UK : University of Sheffield PhD Fellowship: Marie Curie Early Stage Training Fellow 4b (Fixed-term)

Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

Ref No R06448
Closing Date: 28th July, 2008
Salary: £23,766 per annum plus additional allowances

The post holder will investigate the impacts of acute nitric acid pollution events on soil microbial nitrogen cycling in the High Arctic tundra, using molecular microbial ecology approaches. You will work as part of an exciting new Marie Curie training network (NSINK) that aims to comprehensively investigate the fate and biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen in the high Arctic. Applicants must have a good degree (or equivalent) in a biological or environmental science subject.

The post offers the possibility to study towards the qualification of PhD. The post is fixed term and is available from 1 October 2008 for three years.

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Ireland : Tyndall National Institute Post Graduate Studentship

Miniaturised Smart Systems for the Built Environment

Position ID: ITOBO-TYNDALL-student 02

University College Cork, Tyndall National Institute invites applications for the position of Post Graduate Student to investigate and develop highly miniaturised smart sensors and actuator systems for the built environment as part of the SFI funded project ITOBO.

Tyndall National Institute (Tyndall), www.tyndall.ie , is Ireland's largest research centre, specialising in defined areas of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The mission for Tyndall can be summarised as follows: "To be a Centre of Excellence in Information and Communications Technology research, development and graduate training, recognised internationally for the quality of its outputs in materials, devices and systems, and its creation of new opportunities for Ireland's economic growth.
Within Tyndall, the MAI team is developing Smart Spaces and incorporating wireless sensor networks into the built environment. The team has a strong background in developing low power consumption, miniaturised systems, requiring rigorous RF simulation and design as well as embedded software development and system deployment and test. http://www.tyndall.ie/mai/wsn.htm
Role.

Reporting to the Wireless Sensor Network R&D activity leader the candidate will:

• Be responsible for the specification and development of highly miniaturised smart sensors and actuator systems for the built environment.

• Contribute to and/or initiate peer reviewed scientific publications in the area.

• Travel to project meetings to present technical results and project updates.

The ideal candidate will have an honours degree in electrical / electronic engineering and an interest in the development of technological processes and development of microelectronic systems. Industrial experience in a relevant area would also be taken into consideration.

Written applications including application form, CV, list of publications, Research experience and completed projects, and details of three academic referees should be directed to:
Tyndall Institute, "Lee Maltings", Prospect Row, Cork, Ireland. (mark envelope with post-ID)

Questions can be directed to Brendan O'Flynn
Tel: +353 21 490 4088. Email: Brendan.oflynn@tyndall.ie

University College Cork is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Ireland : University of Dublin, Trinity College PhD Studentship

Bioinformatics and Genome Evolution

Smurfit School of Genetics

Closing Date: 31st August, 2008

Postdoctoral and PhD positions are available in Prof. Ken Wolfe's research group in the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin. The projects will involve using bioinformatics and comparative genomics methods to study genome evolution, particularly in yeast and other fungal species. Research interests in the lab include (i) the evolutionary origins of new genes, and (ii) the development of new bioinformatics methods to improve the detection of remote sequence homologs by using synteny data.

These positions form part of research programme supported by Science Foundation Ireland. For further information about the lab, see http://wolfe.gen.tcd.ie

Competitive salaries will be available for outstanding applicants.

Previous experience in molecular evolution, bioinformatics, and/or computer programming experience in C / Perl / SQL is essential for postdoctoral applicants. Candidates should submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae, including the names of two referees, by mail or e-mail to: Prof. Kenneth H. Wolfe, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland (e-mail khwolfe@tcd.ie). Closing date 31 August 2008.

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The Netherlands : PhD Researcher

Materials innovation institute M2i

Delft, 2628 CD (Zuid-Holland), 40 hours per week

Job description
Microstructure and phase transformations in TRIP steels studied by means of electron microscopy techniques and by means of atomistic simulation.
TRIP steels are a new class of steels with superior properties: they combine high ductility with high strength. The key feature of TRIP steels are the netastable austenite grains that transform into the martensite phase under the application of strain. The shear process in combination with the higher atomic volume of martensite causes the so-called “transformation induced plasticity” (TRIP). In this project, special attention is given to the hardening treatments that are currently developed at the Corus company to make the new steels even more attractive to customers in automotive and aerospace industry. The phase transformation that gives this material its special properties is investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The microstructure and the transformation will be studied in scanning and transmission electron microscopes. The same phase transformation will be studied in the computer, by means of molecular dynamics simulations that provide very detailed information about the kinetics on an atomic scale.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
The PhD candidate should:

• have a MSc degree in materials science, metallurgy or physics;
• be enthusiastic about the collaboration with industry (Corus);
• be willing to put much effort in designing and improving experimental set-ups; and
• consider the electron microscopy work on industrial steels (with complex microstructure) as challenging.

The vacancy is located at Delft University of Technology in Delft.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Engineering)

Organization
Materials innovation institute M2i

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 yrs
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information
Additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.m2i.nl)
• About the function (http://www.m2i.nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 31-08-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Materials Innovation Institute (M2i)
Mekelweg 2

P.O.Box 5008
2600 GA Delft
the Netherlands
E-mail: hrm@m2i.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber MC5.06280a.

