlies our national and
economic security and improves our environment. Marty Apple,
Executive Director, Council of Scientific Society Presidents
(see FORUM 1 below)
SCIENCE NEWS
Climate Experts Worry as 2006 Is Hottest Year on Record in U.S.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/
AR2007010901949.html?referrer=email
Gov. Schwarzenegger's Bold Move on Global Warming
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/10/
MNGMPNG4LD1.DTL Or: http://tinyurl.com/yn5sn4
(see NEWS 1 below)
Agency Affirms Human Influence on Climate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/science/10climate.html Or:
http://tinyurl.com/ydl9lj
(see NEWS 2 below)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
ICES/PICES Early Career Scientist Conference. - June 26-29, 2007 -
Baltimore, Maryland (USA) - Call for international applicants.
http://www.pices.int/newfrontiers.aspx.
(see MEETING 1 below)
Climate Change and Vulnerability Conference - 13-14 February 2007 -
the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands)
www.upeace.org/climate/
(see CONFERENCE 1 below)
Short course – Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method (BMIN) -
March 8th and 9th, 12th-14th 2007 – London (UK)
(see MEETING 2 below)
JOBS
Station Manager - Mountain Lake Biological Station - University of
Virginia – southwest VA (USA)
http://mlbs.org/positions.html#MA
(see JOB 1 below)
Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Climate Change Ecology / Community
& Ecosystem Modeling - The Boston-Area Climate Experiment -
University of Massachusetts – Waltham, MA (USA)
http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu/bacepostdoc.html
(see JOB 2 below)
Research Asst. - Climate Change and Industry - Institute for European
Environmental Policy - Brussels (UK)
http://www.ieep.eu/aboutIEEP/jobs.php
(see JOB 3 below)
Instructors (part-time) - Science and society – Gallatin School of
Individualized Study – New York University – New York NY (USA)
http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/
(see JOB 4 below)
Asst. Prof. tenure track - Environmental Geophysics – Washington
State University, Vancouver Campus – Vancouver, WA (USA)
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm
(see JOB 5 below)
Lectureship (two permanent positions) - Biological Sciences -
University of Essex – Colchester (U.K.)
http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/joblist.htm#ac&t
(see JOBS 6 below)
Visiting Fellows Program - Center for Philosophy of Science -
University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburg, PA (USA)
http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm
(see JOB 7 below)
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Resources and Funding Opportunities
(RESOURCES 1) Alaska Sea Grant - Funding Opportunity Available – (USA)
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/research/rfp/index.html
Preliminary Proposal Deadline: Friday, 26 January 2006
Alaska Sea Grant, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration program, sponsors applied social, economic,
engineering, and biological research and is soliciting preliminary
research proposals for 2008-2010. Creative and rigorously conceived
research proposals are invited that will help the people of Alaska
better understand, conserve, and wisely use the state's marine,
estuarine, and coastal watershed resources.
At the above URL you will find downloadable versions of the
2004-2010 Alaska Sea Grant strategic plan, instructions for preparing
the preliminary proposal, the proposal review schedule, and
electronic versions of required forms.
Additional information regarding the submittal process can be
obtained by contacting Michele Frandsen (907-474-7088,
frandsen at ims.uaf.edu).
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Forum
(FORUM 1) Science creates jobs, saves lives, underlies our national
and economic security and improves our environment. Marty Apple,
Executive Director, Council of Scientific Society Presidents
Several important and experienced new chairs of Congressional
Committees in the 110th Congress told us at our December CSSP meeting
of the importance of being heard over the din of competing demands
that swamp members of Congress.
The new Congress appears to be ready to skip the legally required
budget and appropriation process and extend the Continuing Resolution
that limits the federal agencies to last year's budget. The impact of
this CR will be potentially offset in DoE and USDA by savings that
could be reallocated to research, (not yet acted upon) but in NSF,
where the long-awaited projected increases would be canceled, the
national impact will be very harmful: Peer reviewed excellent grant
proposals not funded, teams dispersing, top investigators taking jobs
elsewhere, even abroad, top grad students dropping out of science as
a career choice. None of these are acceptable means for the nation to
rise above the gathering storm..
