Within the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia (Canada), we are seeking an outstanding candidate with a recent PhD (
5 years) and passionate to advance the fundamental understanding of soil-plant feedback controls on rhizosphere processes. The project implemented under highly controlled climatic conditions will target multiple processes at the frontier of several disciplines: soil chemistry, biogeochemistry, plant physiology and organic chemistry.
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Benefits
Our SoilRes3 research group ( ) needs you for your skills, expertise and interest in soil and environmental sciences and in the study of soil-plant interactions, but also for your mentorship abilities for graduate students, helping them to spreading their wings and to arouse their scientific curiosity.
We offer a high degree of flexibility and provide mentoring to support you in your preparation for the next step in your career. My standard lab policy is to make every effort to train the researcher with rigor and openness. You will be part of a dynamic team investigating soil processes and their controls on terrestrial biogeochemistry, in a highly innovative, interdisciplinary, diverse and inclusive research environment at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
You should reach out to current and past lab members for feedback on our research environment, and please keep it to yourself; this allows frank and fair discussions.
You will be working under the direction of Dr. Cornelis, always available to provide guidance on project developments. You will report directly to Dr. Cornelis and will work in a very stimulating and strongly collaborative environment with cross-cutting projects investigating soil-root interactions under changing environmental conditions.
It is Dr. Cornelis' role to help you develop your research program with mutual interest. Dr. Cornelis run the research group transparently regarding his career decisions that would affect his mentorship and research. Dr. Cornelis will do his best to help you with personal matters (spousal accommodations, child care, ...) once you receive the offer, so nobody can discriminate against you based on these personal factors.
If of interest we will work with you in 2024 to extend the funding for an additional two-year period in developing a complementary project.
The minimum salary is $60,000 per year plus benefits.
Eligibility criteria
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. Please do not let personal matters or lack of some skills make you feel you are ineligible for any position here. If some skills are missing, they can generally be taught.
Selection process
The review of applications will begin immediately, and the position will remain open until filled. Preferred start dates are January-February 2023. Please send in one PDF file your CV and contacts for two references, as well as a 1-page cover letter stating your career goals and fit for the position to . The shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Offer Requirements
REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL
Environmental science: PhD or equivalent
Geosciences: PhD or equivalent
Biological sciences: PhD or equivalent
REQUIRED LANGUAGES
OTHER: Excellent
Skills/Qualifications
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