Further Details

South Korea: Graduate Scholarship for Foreign Excellent Students Program, Seoul National University

In order to provide foreign students with more equal opportunities, the applying method for the ?Graduate Scholarship for Foreign Excellent Students Program? will be the same as the application process for foreign students and it will be available online at http://admission.snu.ac.kr.

This change will take place starting from the first semester in 2009. While the Office of International Affairs will deal with the overall program, the office in charge of registration will be the office of admissions.

For those who are interested in the ?Graduate Scholarship for Foreign Excellent Students Program? apply online by 18:00(Thursday) July 31st 2008 and send the original documents to the office of admissions by 18:00(Friday) August 1st 2008.

We plan to place a notice about the eligible countries and universities, the number of students per major and information on financial support online by early July 2008. The online applicants will be filtered and categorized by their university of graduation. The final decision will be made by the screening committee.

Contact information: Younghee Noh
Office of International Affairs
pasissy@snu.ac.kr
02-880-8635

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UK: Masters Studentships, Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde

Applications are invited for one-year Faculty Masters Studentships (comprising full home or overseas tuition fees): the deadline for applications is 15 August 2008.

Applications are invited in the following subjects: English, French, Geography, History, Italian, Law, Politics, Psychology, Sociology and Spanish.

The Netherlands : PhD Position in Developmental Psychology

University of Amsterdam Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Amsterdam, 1018 WB (Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week

Job description
The research program Developmental Psychology is concerned with cognitive development at both ends of the lifespan-cognitive changes during childhood and senescence. Although the primary focus is on cognitive development, secondary questions relate to the age-related changes in the interaction between cognition and affect and to cognitive deficits that may occur when development goes astray or to deficits that are associated with cognitive decline.

Title of PhD project

Fluency in Reading: Behavioural and neural correlates of cognitive processing in children with developmental dyslexia and typically reading children.

Project description

The primary focus of the project is on the underlying behavioural and neural mechanisms for dyslexic's lack of reading fluency. Fluent word recognition requires synchronization of visual-orthographic and auditory-phonological modalities. It is assumed that dyslexics process auditory and phonological information at a different rate than visual-orthographic information. Asynchrony causes inefficient word recognition and reduced fluency. A series of studies will be conducted to assess the underlying behavioural and neural mechanisms for this lack of fluency. The proposed studies will improve our understanding of the underlying causes of dyslexia and provide an evidence-based intervention to remediate dyslexic's fluency problems in reading.

Tasks

• In close collaboration with the supervising team design and conduct five studies
• Collecting data at schools, testing individual children
• Data analysis, writing articles in academic journals and a dissertation
• Assist senior faculty members in teaching courses at BA- and MA-level (maximum of 10% of the time).

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
· Candidates must hold (or will soon be awarded) a research-oriented master's degree in psychology or other relevant field
· Demonstrable knowledge of experimental methods and statistics
· Excellent writing and communicative skills
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)

Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7,500 students in numerous Bachelor's and Master's programmes in Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Psychology, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. The academic staff is employed in education as well as research. There are over 1,100 employees at the Faculty department, which resides in a number of buildings in the centre of Amsterdam.
Date of entry: 15/09/2008

Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be for a period of four years (one year plus a further three years after a positive evaluation) and should lead to a dissertation. Based on a full-time appointment, the gross monthly salary will be in accordance with the University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 2,000 (first year) up to a maximum of € 2,558 (fourth year).

The intended starting date for this position is September 15, 2008.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr Patrick Snellings
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 5257321
E-mail address: P.Snellings@uva.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
• About the department (http://www.fmg.uva.nl/english/home.cfm)
• About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/A613713C-1321-B0BE-A425FFE15965FCB7)
• Developmental Psychology (http://www.fmg.uva.nl/developmentalpsychology/)

Application
You can apply for this job before 15-08-2009 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Afdeling Psychologie
J. Verduijn
Roetersstraat 15
1018 WB Amsterdam

E-mail: J.Verduijn@uva.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-2029.

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The Netherlands : PhD position: Nanomanipulation of plasmon antenna light sources

Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter

AMSTERDAM, 1009 DB (Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week

Job description
In the group Resonant Nanophotonics we are looking for a PhD student to realize nanoscale control over plasmon antenna enhanced light sources using scanning probe microscopy. Plasmon antennas of nanoscale metal particle arrays can enhance the directionality, efficiency, and rate of spontaneous emission of (single) emitters, which is of key interest for quantum optics, quantum cryptography and improved light sources. Control over these emission properties requires optimized subwavelength antenna design, successful fabrication using nanoscale lithography, and optimum nanoscale placement of the emitters relative to the plasmon antennas. The goal of this research is to manipulate the emitter-antenna coupling by attaching the emitter to a very fine tip, and controllably positioning the emitter relative to coupled plasmonic or metamaterial antenna structures with nanometer resolution.
The position is intended as full-time (38 hrs / week, 12 months / year) appointment in the service of Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) for the duration of four years. After successful completion of the PhD research a PhD degree will be granted at a Dutch University. Several courses are offered, specially developed for PhD-students. AMOLF assists any new foreign employees with housing and visa applications and compensates their transport costs and furnishing expenses.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
You meet the requirements for an MSc-degree.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)