Since the new Congress is just getting settled in, there is a
more significant impact right now, before they are flooded by local
lobbyists, to have our message about the importance of federal
research funding get through and be put on the table for action.
If we must have a CR, it must be amended to stimulate research and
protect and fund peer-reviewed research. Congress needs the will to
do it. Your voice can provide that will. CSSPs web site can help you
to contact them. No one will do it for you. Many brief letters can
make a big impact, but only if they are written and sent.
http://cssp.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=53
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Science News
(NEWS 1) Gov. Schwarzenegger's Bold Move on Global Warming
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/10/
MNGMPNG4LD1.DTL Or: http://tinyurl.com/yn5sn4
San Francisco Chronicle - California will create the world's
first global warming pollution standard for transportation fuels,
ratcheting down fuel carbon content 10 percent by 2020 under a plan
put forward by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday in his State of the
State address.
The new standard could have implications for the auto industry
and change the way gasoline is produced around the globe.
Environmentalists hailed it as a way to reduce one of the state's
chief sources of greenhouse gas emissions and kick-start fledgling
alternative fuel technologies.
"This is a big deal. This policy will be noticed worldwide," said
Eric Heitz, president of the Energy Foundation, which monitors the
world's energy technology. Advocates of the proposal said competition
from alternative fuels and a reduction in dependence on oil would
prevent gasoline prices from rising, but oil companies said changing
the mix of fuels to reduce carbon emissions would carry a cost.
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(NEWS 2) Agency Affirms Human Influence on Climate
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/science/10climate.html Or:
http://tinyurl.com/ydl9lj
By ANDREW C. REVKIN (New York Times) - President Bush has said
it. A lot of government scientists have said it.
But until yesterday, it appeared that no news release on annual
climate trends out of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration under the Bush White House had said unequivocally that
a buildup of greenhouse gases was helping warm the climate.
The statement came in a release that said 2006 was the warmest
year for the 48 contiguous states since regular temperature records
began in 1895. It surpassed the previous champion, 1998, a year
heated up by a powerful episode of the periodic warming of the
tropical Pacific Ocean by El Niño. Last year, another El Niño
developed, but this time a long-term warming trend from human
activities was said to be involved as well.
"A contributing factor to the unusually warm temperatures
throughout 2006 also is the long-term warming trend, which has been
linked to increases in greenhouse gases," the release said,
emphasizing that the relative contributions of El Niño and the human
influence were not known.
A link between greenhouse gases and climate change was also made
in a December news conference by Dirk Kempthorne, the secretary of
the interior, as that agency proposed listing polar bears as
threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Still, the climate agency's shift in language came as a surprise
to several public affairs officials there. They said they had become
accustomed in recent years to having any mention of a link between
climate trends and human activities played down or trimmed when
drafts of documents went to the Commerce Department and the White
House for approval.
James L. Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on
Environmental Quality, said the release reflected longstanding views
within the administration.
"It's helpful for them to describe what is a question in many
people's minds — what is the human factor, what is the El Niño
factor," Mr. Connaughton said of the NOAA release. "From our
perspective, what was in the press release was a direct reflection of
what the president and folks in his administration have been saying
for some time."
Mr. Bush has made two speeches on climate. He first expressly
accepted that humans were contributing to global warming in a news
conference in Denmark in July 2005 on the way to an economic summit
in Scotland, saying, "Listen, I recognize that the surface of the
Earth is warmer and that an increase in greenhouse gases caused by
humans is contributing to the problem."
But the government's scientific bureaucracy, where public affairs
officials and scientists as recently as last year complained that
findings pointing to climate dangers were being suppressed, has taken
time to catch up.
There's been some sensitivity to the fact that some people have
complained that NOAA and other parts of the government haven't been
as open as they would like them to have been on this," said Jay
Lawrimore, a climatologist at the National Climatic Data Center in
Asheville, N.C., where the temperature trends are compiled. "Now NOAA
is making an effort to be clearer on some of the influences."
