4 Open Ph.D positions. Topics: biogeochemistry, biogeography, and microbiology of hadal trench systems and high-pressure effects on microbial performance. Institution: HADAL Danish Center for Hadal Research. Deadline: June 30 2021
HADAL D a n i s h C e n t e r f o r H a d a l R e s e a r c h
A C e n t e r o f E x c e l l e n c e f u n d e d b y t he
Dani s h N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h F o u n d a t i on
Department o f B i o l o g y - U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n D e nmark 4 Open Ph.D positions We would like to recruit 4 Ph.D students to investigate aspects of biogeochemistry, biogeography, and microbiology of hadal trench systems and high-pressure effects on microbial performance. Hadal trenches are some of the most remote, extreme, and scantly explored habitats on Earth. They act as depocenters for organic material and are deep sea hotspots for largely unknown forms of life and for element cycling. Life at hadal depth is exposed to extreme hydrostatic pressure and the intensified biological activity and mineralization in these unique settings cannot be understood by simply extrapolating findings from the ambient ocean to the hadal realm. The 4 positions are all for three years, are interlinked but have different research foci. The positions are embedded in the newly founded HADAL center (www.sdu.dk/ hadal) and will be part of a multidisciplinary and dynamics research team at SDU and collaborating institutions (University of Copenhagen, Danish Technical University, Aarhus University, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (Japan), Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmhotz Center for Polar and Marine Research (Germany)).
Focus of
Ph.D position 1 Anaerobic mineralization of organic material at extreme hydrostatic pressure
Ph.D position 2 Hydrostatic pressure, the viral loop and DOC turn-over in hadal setting
Ph.D position 3 Deposition dynamics and distribution of trace metal and organic material in hadal trenches
Ph.D position 4 Molecular diversity and biogeography of hadal meiofauna
Full text and application guidelines can be found at the SDU homepage:
https://www.sdu.dk/da/service/ledige_stillinger/1150451?sc_lang=en
For further information, you are also welcome to contact Ronnie N. Glud,
rnglud@biology.sdu.dk Deadline for applying: June 30 2021