Organization
Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2457
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 year
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
When fulfilling a PhD position at the FOM foundation, you will get the status of junior scientist.
You will have an employee status and can participate in all the employee benefits FOM offers. You will get a contract for 4 years. Your salary will be up to a maximum of 2457 euro gross per month.
You are supposed to have a thesis finished at the end of your four year term with FOM.
A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines which teaching activities you will be responsible (up to a maximum of 10% of your time). The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (CAO-Onderzoekinstellingen), more exclusive information is available at this website under Personnel (in English). General information about working at FOM can be found under Personnel.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. Femius Koenderink
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 608 12 34
E-mail address: f.koenderink@amolf.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through the following link:

• About the function (http://www.fom.nl/live/vacatures/vacature.pag?objectnumber=77592)

Application
You can apply for this job before 20-12-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
Personnel Department
Dr. Femius Koenderink
Postbus 41883
1009 DB AMSTERDAM
The Netherlands
E-mail: application@amolf.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT-77592.

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The Netherlands : PhD position in Software Engineering

University of Groningen

(1,0 fte)
(Groningen), 38 hours per week

Job description
Function title: PhD position in Software Engineering
at the Software Engineering & Architecture (SEARCH) group
Area: Software Architecture and Software as Service
Code: SAS-LEG

Project description
In a Software as Service (SaS) approach, a provider can realize and maintain business processes efficiently, that can be used by different consumers. The SAS-LEG project aims to offer a software engineering approach to build and maintain SaS platforms in the domain of local e-Government, emphasizing on offering powerful configuration possibilities. This process will leverage a number of disciplines and technologies:

• Model-driven development at the business, architecture and services level.
• Variability management to handle configuration at the three aforementioned levels.
• Quality-driven architecting to ensure the satisfaction of critical Quality Attributes.
• Powerful run-time reconfiguration techniques.

A pilot in the application of health care for local e-Government in the Netherlands will be the testbed for the technologies developed in the project. The consortium includes four partners: University of Groningen (academic-scientific), Cordys (technology provider), EGEM (public organization - expert in e-government for municipalities) and project WZZ (union of municipalities - end user).

Requirements
Required education/skills:- you should have a M.Sc. or equivalent in computer science or a related discipline, preferably with a strong background in software engineering

• you are expected to have an excellent academic record (list of examination marks from your university degree) and be curious, creative and ambitious
• you should be able to write scientific articles and reports (proven by your graduation thesis or another comparable report) and be fluent in English
• you should have affinity to research with an industrial focus, be a team player, open-minded and actively participate in knowledge sharing.

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)

Organization
University of Groningen
Founded in 1614. One of the best universities in Europe and the world. A wide variety of disciplines. Internationally oriented. Rooted in the North of the Netherlands. Socially active. Our researchers and lecturers are inspired academics. Ambitious students. We respect the differences in talent, ambitions and performance of the 25.000 students and members of staff.

The university provides a career advisory service for partners of new staff who move to Groningen.

The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

About the SEARCH Group
The Software Engineering & Architecture (SEARCH) group at the University of Groningen is committed to advancing the state of the art in the field of software architecture. The group aims to achieve that by carrying out joint research projects with universities, research institutes, and industrial partners, thus combining academic know-how with industrial practice. The research topics of the SEARCH group include software architecture design and evaluation, architectural knowledge, software product lines, architectural patterns and pattern languages, architecture-centric evolution, and service-oriented architectures.

Conditions of employment
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: Four years
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2000 gross per month in the first year up to a maximum of € 2558 gross per month in the last year. It concerns a full-time appointment for a period of four years to be concluded with a PhD examination. A training program is part of the agreement to support the PhD candidates in their professional and personal development as well as their career planning. The University of Groningen strives to offer an aspiring environment for research providing generous technical and financial support in order to motivate young researchers. The position is immediately available and will be open until a suitable candidate is found.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. Paris Avgeriou, head of the Software Engineering & Architecture (SEARCH) group
Telephone number: 31 50 3637057
E-mail address: paris@cs.rug.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.rug.nl)
• About the Software Engineering & Architecture (SEARCH) group (http://search.cs.rug.nl/)
• Website of dr. Paris Avgeriou (http://www.cs.rug.nl/~paris/)

Application
You can apply for this job before 16-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

University of Groningen
Personnel and Organization Office

P.O. Box 72
9700 AB Groningen
The Netherlands
E-mail: vmp@rug.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT208185.

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The Netherlands : PhD position in Tectonics/Structural Geology

VU University Amsterdam Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences

f/m
Amsterdam, 1081 HV (Noord-Holland), hours per week

Job description
Function title: PhD position in Tectonics/Structural Geology
The Department of Tectonics/Structural geology of the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences of VU University in Amsterdam is searching a candidate for a new PhD project named Miocene subsidence and Pliocene to Recent uplift in the record of Miocene sediments of Southern Turkey and surrounding regions.

