Doctoral Researcher, Sustainable lake restoration

at  Helsingin Yliopisto

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Helsinki invites applications for the position of a Doctoral Researcher in Sustainable lake restoration
The Doctoral researcher will be appointed for a fixed-term 3-year contract (Start date: January 1, 2025) to work in a multidisciplinary project entitled “Opportunities for the sustainable lake restoration by sediment removal and sediment reuse as phosphorus fertilizer”. The Doctoral project is a part of EU funded project Fostering European Lakes Restoration by Nutrient Removal, Recovery, and Reuse: Integrated Catchment and In-lake Scale Approach (FERRO). The position will be supervised by Dr Olga Tammeorg (Aquatic Sciences) and Dr Priit Tammeorg (Crop Science).
Sediment removal is one of the most effective approaches in lake restoration, because the source of internal phosphorus (P) loading is removed. The further benefits of the sediment removal can be found in the reuse of the sediments as a P fertilizer. The project explores the best practices for the combined approach.
Doctoral researcher: We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled researcher with a Master’s degree and experience in environmental sciences, most preferentially, aquatic sciences, sediment geochemistry, crop science, or related fields.

A successful candidate should be able to:

• Identify, design, conduct, and report research within the scope of the project.
• Contribute to undergraduate student supervision and teaching within the department.
• Engage with the scientific community, research partners and the wider public, internationally and domestically through scientific publications, conference presentations, press releases, blogs etc.

The appointee is expected to have:

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

• A strong background in in environmental sciences, aquatic sciences, sediment geochemistry, crop science, or related fields.
• Experience with water and sediment sampling, experimental setup in the greenhouse are very welcome
• Experience in lab work would be an asset.
• Having driving license and driving experience are encouraged.
• Fluency in English and excellent writing skills.

ABOUT US

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry is located on the Viikki campus, ten kilometres from the Helsinki city centre. The mission of the faculty is to promote the sustainable use of renewable natural resources through scientific research and research-based teaching. We focus on agricultural and forest sciences, food and nutrition, microbiology, as well as on economics and management. We cover the full natural resource chain from farm to fork, the entire field of forest sciences from soil chemistry to marketing, as well as the environmental effects of related activities. Graduates from the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry are versatile experts in biosciences and business, able to meet the needs of both the business sector and society at large. www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-agriculture-and-forestry

Please refer the Job description for details