北极海洋深海底栖生态学的博士研究生岗位（1.0 非全职人员，4年期限）

该研究旨在解决气候变化背景下对北极生物碳泵机制认识不足的问题。博士候选人将结合野外考察、实验室实验与数据分析，利用先进的深海技术，探究北冰洋浮游生物与底栖生态系统中的碳循环互动关系。

About the position: You will be working within an international team of Dutch research institutes (UvA, the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) and the German Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Sea Research on an ambitious project entitled: Plumbing the biological pump: Linking missing carbon flows between pelagic and benthic ecosystems in a changing Arctic Ocean (C-CONNECT). The team consists of very experienced marine researchers and will recruit in total two PhD candidates and a postdoctoral fellow on this project. The project will contain multi-week expedition(s) to the Arctic Ocean around Svalbard (Spitsbergen) on large scientific research vessels, like the brand new Dutch Anna-Weber van Bosse, including the use of advanced deep-sea technologies, including remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and stand-alone incubation and deep-sea sensors that can measure ecological processes up to 6,000 m water depth. What are you going to do?: The global biological carbon pump mediates the cycling and storage of carbon in our ocean and helps to regulate Earth’s climate. Arctic waters are undergoing record changes in temperature, sea-ice cover, and acidification. However, our understanding of climate-change impacts on the size of the Arctic carbon pump and speed of flows remains incomplete, due to the limited capacity to analyse existing data and absence of carbon flux measurements at the seafloor. Therefore, the main aim in C-CONNECT is to perform plumbing to the Arctic biological carbon pump by connecting important missing parts, e.g., shelled zooplankton and benthic faunal communities to the carbon cycle! C-CONNECT will improve the ability to project how future Arctic carbon cycling evolves under continued climate change and will provide essential information on Arctic ecosystem services to aid (policy and management) decision making. In this PhD project, you will combine fieldwork, laboratory work and data analysis: On the basis of a unique 26 years time-series of environmental, sediment and megafaunal benthic community data from AWI's "Hausgarten" Observatory in Fram Strait connecting to the Arctic, you will combine empirical findings with new and unique benthic field experiments on carbon uptake and metabolism, involving state-of-the-art sample analyses in the laboratory. You will present the results of your work in scientific publications forming the basis of your PhD-thesis, at international conferences and in the media. Tasks and responsibilities: Prepare, organize, and participate in multi-week fieldwork expeditions; Collect, preserve and analyze field samples; Analyze large data sets; Publish and present the results in scientific publications and at conferences, synthesize your findings in a PhD thesis; Participate in the supervision of Bachelor and Master students and in our educational programs.

任职要求： 您对海洋，尤其是深海环境具有强烈的热情。您思想开放，（希望）不会因海病而困扰……您是优秀的团队成员，在工作繁忙时仍能保持冷静！ 您的经验与个人背景： 您拥有生态学、生物学或生物地球化学方面的硕士学位，且最好是与水科学相关的专业背景； 您在野外考察与实验室研究方面均具有经验； 您具备良好的科学技能，包括数据分析、统计学及写作能力； 您具备团队协作能力； 您能够流畅地使用英语进行口语与写作。

Our offer: A temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 4 years (the initial contract will be for a period of 18 months and after satisfactory evaluation it will be extended for a total duration of 4 years). This should lead to a dissertation (PhD thesis). We will draft an educational plan that includes attendance of courses and (international) meetings. We also expect you to assist in teaching undergraduates and master students. The starting date is as soon as possible in early 2027, preferably January 1st. For this position the University Job Classification profile “Promovendus” (PhD candidate) applies. Your salary will be €3,204 gross per month in the first year and will increase to €4,051 in the final year, based on full-time employment of 38 hours per week. In addition, you will receive a 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% year-end allowance . The Collective Labour Agreement of Universities of the Netherlands is applicable Besides the salary and a vibrant and challenging environment at Science Park we offer you multiple fringe benefits: 232 holiday hours per year (based on fulltime) and extra holidays between Christmas and 1 January; multiple courses to follow from our Teaching and Learning Centre; a complete educational program for PhD students; multiple courses on topics such as leadership for academic staff; multiple courses on topics such as time management, handling stress and an online learning platform with 100+ different courses; 7 weeks birth leave (partner leave) with 100% salary; partly paid parental leave; the possibility to set up a workplace at home; a pension at ABP for which UvA pays two third part of the contribution; the possibility to follow courses to learn Dutch; help with registration at UvA- Housing for a studio or small apartment when you’re moving from abroad. Are you curious to read more about our extensive package of secondary employment benefits, take a look here .