Project
The project is part of VAMP (Vertical Anatolia Movement Project) a multinational effort developed within the ESF initiative TopoEurope to understand the development of continental plateaus and, thereby, the interactions between lithospheric and erosional processes. VAMP reaches its goals by applying a wide spectrum of disciplines ranging from tectonics to paleoclimatology, from sedimentology to numerical modelling. The VU University component of VAMP focuses on the tectonic analysis of Miocene marine sediments outcropping in Southern Turkey and imaged in the offshore between Turkey and Cyprus. Using a multiscale combination of field geology, structural and tectonic techniques, the PhD will unravel a) the history of subsidence/sedimentation leading to the deposition of the marine sediments and b) the tectonic during plateau uplift. Eventually, the results on the onshore will be integrated with the analysis of seismic data from the offshore. Numerical modelling techniques will be used to integrate the different observations

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Qualifications
For this ambitious project we seek an outstanding student with a strong background in field geology and with the affinity for large scale quantitative studies. The candidate holds a MSc. or equivalent degree in Earth Sciences. The ideal candidate is a curious person with a wide background able to interact with all the other components of the VAMP project.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Post-doctorates(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)

Organization
VU University Amsterdam
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, has been a renowned cultural, scientific and commercial centre for many centuries. It was here, in 1880, that the VU University Amsterdam first opened its doors to students. VU stands for 'Vrije Universiteit', which means 'Free University'. Here, 'free' refers to freedom of state and church interference. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam was established in 1880 by orthodox protestants. Nowadays it aims to be inspiring, innovative and involved.

Throughout the past century, the university has continued to expand. It now comprises twelve faculties and has teaching facilities for 18,000 students.

Click here for an overview of faculties and institutes: http://www.english.vu.nl/About_the_VU/

The university campus and university hospital are situated in the south-western part of Amsterdam, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing business districts in the Netherlands. The international airport of Schiphol-Amsterdam is 10 kilometres away, just 8 minutes by train. With more than fifty undergraduate (or bachelor’s) programmes and almost a hundred postgraduate (or master’s) programmes, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers a wide choice of study options. The programmes are of a high quality, the atmosphere is very conducive to study, and the teaching staff is easily accessible.

The Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences is the result of the merger between the former Faculty of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Environmental Studies. The Faculty is offering education and doing research in the fields of:

Earth Sciences (physical geography and geology)
Biology
Biomedical Sciences
Geoarchaeology
Public Health
Environmental Studies

Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: temporary
Additional conditions of employment:
We offer a full-time PhD position for 12 months. After a successful evaluation the contract will be prolonged with 36 months. The employment will have to result in a written thesis by the end of this period. Our fringe benefits of employment can be found at www.vu.nl/vacatures.

Salary
The salary is according to the standards for PhD positions and is starting at € 2000,- in the first year to € 2.558,- in the last year of appointment, based on a fulltime employment. We also offer a pension scheme, a collective health insurance and flexible employment conditions. Conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities and are supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8 % per year and a year-end bonus of 6,4%.

Additional Information
Additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.vu.nl)
• About the department (http://www.falw.vu.nl/english/index.cfm)
• About the function (http://www.vu.nl/vacatures)

Application
You can apply for this job before 01-08-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

VU University Amsterdam
Faculty Earth and Life Sciences
Dr.J.M.R.M. Neutelings
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: falw-vacatures@falw.vu.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 1.2008.00140.

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The Netherlands : Three PhD positions in Evolutionary Biology

University of Groningen

(1,0 fte)
(Groningen), 38 hours per week

Job description
Function title: Three PhD positions in Evolutionary Biology
are available at the University of Groningen in the framework of an EU-funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network. The aim of this Network is to train nine young scientists to PhD level in the biological disciplines needed to understand the evolutionary origin of biological diversity. This understanding is critical to the proper management of biodiversity, especially at a time of rapid environmental change. Our approach is to select powerful model systems with which to investigate the process of speciation and related mechanisms and to apply modern techniques from quantitative and behavioural genetics, molecular ecology and environmental genomics. Students will receive advanced training through their projects, through institutional training programmes, through workshops and conferences organised by the Network and from visiting scientists. They will also be seconded to non-academic institutions that represent both end-users of our research and potential employers, including a commercial laboratory, a museum, a conservation organisation and a publisher.

Projects
The following positions are available: (1) Genetics and genomics of prezygotic isolation in Nasonia wasps, (2) The genetic basis of variation in reproductive diapause in Nasonia vitripennis, and (3) Modes of speciation and biodiversity patterns. The first two projects are embedded in the Evolutionary Genetics group and the third is embedded in the Theoretical Biology group. Both groups participate in the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies. The three projects are not open for students with the Dutch nationality. Dutch students are referred to the other six projects of the network (in the UK and in Finland). For more information see http://speciation.group.shef.ac.uk/itn

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Successful candidates have a masters or equivalent degree in biology with a strong interest in evolutionary biology and a background in genetics, evolutionary ecology, molecular biology and/or theoretical biology. Good proficiency of the English language is required. Candidates will enroll in the education and supervision program of the Groningen Graduate School of Science. Teaching duties of 25% of the time are foreseen.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)

Organization
University of Groningen
Founded in 1614. One of the best universities in Europe and the world. A wide variety of disciplines. Internationally oriented. Rooted in the North of the Netherlands. Socially active. Our researchers and lecturers are inspired academics. Ambitious students. We respect the differences in talent, ambitions and performance of the 25.000 students and members of staff.

The university provides a career advisory service for partners of new staff who move to Groningen.

