PhD scholarships are available in Ecological Modelling at Macquarie University.
(1) MQRES Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Australian Forests
Australian forests provide a range of important ecosystem services, such as wood production, carbon sequestration and protection of water catchments. Climate change is highly likely to modify how forests function, and land managers urgently need information about how these ecosystem services will be affected. To address this need, this project will develop ecophysiologically-based models of climate change impacts on Australian forests over the next century. Data assimilation techniques will be used to incorporate information from state-of-the-art climate change experiments, both local and international. Strong collaboration with experimental scientists will be encouraged.
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Two exciting research opportunities are available for highly qualified graduates in engineering, mathematics or physics for further studies leading to the award of the PhD degree. The successful applicants will undertake work on an EPSRC funded project dealing with the development of a novel Electrical Impedance Tomography bio-imaging system for non-invasive monitoring of neonate lung function in Intensive Care Units. The proposed system will provide a non-invasive measure of lung maturity and development, oxygen requirements and lung function, suitable for use in small, unsedated infants. This tool will be routinely used to define the nature and severity of persisting lung disease, and to identify risk factors for developing chronic lung problems.
The project is a collaboration of three universities, Middlesex University, UCL and City University, and will be carried out with the full clinical support of the Portex Anaesthesia, Intensive Therapy and Respiratory Medicine Unit at the world leading children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London.
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A unique opportunity exists in East Tennessee for an exceptionally gifted young experimental condensed matter scientist. This is a result of world-class capabilities in surface characterization and materials synthesis. The successful applicant will have access to ARPES (Scienta R4000), variable temperature STM (home build), newly developed LEED IV codes and cameras, high-resolution, momentum-resolved inelastic electron scattering, and close collaboration with scientists in the NanoPhysics group at the Center for Nanophase Material Sciences (CNMS) at ORNL. He or she will also work in collaboration with scientists at ORNL making new materials. In the Materials Sciences and Technology and CNMS Divisions at ORNL these scientists synthesize bulk layered, transition-metal oxide (TMO) samples, grow and characterize thin films of TMOs. This can be a three to four year appointment so I am looking for someone who recently received a Ph.D.
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School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada has an immediate 1 year opening for a post-doctoral fellow to work on LORNET Research. SIAT is responsible for research in Theme 1 “Interoperability” that covers a wide range of approaches to interoperability between systems and people in the context of educational and knowledge sharing systems.
Prerequisites include technical programming skills, knowledge of the semantic web and ontologies, and an understanding of open educational resource development and repositories. In addition to carrying his or her own research, the successful applicant is expected to work closely with the graduate students and coordinate their projects to work towards Theme’s goals within the LORNET project. An ability to apply research in practical contexts and to transfer research beyond the academic communities will be considered a strong asset.
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