International Scholarships

Professor Michel Loreau is seeking a postdoc to work on theoretical aspects of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in food webs. The successful candidate is expected to develop theoretical models within one of two projects: (1) a project on the relationships between biodiversity, food web structure and ecosystem functioning, with a focus on … [More Info]

International Max Planck Research School “Ecological Interactions” Project 7: How do wood-feeding insects digest their diet? Supervisors: Prof. Jonathan Gershenzon, Dr. Axel Schmidt, Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, MPI-CE Wood-feeding insects are sometimes known to use microbial symbionts present in their guts to help in digestion and nutrient mobilization. However, nothing is known about how such insects … [More Info]

Post Doctoral Fellow in Ocean and Coupled Modelling and Data Assimilation, Dalhousie University, Canada Opportunity for Post Doctoral Fellow in Ocean and Coupled Modelling and Data Assimilation Dalhousie University is searching for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Global Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction and Predictability (GOAPP) Network funded by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. … [More Info]

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for the “Exploration of Ecological Interactions with Molecular and Chemical Techniques” in Jena, Germany, offers 15 PhD positions in molecular biology, ecology, entomology, microbiology, (bio)-chemistry, neuroethology or bioinformatics beginning in January 2009. The Research School is the first graduate school worldwide where modern chemical and molecular techniques are … [More Info]

An opening for a Ph.D. student is available at McMaster University with a start date in January 2008. The student will be enrolled in the graduate program in the School of Computational Engineering & Science, or in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and will work with Dr. Protas on problems of PDE-constrained optimization using … [More Info]

The Opportunity: A M.Sc. or Ph.D. student is sought in support of the Protein Quality and Utilization Program within the College of Agriculture and Bioresources.The research area focuses on biopolymers as functional ingredients for food. Specifically, the project will investigate protein-polysaccharide interactions at the molecular level, and their resulting impact on structure-forming properties in food. … [More Info]

School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada has an immediate 1 year opening for a post-doctoral fellow to work on LORNET Research. SIAT is responsible for research in Theme 1 “Interoperability” that covers a wide range of approaches to interoperability between systems and people in the … [More Info]