The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Conditions of employment
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: Four years
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2000 gross per month in the first year up to a maximum of € 2558 gross per month in the final year. Objective of the temporary 4-year position is the production of a number of research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, which together will form the basis of a thesis leading to a PhD degree (dr.) at the University of Groningen. After the first year, there will be an evaluation as to the feasibility of successful completion of the PhD thesis within the next three years.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Prof. Leo Beukeboom, l.w.beukeboom@rug.nl or dr. Louis van de Zande (for the first two projects)
E-mail address: louis.van.de.zande@rug.nl

Or Prof. Franjo Weissing (for the third project)
E-mail address: f.j.weissing@rug.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.rug.nl)
• About the function (http://speciation.group.shef.ac.uk/itn/)
• About the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES) (http://www.rug.nl/biol/cees)
• About the Evolutionary Genetics (http://www.rug.nl/biol/evogen)

Application
You can apply for this job before 01-08-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

University of Groningen
Personnel and Organization Office

P.O. Box 72
9700 AB Groningen
The Netherlands
E-mail: vmp@rug.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT208181-83.

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The Netherlands : PhD position

VU University Amsterdam Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences

f/m
Amsterdam, 1081 HV (Noord-Holland), hours per week

Job description
Function title: PhD position
The department of Molecular Cell Physiology at the Faculty Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, offers a PhD position in the NWO-funded Computational Life Sciences project “Microbial ecosystems and multiple environment stoichiometric analyses (MEMESA)”.

Project
The NWO Computational Life Sciences program funds research on biological systems using theoretical and modelling approaches. The MEMESA project will use computational methods (flux balance analysis, metabolic modelling) to study the regulation of prokaryotic metabolic networks in relation to environmental conditions and the presence of other microorganisms in microbial ecosystems.

Task description
You will develop theoretical approaches to establish optimal metabolic flux distributions (using mixed-integer linear programming techniques with flux balance analysis; FBA) for microorganisms that function in dynamic microbial ecosystems. Multiple optimization criteria will be applied; at the organism (intracellular) and ecosystem level (intercellular). You will study the plasticity of metabolic networks as function of different environments by considering optimal regulation strategies. This will require development of theoretical flux analyses approaches to deal with partially-characterized microbial ecosystems. To do so, FBA will be merged with coarse-grained metabolic network descriptions. You will work in an interdisciplinary team consisting of two biologists and one mathematician as supervisors and two postdocs, a biomathematician or computational biologist (to be hired) and a programmer. You will work closely with the postdoctoral researcher, the tasks will be divided based on your experience and interests, and those of the postdoctoral researcher.

Requirements
Required education/skills:We seek an enthusiastic, motivated person with an MSc degree in bioengineering, bioprocess technology, biophysics, biomathematics, computational biology or systems biology. Considering the computational nature of the project, the applicant should have affinity with computer modelling and linear algebra. Preferably the applicant will be familiar with basic microbial physiology and regulation of microbial metabolism. You should be able to function in a multidisciplinary environment.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Post-doctorates(Scientific discipline: Engineering)

Organization
VU University Amsterdam
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, has been a renowned cultural, scientific and commercial centre for many centuries. It was here, in 1880, that the VU University Amsterdam first opened its doors to students. VU stands for 'Vrije Universiteit', which means 'Free University'. Here, 'free' refers to freedom of state and church interference. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam was established in 1880 by orthodox protestants. Nowadays it aims to be inspiring, innovative and involved.

Throughout the past century, the university has continued to expand. It now comprises twelve faculties and has teaching facilities for 18,000 students.

Click here for an overview of faculties and institutes: http://www.english.vu.nl/About_the_VU/

The university campus and university hospital are situated in the south-western part of Amsterdam, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing business districts in the Netherlands. The international airport of Schiphol-Amsterdam is 10 kilometres away, just 8 minutes by train. With more than fifty undergraduate (or bachelor’s) programmes and almost a hundred postgraduate (or master’s) programmes, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers a wide choice of study options. The programmes are of a high quality, the atmosphere is very conducive to study, and the teaching staff is easily accessible.

The Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences is the result of the merger between the former Faculty of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Environmental Studies. The Faculty is offering education and doing research in the fields of:

Earth Sciences (physical geography and geology)
Biology
Biomedical Sciences
Geoarchaeology
Public Health
Environmental Studies

Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: temporary
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will initially be for 12 months starting 1 November 2008 at the latest. After a successful evaluation the contract will be prolonged with 36 months. The employment will have to result in a written thesis by the end of this period. Our fringe benefits of employment can be found at www.vu.nl/vacatures.

Salary
The salary is according to the standards for PhD researchers and is € 2.000.- during the first year and increases to € 2.558.- during the fourth year , based on a full-time employment.

Additional Information
Additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.vu.nl)
• About the department (http://www.falw.vu.nl/english/index.cfm)
• About the function (http://www.vu.nl/vacatures)

Application
You can apply for this job before 21-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

VU University Amsterdam
Faculty Earth and Life Sciences
Dr.J.M.R.M. Neutelings
De Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: falw-vacatures@falw.vu.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 1.2008.00181.