Mr. Lawrimore said there was no way to account for the trends, be
they the melting of Arctic sea ice or the warming of winters, without
including an influence from heat-trapping gases.
"Year after year as we continue to see warmer temperatures," he
said, "there are more and more converts convinced that it's not just
natural variability and not just something that's going to return
back to temperatures we saw 40 or 50 years ago — that in fact we are
doing something to the climate."
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
(MEETING 1) ICES/PICES Early Career Scientist Conference. - June
26-29, 2007 - Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
http://www.pices.int/newfrontiers.aspx.
Currently we have applications from scientists in Australia,
India, Japan, Norway, China, Russia, and U.S.A. We are hoping for
much wider representation. Would you please encourage early career
scientists in other countries to apply? There is no explicit age
limit, but the conference is intended to attract individuals with
research experience ranging from advanced stages of a Ph.D. program
up to postdoctoral researchers (with priority given to those with no
more than 5 years since obtaining a Ph.D.).
Room and Board provided. There will be no registration fee and
room and board will be covered for all selected conference
participants. In addition, travel funds will be provided to some
participants (based on need, number of applicants, and availability
of funds).
The conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, USA on June
26-29, 2007. Conference objectives are to share knowledge, develop
contacts and collaborations among early career scientists that will
persist for decades, and establish personal and institutional
networks that will advance our understanding of the marine
environment. January 15, 2007 is the deadline for pre-registration.
(CONFERENCE 1) Climate Change and Vulnerability Conference - 13-14
February 2007 - the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands)
www.upeace.org/climate/
You are invited to participate in the Climate Change and
Vulnerability Conference to be held. This conference addresses the
need to build capacities for proactive local leadership to address
the risks of climate warming, particularly in vulnerable island and
coastal states.
The goals of the conference are: 1)Increase understandings of the
risks of climate change and options for adaptation 2) Design
university curricula that builds climate leadership and fosters local
adaptation 3) Develop partnerships among education, research and
training institutions
Climate warming and sea level rise present complex security risks
in every region of the world. For island and low-lying countries,
hazardous conditions include flooding, coastal erosion, salination of
fresh water resources, loss of biodiversity, drought, and extreme
weather events. Communities coping with poverty are particularly
vulnerable.
The Netherlands, a low-lying country where flood defense and
precautionary measures are the highest in the world, is the host
country for this international conference on climate change. This
venue offers a preeminent opportunity to exchange experiences and
learn from Dutch advocacy, participatory decision-making processes,
adaptation measures, and incentives for private sector stewardship.
To enhance local capacities for climate adaptation, distinguished
technical experts, policy makers, scholars, and community leaders
will engage in a variety of interactive learning activities. The
program includes guest speakers, working groups, panel discussions,
networking opportunities and resource displays.
Key questions to address during the conference include: 1) How to
mainstream climate issues and build adaptation capacities through
higher education? 2) How to integrate adaptation measures within
sustainable development projects? 3) How to foster the proactive
local implementation of adaptation policies? 4) How to engage the
private sector? 5) What are the applied research and evaluation
priorities?
The conference is unique in offering island and coastal
representatives a leadership role in the discussion of geographic and
cultural realities, coastal and water management issues, disaster
preparedness and response, emerging strategies and technologies, and
institutional cooperation. In addition, interactive sessions provide
opportunities to learn from those addressing climate issues in other
geographic areas.
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(MEETING 2) Short course – Biographic Narrative Interpretive Method
(BMIN) - March 8th and 9th, 12th-14th 2007 – London (UK)
The value of open-narrative interviewing and insightful
interpretation is widely recognised, but rather than having to invent
the wheel for themselves, many people welcome a systematic immersion
into principles and procedures that have been shown to generate high-
quality work.
Designed for Ph.D. students and professional researchers in
various pure and applied fields, the course provides a thorough
training in doing BNIM biographic narrative interviews, together with
hands-on experience of following BNIM Interpretation procedures.
