Call for fellowship
Applications are invited for a 7-month fellowship at CNR-IBAF starting 1 July 2008. The position will be supported by the European Science Foundation programme “Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biosphere-Atmosphere System” (VOCBAS). The work will involve the inventory of VOCs emitted by plantations, and the creation of data-bases of emissions at intra-specific level in Populus and Eucalyptus species. The experimental work will be mainly executed during summer and autumn 2008 at the CNR experimental stations where germplasm of plantation species has been collected. The work will be collaborative with other institutions of VOCBAS and may require travelling.
The successful candidate should have experience in relevant subject areas and in particular in monitoring emissions of VOCs and other gas-exchange parameters, and in creating, structuring and maintaining biological data-bases. Ph.D. in a discipline related to the assigned work is desirable but not required. Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
Gross salary up to Euro 2000 per month, depending on qualification.
Closing date for application: 10 June 2008
Procedures for Application:
Applicants should send their cv, highlighting the above mentioned expertises, and a letter of intent to Dr Francesco Loreto, email: francesco.loreto[at]ibaf.cnr.it ; phone: +39-06-90672530. Potential applicants are encouraged to contact informally Dr Loreto prior to application.
Call for Grants
The ESF Scientific Programme "Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biosphere-Atmosphere System (VOCBAS)" will implement, support and coordinate a series of research activities involving atmospheric chemists, plant biologists, pathologists, entomologists, agronomists and foresters, to determine how biogenic volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions affect the relationship between the biosphere and the atmosphere. VOCBAS will bring together this outstanding scientific community who carries out internationally recognised research into the production and emissions of VOCs by plants in the context of global change and ecosystems from a wide range of disciplines. It will span plant processes, genetics, and ecosystem functioning, environmental controls on VOC emission fluxes, flux measurements and modelling on the leaf, canopy, ecosystem and regional scales, and the emission of these compounds in the atmosphere.
VOCBAS is offering funding for a number of
Short Visit Grants (up to 15 days) and
Exchange Grants (15 days to 6 months)
related to the scientific objectives of the Programme:
- VOCs and the chemical and physical properties of the atmosphere
- VOCs in biotic interactions
- VOCs in the plant-environment interaction
- VOC biosynthesis
- VOC modelling
Deadline for submission
The deadline for the submission of proposals for grants to take place in 2008 was 15 June 2008. It is expected that the outcome of the evaluation process will be available by the end of June 2008.