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The Netherlands : 2 PhDs in Automotive Control

Delft University of Technology Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Delft, (Zuid-Holland), 40 hours per week

Job description
Background
The Dutch consortium High Tech Automotive Systems (www.htas.nl) has identified driving guidance and vehicle efficiency as prime focus areas for growth and innovation. Funding has been secured for the MILLS project on vehicle dynamics control as part of the driving guidance focus area. Research subject The objective of the MILLS project is to design, develop and test an improved Vehicle Dynamics Control System (VDC ), based on wheel load sensing input, Vehicle State Estimation (VSE) and tyre technology. Increased safety as a result of this project comprises 1) Reduced Braking Distance; 2) Stability (Improved ESP based on load sensing and new tyre technology) and 3) Human-Machine Interfacing, i.e., improved human-to-vehicle interaction.
Tasks
PhD1 - State Estimation and Fault-Tolerant Control
Development of vehicle state estimation and control strategies that reliably perform in a wide range of road, tyre and driving conditions, and provide safe operation modes in case of sensor failure.
PhD2 – Human-Machine Interfacing
Automotive and aviation applications have shown that vehicle control strategies which relieve the human controller can lead to reduced driver attention as evidenced by prolonged reaction times. Volunteer experiments will be performed to investigate effects of innovative vehicle control strategies on the driver, and to define the desired behaviour of the controlled vehicle.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
The candidate should have an MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Control or a closely related field, with outstanding marks, as well as a strong background in Control, System Identification and/or Human-Machine Interfacing. We seek applicants with a strong combination of academic attitude and engineering skills, excellent writing and presentation skills in English, and independent research and teamwork capabilities.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers

Organization
Delft University of Technology
Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognized level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

The 3ME Faculty trains committed engineering students and PhD candidates in groundbreaking scientific research in the fields of mechanical, maritime and materials engineering.Automotive research and education at 3ME focuses on the interplay between vehicle dynamics sensing and control, human-machine interfacing and safety.
Date of entry: 20/06/2008

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 1500 - 2000

Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2000
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: Four years
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional conditions of employment:
TU Delft offers an attractive benefits package, including a flexible work week, free high-speed Internet access from home, and the option of assembling a customized compensation and benefits package (the 'IKA'). Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

R. Happee
Telephone number: 31 (0)15-2783213
E-mail address: @tudelft.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.tudelft.nl)
• Technische Universiteit Delft (http://www.tudelft.nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 04-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Mw. S. Stapel/Human Resources
E-mail: application-3me@tudelft.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 3ME08-04/05.

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The Netherlands : PhD "Predicting the development of osteoarthritis..."

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Biomedical Engineering

Eindhoven, (Noord-Brabant), 40 hours per week

Job description
Degeneration of articular cartilage, also called osteoarthritis (NL: artrose) is a very common, painful and disabling pathology, mainly affecting larger joints. Current treatments mainly focus on the end stage of the disease, when repair of the tissue has become almost possible. One reason for the late intervention is that it is difficult to identify at an early stage which patients will develop (severe) joint degeneration, and at which time-span this will occur. This project aims to predict the time-course of cartilage degeneration, given the current conditions (geometry, site of damage, environmental factors such as associated soft tissue damage, etc) in a specific joint. Our approach is to simulate damage progression using an existing finite element model of articular cartilage mechanics. Input for these simulations as well as data for validation of predictions, comes from follow-up patient data available through collaboration with the departments of rheumatology and radiology of the LUMC. Additional collaborators are orthopaedists of the AZM, and Biophysics in Kuopio, Finland.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate

We are seeking for a candidate who is well-familiar with computational modelling (finite element method) and has high affinity to biomedical applications. The candidate should be recently graduated from a MSc. program in for instance Biomedical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. Also, good communicative skills are required for close contact with clinicians throughout the project, and fluent communication in English (spoken and written) is essential.

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research

Organization
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Department of Biomedical Engineering

The Department of Biomedical Engineering is a joint department of the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Maastricht interfacing and integrating engineering and biomedical sciences from the two universities. The department is organized into 4 divisions: 1) molecular bioengineering, 2) biomechanics and tissue engineering, 3) biomedical imaging and informatics, and 4) biosignals and regulation.

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. C.C. van Donkelaar
Telephone number: 31.40.2473135

Or Prof. dr. K. Ito
Telephone number: 31.40.2473851
E-mail address: k.ito@tue.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through the following link:

• About the organization (http://www.tue.nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 18-08-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
WH 4.118
Dr. C.C. van Donkelaar
Postbus 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Nederland
E-mail: c.c.v.donkelaar@tue.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber V50.093.

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Norway : Trondelag University College Phd Scholarships

Financial and Empirical Modelling of Energy Markets

Ref: TOH - stipendiat 03/2008

At Trondheim Business School (TBS) - Sør Trøndelag University College there is a Phd Scholarship available within financial and empirical modelling of energy markets. TBS was established in 1967, and is today one of the oldest public business schools in Norway. About 1000 full-time students and about 200 part time students attend our school today. We admit about 280 new students to our Bachelor programmes and 80 students to our Master programmes every year. We offer education at a high academic level, and we emphasize the combination of theoretic curriculum and practical problem solving through group-work and real life projects. We also aim to develop the student's personal capabilities and skills concerning future leadership tasks. Trondheim Business School is located at Moholt, close to three of the largest student hostels in town. Our lecture rooms, study halls, workrooms and library are all well equipped and the working conditions are good. Trondheim Business School also offers a full year taught in English at undergraduate level, for exchange students. The candidate will be a part our lecture and research team and is expected to contribute academically as well as socially.