Students develop a sense of how their own research projects might use
such aspects and components. Taught by Prue Chamberlayne and Tom
Wengraf in North London, the course’s small number of students
ensures close coaching and support for the intensive work that is
needed for you to fully acquire both the understanding of principles
and the practical capacity for proceeding with the systematic
practices involved in BNIM -- both for BNIM and for other types of
narrative interviewing and interpretation.
To get a copy of the Short Guide, to ask any questions or to book
a place, contact tom at tomwengraf.com. To reserve a place, you need to
send us a deposit. To get an early-bird discount, you need to pay
full cost by February 1st. Of the 6 places on the course, there are
currently 2 still available.
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Jobs
Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs
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planktonnet-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
Or, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/ and click on
'Join this group'
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(JOB 1) Station Manager - Mountain Lake Biological Station -
University of Virginia – southwest VA (USA)
http://mlbs.org/positions.html#MA
The Mountain Lake Biological Station Department of Biology,
University of Virginia is accepting applications for a resident
Station Manager to oversee daily operations. This position will
support the research, educational and outreach activities at the
Station and will work closely with the Associate Director, Director
and other faculty members, staff, students and visiting researchers.
MLBS is a 100-bed residential full-service biological field station
on 642 forested acres of a 4,000ft mountaintop in the rural
Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia – but just a half hour
drive west of Blacksburg Virginia (home of Virginia Tech.).
The Station Manager will provide a wide range of functions that
include managing station housing and dining operations and the
station office. Manager also provides technical, logistical, and
administrative support to research and teaching programs, supervises
summer staff, coordinates subcontracts and station projects, and
supervises general activities of the grounds. Manager oversees use of
laboratories, equipment, woodworking shop and vehicles. Candidate
should have knowledge of various technical, mechanical, and
administrative functions pertinent to supporting academic activities,
including basic laboratory skills, record keeping, library skills,
computer competency, skills and safety knowledge related to
biological fieldwork, vehicle safety and maintenance, and woodworking
shop skills. This position requires the ability to interact and
communicate positively with a large number of faculty, researchers,
students, and public associated with the station. The successful
candidate will have exceptional organizational skills, enjoy working
independently, be physically fit, willing to embrace physical labor,
a demanding work environment, and occasional long hours outside in
the field in all weather conditions. Manager must be able to take
primary day-to-day responsibility for field station operations during
much of the year when the Director and Associate Director are not in
residence, including irregular hours and weekend days as needed.
An understanding of field biology is desirable. A graduate degree
in biology or a related field with knowledge of field-based research
and teaching is desired. Experience at a field station or research
facility, and experience with experiential education, supervision,
managing or the hospitality industry will be useful. First aid, EMT,
CPR, or other medical and/or emergency training/certification would
be beneficial. Station Manager will report to the Associate Director.
On-site housing may be provided but residency on station grounds is
not required.
Annual Salary Range: $30,146 - $61,872
Application review will begin February 9, 2007 but the position
is open until filled. For more information or questions about the
position please contact Butch Brodie (Director
bbrodie at virginia.edu 434-243-1068) or Eric Nagy (Associate
Director enagy at virginia.edu 434-982-5486).
Official over-generic UVA HR posting link: http://
as400.hrs.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/db2www/jobs/ucdet06.mac/details?jva=AS%
20MLBS%20E09DA%20001
To apply: Submit a Virginia State Application
www.hrs.virginia.edu/employment/howtoapply.html to: University
Recruitment & Staffing, P.O. Box 400127 , Charlottesville , VA
22904-4127 , or fax to 434-924-6911. Please indicate position number
C2204. Please also send a cover letter and resume to: Director,
University of Virginia, Mountain Lake Biological Station, P.O. Box
400327, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4327, or fax to 434-982-5626, or
email attachment to bbrodie at virginia.edu.
