A postdoctoral research position is available in the Microbial Ecology Laboratory at Michigan State Universitys W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS). The postdoc will be involved in all facets of a recently funded project focusing on the energetic importance of terrestrial carbon subsidies in lake ecosystems.
The overarching goal of the postdocs research will be to link the identity of microbes to ecosystem functioning along resource gradients. Specifically, the postdoc will identify metabolically active bacteria in lakes with varying concentrations of terrestrial-derived dissolved organic carbon (DOC), and assess how these bacteria contribute to whole-ecosystem respiration. Qualified applicants will have experience with some of the following techniques and approaches: PCR-based microbial analyses, including phylogenetic analyses Applying ecological theory to microbial systems Flow cytometry Limnology and/or oceanography, including field work Microbial physiology Ecosystem processes, including gas flux Quantitative methods, including statistics and simulation modeling The postdoc will be in residence at KBS (http://www.kbs.msu.edu/), which has an excellent infrastructure for conducting microbial, community, and ecosystem ecology (http://microbes.kbs.msu.edu/). The postdoc will have opportunities to collaborate with multiple Co-PIs at MSU in the departments of Zoology (http://www.kbs.msu.edu/faculty/hamilton/) and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (http://www.mmg.msu.edu/127.html), and at the University of Wisconsin in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~tmcmahon/). Start date is flexible. Applicant should send a CV and brief description of their research interests to Jay Lennon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