The research project involves building decisions tools relevant for pricing and hedging in the electricity spot and derivative markets. Consequently, research will be centred on the following thematic research areas (for a detailed description of these research themes, contact the references below):

• Prediction modelling of electricity and natural gas markets.
• Modelling electricity spot and derivatives markets using both equilibrium and no-arbitrage analyses.
• Analysis of area price risks in the electricity market
• Real options analysis of production and investment decisions

The data used are market data for spot- and derivative prices, from the Nordic, German and UK electricity and gas markets plus various determinant variables (weather/hydro variables, consumption, alternative energy prices etc). The participants of the project in addition to TBS are two local energy companies, a local foundation for economic research, and researches from academic institutions in London and New York. Part of the Phd project can be performed at these institutions for a restricted period during the Phd.

Qualification:

Applicants should have an excellent academic background and have (or expect to have) a Masters degree, specialising in Finance or Economics, with averages at distinction level. The candidate should also have a strong background in quantitative fields such as mathematics, statistics/ econometrics, and IT. Before applying to the programme, applicants should have a clear understanding of their intended research topic. A mandatory part of the application process is a detailed research proposal.

Further informations:

The scholarship is approximately 340000 NOK per year (34000 £). The applications and all the documentation should be sent to this adresss including 4 copies:

Trondheim Business School
HIST
7004 Trondheim
Norway

Applicants should be sent within 1. August 2008. Mark the application with the following reference: TOH-stip.03/2008.

For more details, contact;

• Dean Ove Gustafsson, +47 73 55 99 41, Ove.Gustafsson@hist.no, or
• Associate Professor Sjur Westgaard, +47 73559988 / +47 97122019, sjur.westgaard@hist.no.

The Netherlands : PhD student for PHASAR Search Technology Applied to Patent Documents

Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Computing Science

Nijmegen, (Gelderland), 40 hours per week

Job description
The Text Mining for Intellectual Property (TM4IP) project aims to develop a text mining application which is geared to searching for information in the domain of intellectual property as held in English language patent documents and corroborative publications such as technical journal articles. The project is carried out in collaboration with the Centre for Language and Speech Technology (CLST) within the Faculty of Arts. Currently the project has vacancies for 4 PhD positions, two in the area of computer science and two in linguistics. The PhD student employed on the PhD project entitled ‘PHASAR search technology applied to patent documents’ will be further developing the PHASAR search technology, investigating its way-of-working in the context of patent search and comparing its effectiveness to other search methods. In addition to developing the PHASAR search technology, the PhD student is expected to have completed a PhD thesis on the topic by the end of the contract.

Requirements
Required education/skills:Doctorate
The successful candidate has a strong background in programming, with an interest in information retrieval and natural language processing. He/she has affinity with interdisciplinary research, good writing skills, and an adequate command of English.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers

Organization
Radboud University Nijmegen
Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Computing Science
Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.

The Faculty of Science comprises five sub-faculties: Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computing Science. By taking in 400 new students a year, the Faculty of Science is about to attain the position of second largest in the Netherlands. The project will be carried out within the Institute for Computing and Information Sciences (ICIS).
Date of entry: 19/06/2008

Conditions of employment
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2.558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 3.5 years, with go/no-go decision after 1 year.
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

prof. C.H.A. Koster
Telephone number: 31-24-3653133
E-mail address: kees@cs.ru.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.ru.nl)
• Radboud University Nijmegen (http://www.ru.nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 17-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica
Radboud University Nijmegen, mrs.drs. D. Reinders
P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen

E-mail: pz@science.ru.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 62.56.08.

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The Netherlands : PhD student for Molecular Neurobiology

Radboud University Nijmegen Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Computing Science

Nijmegen, (Gelderland), 40 hours per week

Job description
You will be working in the field of Molecular Neurobiology (including developmental aspects), using in particular molecular, cell-biological, physiological and behavioural research approaches. You will participate in the research programme on the unravelling of the molecular basis of neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders, in particular the effects of (epi)genetic and environmental (early-life stress) factors on brain development/ behavioural phenotypes. Project in short: A fundamental question in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders is how the interaction between predisposing genes and a change in environment (e.g. early-life stressors) can produce a phenotype that is vulnerable to a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as schizophrenia. We want to establish the molecular genetic and neurobiological basis of a rat model that displays a complex phenotype remarkably similar to that of patients with schizophrenia. In humans, we are trying to identify susceptibility genes for such disorders. Central question of the project: what programmes the brain for vulnerability to neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders? Through our studies we hope to highlight the crucial role of neurodevelopmental signalling pathways and stressful (early) life events in programming the brain for vulnerability to these disorders.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Candidates should have obtained an MSc degree in (Medical) Biology, Molecular/Cellular Neurobiology, Molecular Life Sciences or equivalent. Preferably, candidates have some background in Developmental Biology, experience with animal models, and a high affinity for fundamental research related to clinical problems. Relevant experience with animal behavioural research is an advantage.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)

Organization
Radboud University Nijmegen
Faculty of Science, Mathematics and Computing Science
Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University Nijmegen is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.