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(JOB 2) Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Climate Change Ecology /
Community & Ecosystem Modeling - The Boston-Area Climate Experiment -
University of Massachusetts – Waltham, MA (USA)
http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu/bacepostdoc.html
In spring 2007, we plan to hire a postdoctoral researcher to
study and model how climate change will affect plant growth and
succession in old-field ecosystems. The postdoc will join a team of
researchers conducting the Boston-Area Climate Experiment (BACE).
The BACE seeks to understand responses of old-field ecosystems to a
variety of possible climatic changes. Located in Waltham,
Massachusetts (25 minutes from the UMass Boston campus), the
experiment exposes old-field plots to a gradient of warming (four
treatments) and altered precipitation regimes (three treatments),
both independently and in combination.
We seek a motivated individual to conduct both field research and
ecosystem modeling in the context of the BACE in collaboration with
the Moorcroft lab at Harvard University.
Applicants with previous experience in field-based ecosystem
research, development and application of individual-based forest
ecosystem models (gap- models), a background in community and/or
ecosystem ecology, and a strong interest in the effects of climate
change on the environment are strongly preferred. The successful
candidate will have strong writing and interpersonal skills, and a
solid statistical and mathematical background. Starting salary will
be approximately $38k/year plus benefits.
To apply, send a letter detailing your background, interests,
preferred start date, and professional goals (i.e., what you hope to
do after the postdoc), along with a CV, representative reprints, and
contact information for three professional references to: Jeff
Dukes, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Boston,
MA 02125 jeffrey.dukes at umb.edu
Review of applications will begin in February 2006 and continue
until the position is filled. The start date is somewhat flexible,
but ideally in June 2007. The position is funded by the National
Institute for Climatic Change Research, and is renewable annually for
up to three years. More information on the Dukes lab can be found at
http://www.ecosystems.umb.edu/.
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(JOB 3) Research Asst. - Climate Change and Industry - Institute for
European Environmental Policy - Brussels (UK)
http://www.ieep.eu/aboutIEEP/jobs.php
The Institute for European Environmental Policy currently has a
vacancy for a research assistant in the Climate Change Programme in
Brussels. The position would cover a range of issues associated with
climate change, clean energy systems, and industrial emissions, at
European level. The candidate should have an interdisciplinary,
scientific or engineering background, and be able to do policy
analysis in excellent written English.
All applications must reach us by Friday, 19 January 2007.
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(JOB 4) Instructors (part-time) - Science and society – Gallatin
School of Individualized Study – New York University – New York NY (USA)
http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/
NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study seeks part time
instructors to teach undergraduate interdisciplinary seminars in
science studies (25 students). We are open to a range of topic areas.
The proposed seminars should broadly fall under the rubric of
“science and society” and should consider an aspect of science in
relation to its historical, social, cultural, literary, and/or
philosophic context. The professor should have a PhD (or be a senior
graduate student) and have a background in some domain of science
studies. Proposals may be sent to Mary Witty (mary.witty at nyu.edu) or
Brad Lewis (bl466 at nyu.edu). For more information on Gallatin, please
see .
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(JOB 5) Asst. Prof. tenure track - Environmental Geophysics –
Washington State University, Vancouver Campus – Vancouver, WA (USA)
http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/default.htm
The Vancouver Campus of Washington State University invites
applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor
position in environmental geophysics. Area of research emphasis is
open, but candidates working on surface or shallow sub-surface
processes are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates must
demonstrate a high potential for establishment of an externally-
funded research program. Teaching duties are expected to consist of
two courses per year, to be spread across the curriculum (i.e.,
graduate, upper-division and lower-division/general education
undergraduate levels), plus mentoring graduate students and directing
graduate student research.
Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in a geophysics-related discipline
with primary expertise in environmental geophysics by date of hire.
Preferred Qualifications: demonstrated ability to develop and teach
undergraduate and graduate courses; successful externally-funded
research program; strong publication record; and ability to
contribute to WSU's diversity goals in research, teaching and/or
service. The successful candidate will have demonstrated ability to
conduct research or instruction in an interdisciplinary setting, to
mentor diverse students, to complement the strengths of existing
faculty in Vancouver, http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/
default.htm and elsewhere within WSU, and to help build a new
research and teaching program in Earth Systems Science.
