Post-Doctoral Fellowship and PhD Scholarship Opportunities in the Bio-Protection Research Centre, New Zealand

The Bio-Protection Research Centre (www.bioprotection.org.nz) is one of New Zealand’s Centres of Research Excellence. Our world-leading research focuses on finding new, non-pesticide and sustainable solutions that protect New Zealand’s plant-based, productive ecosystems from the threat of pests, diseases and weeds. Hosted at Lincoln University (www.lincoln.ac.nz), the Centre employs New Zealand’s leading plant protection scientists. The aim of the Centre is to pursue multidisciplinary research and development to meet the biosecurity and pest management needs of New Zealand’s plant based primary industries and natural ecosystems.

Seven (7) Post Doctoral fellowships (3 years) and fourteen (14) PhD Scholarships (3 years) are now available in the Centre. The Post Doctoral fellows will undertake independent research and contribute to active research groups with strong international linkages and high publishing rates.

The seven Post Doctoral fellowships are to be hosted and based at Lincoln University. For an information pack, please visit the Lincoln University website (http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/section71.html) or contact the Human Resources Section quoting the vacancy number on phone +64 3 325 3613, fax +64 3 325 3870, email: jobs@lincoln.ac.nz. Further details may be obtained from the Project Leaders whose contact details appear below.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Dr Sue Worner worners@lincoln.ac.nz. Vacancy number: 08/211. Project Title: Ecological informatics to assess biosecurity risks in a changing environment. Post Doctoral position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (3 years).

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Dr Karen Armstrong Armstron@lincoln.ac.nz. Vacancy number: 08/212. Project Title: Molecular diagnostics: capitalising on a million DNA barcodes. Post Doctoral position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (3 years).

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Phil Hulme hulmep@lincoln.ac.nz. Vacancy number: 08/213. Project Title: Biosecurity and Climate change: integrated assessments for a future environment. Post Doctoral position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (3 years).

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader Prof. Alison Stewart stewarta@lincoln.ac.nz. Vacancy number: 08/214. Project Title: Understanding variability in biological control systems. Post Doctoral position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (3 years).

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader Prof. Leo Condron condronl@lincoln.ac.nz. Vacancy number: 08/215. Project Title: Rhizosphere interactions: gene expression, soil function and plant health. Post Doctoral position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (3 years).

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader Prof. Steve Wratten wrattens@lincoln.ac.nz. Vacancy number: 08/216. Project Title: Agro-ecology, biodiversity, trophic cascades and biological control of pests. Post Doctoral position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (3 years).

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader Prof. Steve Wratten wrattens@lincoln.ac.nz. Vacancy number: 08/218. Project Title: Ecosystem services and life-cycle analysis associated with novel biodiesel feedstock plants. Post Doctoral position: Post-Doctoral Fellowship (3 years).

Post Doctoral Fellowship applications must be received by 14^thNovember 2008.

The PhD scholarships will be based at Lincoln University, Canterbury, University of Auckland, Auckland and Massey University, Palmerston North. Information about individual PhD Scholarships may be obtained by visiting the Centre’s website (www.bioprotection.org.nz) or contacting the Project Leader directly

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Richard Duncan Duncanr@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: How do propagule pressure, climate and land-use interact to determine weed abundance and distribution? PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Phil Hulme hulmep@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: Predicting weed distributions under climate change: beyond the envelope. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Phil Hulme hulmep@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: Do mutualists matter? The significance of pollinators, seed dispersers and rhizobia on the differential success of Acacia species in NZ. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Richard Duncan Duncanr@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: Quantifying invasion risk: commercial trees as a model system. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Alison Stewart stewarta@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: Understanding variability in microbial biocontrol systems. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ. Project Leader: Assoc. Prof Mike Pearson m.pearson@auckland.ac.nz. Project Title: Understanding mycovirus-host interactions at the molecular level. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ. Project Leader: Assoc. Prof Mike Pearson m.pearson@auckland.ac.nz. Project Title: Fungal Incompatibility. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Dr Sue Worner worners@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: Modelling invasive species-landscape interactions using high resolution, spatially explicit models. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Alison Stewart stewarta@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: Understanding tri-partite interactions in the wheat -rhizosphere-take-all system. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Dr Andrew Pitman Pitmana@crop.cri.nz. Project Title: Biocontrol of Rhizoctonia diseases of potato. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Dr Andrew Pitman Pitmana@crop.cri.nz. Project Title: Impact of Plasmids and Pathogenicity Islands on the Evolution of Virulence of Pectobacterium atrosepticum. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Dr Andrew Pitman Pitmana@crop.cri.nz. Project Title: Functional Genomics of Pectobacterium carotovorum: Characterisation of Pathogenicity Islands involved in Blackleg of Potatoes. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Massey University, Palmerston North, NZ. Project Leader: Dr Rosie Bradshaw r.e.bradshaw@massey.ac.nz Project Title: New approaches to manage forest needle disease. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.

Location: Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ. Project Leader: Prof. Steve Wratten wrattens@lincoln.ac.nz. Project Title: Enhancing ecosystem services (ES) in vineyards for sustainability, resilience and marketing. PhD Scholarship: 3 year PhD Scholarship.PhD Scholarship applications must be received by 14^th November 2008

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