Western Sydney University is looking for a highly motivated candidate to undertake a 3-year research-driven PhD program in microbial ecology commencing 2019. The successful candidate will be part of a collaborative project with common goals, but will be encouraged to develop their own research questions with an explicit focus on shifts in microbial assemblages and functional attributes in response to drought. Given the broad scope of the project applicants should have interest and expertise in microbial ecology, bioinformatics, and/or soil ecology more broadly, to apply. The project provides ample opportunity to develop new skills.
The scholarship on offer is part of an exciting new project ‘Causes and Consequences of Biogeochemical Mismatches During Drought’ funded by the Australian Research Council. The overarching goal of the project is to better understand the potential impacts of drought on ecosystem functioning using a combination of tried-and-tested techniques and novel analytical and molecular approaches across multiple sites on six continents. The project will provide empirical information to inform management practices and policy decisions of natural and managed ecosystems under current and future climatic conditions.
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