PhD Fellowship in botany is available at Natural History Museum (NHM), University of Oslo (for 4 years). The position is linked to the research group National Centre for Biosystematics (NCB) .
The Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, is the largest of its kind in Norway with ca. 150 employees engaged in research, museum collections, teaching and popularizing the science of botany, mycology, zoology, palaeontology and geology.
We seek a highly motivated enthusiastic individual for a PhD project that will investigate the taxonomy and phylogeography of a selected group of Northern European vascular plants. Various genetic analyses, such as DNA sequencing and DNA fingerprinting form the basis of the project. The project involves field-work and laboratory work, as well as work in herbaria and computer-aided statistical and phylogenetical analyses.
You will join an active team of biologists. The NCB is an interdisciplinary research centre in biosystematics and biodiversity which integrates the research groups of 11 faculty working on plants, fungi and animals, see: http://www.nhm.uio.no/forskning-samlinger/forskning/forskningsgrupper/ncb/.
The applicant must have a master’s degree (or equivalent) within biology and good written and oral communication skills. Knowledge of vascular plants from Northern Europa and experience with the use of molecular methods in ecology and systematics is an advantage.
Every application will be evaluated based on the applicant’s academic record and experience.
The purpose for the fellowship is research training leading to a successful completion of a PhD degree. The fellowship requires admission to the research training programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Appointment to a research fellowship is conditional upon admission to the Faculty’s research training programme. An approved plan for the research training must be submitted no later than one month after taking up the position, and the admission approved within three months. Compulsory service shall represent 25% of the total hours of work, for more information see:http://www.admin.uio.no/admhb/reglhb/personal/tilsettingvitenskapelig/regulationstermcondition.xml.
A good command of English is required for all students attending the University for Oslo. International students who are not native speakers of English must document their proficiency in English by taking one of the following internationally recognised tests:
- TOEFL - Test of English as a Foreign Language
- IELTS - International English Language Testing Service
Salary for position code 1017:
Pay Grade: 48 – 54 (383 700 -425 600 per annum, depending on qualifications)
The application must include:
- Application letter
- CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work - scientific publications)
- Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records (showing examination in the individual subjects) and letters of recommendation
- List of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
- Names and contact details of 2 referees (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)
Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.
UiO has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.
- Region:
- Oslo
- Job type:
- Contract
- Working hours:
- Full-time
- Working days:
- Day
- Application deadline:
- April 8, 2011
- Location:
- Oslo, Tøyen
- Reference number:
- 2011/4148
- Home page:
- http://www.nhm.uio.no
- Contacts:
- Ass. Prof. Charlotte Bjorå
Telephone: +47 22851718 - Prof. Reidar Elven
Telephone: +47 22851632 - Research Director Fridtjof Mehlum
Telephone: +47 22851723
