(Postdoctoral) Project Researcher, Ecology and Genetics
About this role
Faculty of Science, Ecology and Genetics
The University of Oulu is a multidisciplinary, international research university, with about 4000 employees who produce new knowledge based on high-standards research and provide research based education to build a more sustainable, smarter, and more humane world. The University of Oulu community has about 19,000 people in total. Our northern scientific community operates globally and creates conditions for the emergence of innovations. The University of Oulu is ranked in the top 3% of the world's universities. All our research, education, and community activities are guided by our university's values and ethical principles.
We are now looking for
Project Researcher with a Doctoral Degree
to join our Stream Ecology Research Group in the ecology and genetics research unit for a fixed-term position lasting until 31.10.2027 to work on themes related to stream community responses to changes in climate, hydrology, land use and nutrient availability in sub-arctic and arctic areas.
About the job
The position is linked to the " Greener rivers in the warming Arctic? Anticipating the short- and long-term effects of additional nutrient inputs " research project funded by the Research Council of Finland (Greener rivers in the warming Arctic? Anticipating the short- and long-term effects of additional nutrient inputs. - Research.fi) and the university's "Safeguarding biodiversity through interdisciplinary research on habitat restoration" profiling programme (Safeguarding biodiversity through interdisciplinary research on habitat restoration (SAFIRE) | University of Oulu).
In our research we use field observations, mesocosm and field experiments and existing monitoring data on biotic communities at different temporal and spatial scales coupled with environmental data from various sources. Our key interests lie at the bottom of the food webs: the diversity of benthic microbes and invertebrates and the rates of associated ecological