Postdoc Position (f/m/d)
Forest dynamics and environmental response modeling in Picea abies
Stellenanangebot Postdoc Position (f/m/d) in Umeå | Schweden
Stellenbeschreibung
The Tree-ring Genomics group at the Umea Plant Sciences Centre and at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is seeking one or two postdoctoral fellows to analyze our collection of increment cores of over 5,000 primarily Norway spruce (Picea abies) from across southern Europe. The aim of the project is to understand the genetics underlying adaptation to changing climate, with the overall applied goal of identifying adapted trees to use in forestry contexts.
Increment cores were collected from trees nested within a multi-scalar, complete (>5cm dbh) circular plot design so that microsite, regional and continental environmental signals can be extracted. The majority of these cores are measured but not fully cross-dated, and the fellow is expected to finalize the cross-dating to further the main aims of the project. The fellow is also expected to contribute to future field collections, which can be optimized to suit experimental goals, and support and train students and interns as needed.
While the fellow is expected to contribute to overall project, there is significant room to develop independent research interests (e.g., forest dynamic modeling, between species responses, etc). This can be accomplished using the existing dataset, but also in terms of influencing future field collections.