WSU Vancouver offers both undergraduate and graduate programs and
is expected to double its student body (currently 2,300) and faculty
in the coming years, with science and engineering as an area of
emphasis. Research expectations and teaching loads are consistent
across the four WSU campuses. WSU, a Tier I research institution,
offers competitive salaries and start-up packages. WSU Vancouver is
located across the Columbia River from Portland, OR and offers
significant opportunities for research, a variety of neighboring
institutions and agencies for collaboration (e.g., the USGS Cascades
Volcanoes Observatory), and an excellent quality of life.
Send: 1) a cover letter discussing training and experience as
related to the required and preferred qualifications, 2) curriculum
vitae, 3) statement of research interests and accomplishments, 4)
statement of teaching philosophy and interests, 5) copies of two
publications, and 6) three letters of reference to: Stephen M.
Bollens, Environmental Geophysics Search , Washington State
University Vancouver, 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue, Vancouver, WA
98686-9600 (phone: 360-546-9116; fax: 360-546-9037)
Review of completed applications will begin on February 1, 2007 (this
is a revised posting).
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(JOBS 6) Lectureship (two permanent positions) - Biological Sciences
- University of Essex – Colchester (U.K.)
http://www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/joblist.htm#ac&t
1) Lectureship in marine or aquatic microbial biogeochemistry,
particularly with experience in carbon, nitrogen or sulphur cycling
in sediments, coastal environments or open water. (AC248) http://
www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/details/AC248W.htm
2) Lectureship in the area of physiological responses of cells
and organisms to environmental stress. We are looking for candidates
with experience in disease mechanisms, metalloproteins, molecular
cell biology, or signalling as related to radicals and oxidative
stress and the effects of high light, UVB and nutrient limitation of
microalgal photosynthesis, motility and calcification, salinity and
temperature stress on bacterial and archaeal communities, and climate
change impacts (bleaching, thermal stress) on corals and coral
endosymbionts. Candidates with research interests that complement
our cross-disciplinary centre for radicals and oxidative stress
(CROSS) are particularly encouraged to apply (AC246/7) http://
www.essex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/details/AC246W.htm
Both positions are permanent, with a salary range of £32,795-
£39,160 per annum. Further details and application forms are
available on the Personnel web links.
Closing date for Applications, 29th January 2007.
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(JOB 7) Visiting Fellows Program - Center for Philosophy of Science -
University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburg, PA (USA)
http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/visiting_fellows_program.htm
The Basics: Visiting the Center for a term or a two-term academic
year is easily done through the Visiting Fellows Program and we
encourage all interested philosophers of science to apply.
Visiting Fellows are provided:
* A centrally located office on the 8th floor of the Cathedral of
Learning, an international educational landmark; a computer (Windows
or Mac) with a standard suite of software; library privileges in
Hillman Library, whose Archives of Scientific Philosophy houses
papers of many leading, modern philosophers of science; on-line
services, including email and access to electronic journals; and some
minimal office support.
* A full calendar of talks, workshops, conferences and other
activities; access (with instructor permission) to graduate seminars
taught in the Departments of Philosophy and History and Philosophy of
Science; and the company of other Visiting Fellows, Resident Fellows
in many departments of the University of Pittsburgh, and Center
Associates drawn from other universities in the Pittsburgh area.
* A stimulating and friendly environment in which to hear about
philosophy of science, to talk about philosophy of science, to think
about philosophy and to create philosophy of science.
* A supplementary stipend of $1000-$1200 per month.
Visiting Fellows have no formal duties. They are expected to
pursue their own research, to give a lunchtime talk, to participate
in the intellectual life of the Center, by attending talks and
discussions, to reside in Pittsburgh and to make daily use of their
offices. Many Fellows are pleasantly surprised by the city of
Pittsburgh and enjoy exploring it and the surrounding countryside.
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