24 Nov 2023
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
FAPESP - São Paulo Research Foundation- Research Field
Environmental science- Researcher Profile
Established Researcher (R3)- Country
Brazil- Application Deadline
11 Dec 2023 - 23:59 (UTC)- Type of Contract
To be defined- Job Status
Not Applicable- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
This research is hosted by the University of São Paulo's Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA-USP) in Piracicaba, Brazil, and aims to map and quantify the environmental factors, especially “fire”, that drive the spatial variation of soil organic carbon (SOC) and its “pyrogenic” fraction (PyC) in the Amazon.
It is based on 2 objectives:
1. Modeling baseline SOC and persistent SOC in intact forests. Consolidate field and literature data on the storage of SOC, PyC and SOC isotopes in the Amazon, in intact forest plots;
2. Factors of SOC change in HMFs (Human Modified Forests). Quantify contemporary change in SOC stocks and protected and labile fractions after fire and over time in FMHs encompassing land use, fire severity, soil physicochemical properties, and climate.
This PD position requires skills in the field of Earth System Sciences, with experience in analysis and interpretation of SOC, CPi, δ13C, δ15N, soil respiration and greenhouse gases (GHG), soil physicochemical properties, and manipulation of field databases. Knowledge of monitoring forest C balance is desirable, mapping the large-scale distribution of environmental variables. The PD must interact with a team of national and international scientists. Proficiency in English and Portuguese is desirable.
Send CV, postgraduate transcript and letter of interest to pcamargo@cena.usp.br .
This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationality. The selected candidate will receive a Post-Doctoral fellowship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in the amount of R$ 9,047.40 monthly and a research contingency fund, equivalent to 10% of the annual value of the fellowship which should be spent on items directly related to the research activity.
More information about the fellowship is at: fapesp.br/oportunidades/6573 .
Requirements
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria
Eligible destination country/ies for fellows:
- Brazil
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:
- All
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:
- All
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo (CENA-USP)
- Country
- Brazil
- State/Province
- São Paulo
- City
- Piracicaba
- Postal Code
- 13400-970
- Street
- Avenida Centenário, 303
Where to apply
- Website
http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/6573
Contact
- State/Province
São Paulo- City
São Paulo- Website
http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/- Street
R. Pio XI, 1500 - Alto da Lapa- Postal Code
05468-901
STATUS: EXPIRED