Dear All we have an opening for a post doctoral position for 1.5 years for a joint project between the Group of Plant Nutrition (www.pe.ipw.agrl.ethz.ch) and the Geological instiitue of the ETH Zürich Job description: The Group of Plant Nutrition of the ETH Zurich is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to study the long term fluxes of phosphorus (P) in soil/plant/water systems. The objective of this project will be to establish a method to measure the natural abundance of oxygen 18 in phosphate groups extracted from water, soils, plants, mineral fertilizers and manure, and to evaluate whether changes in delta 18O of phopshate can be used to track the transfer of phosphate from a compartment to the next (e.g. from the fertilizer, to the soil, to the plant, and to surface waters). This project will be a collaboration between E Frossard from the Group of Plant Nutrition who has an extensive knowledge on the cycle of P in soil/plant system using radioisotopes, and S Bernasconi from the Geological Institute who has extensive experience on the use of isotopes to study element fluxes at the ecosystem level. The isotope measurements will be done at the Geological Institute. Education: Applicant must own a PhD degree with good knowledge on stable isotopes. Previous experience in analytical chemistry (processing of plant and soil samples, spectrophotometry, scintillation counting) is particularly welcome. The applicant should be able to independently design strategies to plan and undertake glasshouse experiments, field sampling, and process the samples in an accurate and strictly reproducible manner. Good statistical background and experience in modeling is expected. Workplace: ETH Research Station Lindau (www.ipw.ethz.ch/eschikon) and the Geological Institute of the ETH Zurich Start: January 2007 Duration: 1.5 years Application deadline: 30 November 2006 Additional information: Fluency in English is indispensable. Knowledge of German and/or French is considered an advantage. The fellow will be under the responsibility of E Frossard in the Group of Plant Nutrition and under the responsibility of S Bernasconi in the geological institute. Salary will be according to ETH standards (~70kCHF annually). For further inquiries please contact E Frossard ([log in to unmask]) or S Bernasconi ([log in to unmask]). Please send your application with curriculum vitae, list of publications, copy of the PhD, and the contact information of up to three persons (including their current e-mail addresses) willing to provide a letter of recommendation. Send application to: Dr. Emmanuel Frossard, ETH Zurich, Institute of Plant Sciences, Research station Eschikon CH – 8315 Lindau (ZH), Switzerland, [log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------- ETH Zurich PD Dr. Stefano Bernasconi Geologisches Institut CHN-E19.1 Universitätstr. 16 8092 Zuerich Switzerland Tel. ..41-44-632 3693 fax: ..41-44-632 1075 e-mail: [log in to unmask]