[Jpjobs] Position for a Project Scientist, Plankton Ecosystem Modelling * * * Closing Date Extended * * *

[Julia Westwater]

* * * Closing Date Extended until April 14, 2014  * * *

JOB: Project Scientist, plankton ecosystem modeling

JAMSTEC plans to recruit ONE staff for full-time fixed-term contract 
position as Project Scientist to engage in research and development as 
part of the project "Developing a new ecosystem model to represent the 
adaptive capacity of plankton ecosystems in the North Pacific", which 
was funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) within the 
research area "Establishment of core technology for the preservation and 
regeneration of marine biodiversity and ecosystems" of the Core Research 
for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) Program.

Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity which provides ample resources for 
someone interested in developing novel models of adaptive response and 
biodiversity in planktonic ecosystems.

This project aims to develop new and efficient models of the dynamics of 
phytoplankton and zooplankton communities, considering their 
interactions with each other and with the physical environment. The 
concept of optimality (as a result of natural selection) subject to 
ecophysiological trade-offs will be central to the modeling approach.
The successful candidate will conduct research into how to efficiently 
represent the biodiversity and associated adaptive capacity (i.e., 
flexible response) of plankton communities in the ocean, using numerical 
models of various scales from 0-dimensional (box) models of processes to 
coupled 3-dimensional ecosystem models embedded within physical models 
of the ocean (particularly the North Pacific). This will include 
developing such models and validating them against observations 
utilizing a database to be compiled as part of this project.

For more about the research please see the webpage of the Principal 
Investigator for this research project, S. Lan Smith:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/res/ress/lanimal/

Salary:
Annual salary (paid in 1/12 equal monthly payments)
e.g. Scientist: JPY 5,700,000-6,000,000

Terms of Employment:
1) On appointment, the successful candidate will receive a relocation 
allowance in accordance with the bylaws of JAMSTEC.
2) An allowance for commuting expenses will be provided.
3) The employee and JAMSTEC will share the premiums for social insurance 
and labor insurance in the proportion specified by current statute.
4) A housing lease service available in accordance with JAMSTEC's bylaw.
5) Holidays and vacations: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, year-end 
and New Year's holidays. Annual vacations with pay, special vacations, 
leave of absence to care for a family member, and maternity leave are 
provided.
6) Others: Various subsidies are provided from the JAMSTEC employee 
cooperative for mutual aid and welfare services.

Closing Date: April 14, 2014

See the following link for further details including the application 
procedure:
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/recruit/rigc_20140307.html

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Julia Westwater
Registrar/Graduate & Undergraduate Administrator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MS #31
Woods Hole, MA  02543  USA
Tel: 508/289-3379

http://www.whoi.edu/more.go?username=jwestwater

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