The challenge of the research performed in the Department of Molecular Animal Physiology is to map the brain from genotype to molecular pathways in neurodevelopmental trajectories to neuronal circuitry phenotypes and beyond to behaviour and cognition. The department is part of the Donders Centre for Neuroscience (theme 2: Functional Neurogenomics/Neurodevelopment, in which the roles of [brain] genes and their products are examined, often in [genetically modified] neuronal cells in culture and in [genetically modified] animal models), and affiliated with and housed in the Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences (NCMLS; theme 3: Cell growth and differentiation) of Radboud University. Website: www.ru.nl/molanphys/. The Donders Centre for Neuroscience brings together multidisciplinary basic and clinical research groups from the Faculty of Science and the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. The researchers at the Centre combine basic research on cognitive neuroscience and applied clinical research. Website: www.ru.nl/dcn. The Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences (NCMLS) is a leading European research school within the domain of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, provides an excellent and challenging research environment, and includes departments of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre. Multidisciplinary research within the NCMLS is also reflected in international MSc and PhD programmes. Website: www.ncmls.eu.
Date of entry: 23/06/2008

Conditions of employment
Maximum salary amount in Euro's a month 2.558
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: The first contract will be for 1.5 years, with possible extension by 2.5 years.
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional conditions of employment:
The candidate will be appointed as a PhD student for a period of four years. The candidate’s performance will be evaluated after 18 months. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

prof. dr. G.J.M. Martens
Telephone number: 31 (0)24 3610564
E-mail address: g.martens@ncmls.ru.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.ru.nl)
• About the department (http://www.ru.nl/dcn)
• About the function (http://www.ru.nl/dcn)
• Radboud University Nijmegen (http://www.ru.nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 16-08-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica
RU Nijmegen, afdeling P&O t.a.v. mrs. M. Coppus
Postbus 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, NL

E-mail: pz@science.ru.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 62.31.08.

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The Netherlands : PhD Student Reaction-diffusion systems multiple spatial scales

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Mathematics and Computer science

Eindhoven, (Noord-Brabant), 40 hours per week

Job description

Project description:
At this PhD position you will work on the analysis, modeling and simulation of "Reaction-diffusion systems on multiple spatial scales". Typical examples of such problems are the distributed-microstructure models obtained by periodic homogenization from an exact micro-model. An important feature of this class of problems is that the homogenized system recognizes the distributed-concentration exchange across the internal fixed and/or moving boundaries. The “distributed-microstructure” methodology will be applied to a dissolution/precipitation/flow scenario arising in the transport of salts in unsaturated porous media.

As a PhD Student Reaction-diffusion systems multiple spatial scales you will forfill the following task:

• perform scientific research;
• present results on international conferences;
• publish results in scientific journals

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate

We are looking for a candidate who meets the following requirements:

• a M.Sc. in Mathematics,
• strong affinity with partial-differential equations,
• good communication and writing skills in English.

Prior knowledge of homogenization and modeling of reaction-diffusion scenarios is an advantage but not a must.

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Research trainees, non-tenured lecturers, researchers

Organization
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Department of Mathematics and Computer science

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science provides undergraduate and MSc programs in Mathematics and in Computer Science. The department has research collaborations with other departments at the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven as well as with a large number of other universities and companies, both at home and abroad. The Department has approximately 350 employees and more than 700 students.

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4
Maximum hours per week: 40

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. Adrian Muntean
Telephone number: 31(0)40-2472702

Or mrs A.D. Boekema
Telephone number: 31(0)40-2472735
E-mail address: pzwin@tue.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through the following link:

• About the organization (http://www.tue.nl)

Application
You can apply for this job before 15-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Postbus 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Nederland
E-mail: pzwin@tue.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber V 32.023.

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The Netherlands : PhD student: Functional genomics of renal injury and morphogenesis.

Leiden University

Leiden, 2300 RA (Zuid-Holland), hours per week

Job description
Project description:
A functional genomics approach will be used to investigate the cellular mechanisms underlying adverse drug reactions. The focus will be on the kidney, an organ where adverse drug reactions are frequently observed and remain a serious problem in the clinic and for the pharmaceutical industry. An advanced in vitro cell-based model will be used, whereby renal cells are cultured in 3D and undergo morphogenesis, producing multicellular kidney organoids. These structures have a high level of differentiation and organization approaching that seen in the kidney, and therefore serve as a more relevant in vitro model for studying kidney toxicity. The responses of kidney organoids to reno-toxic pharmaceuticals will be determined by gene profiling and automated image analysis of the kidney organoids. Using RNAi-mediated knockdown of genes which are up- and down-regulated in response to pharmaceutical treatment will establish whether those specific genes play a functional role in the stress response. Using this approach, we expect to identify and then further characterize proteins and signalling pathways which mediate the adverse response to pharmaceuticals.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
We seek a highly motivated and talented biologist with an interest in cell behaviour and signalling. Candidates should have good communication skills and have a background in cell biology, molecular biology and/or biochemistry and/or bioinformatics.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Natural Sciences)

Organization
Leiden University

Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: For a period of 4 years.

Additional Information
Additional information can be obtained through the following link:

• About the function (http://www.vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=1&c=1852)

Application
You can apply for this job before 18-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, LACDR/Division of Toxicology
Dr.L.S. Price
PO Box 9502
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
E-mail: lsprice@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber 8-153.

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The Netherlands : PhD position in the field of the Law of International Organizations

University of Amsterdam Faculty of Law / Amsterdam Center for International Law

Amsterdam, (Noord-Holland), 38 hours per week

Job description
The European Union is unique among international organizations. Among the hallmarks of its special position is the so-called infringement procedure through which the Commission tries to guarantee full and equal application by all Member States of Community law. This makes it all the more remarkable that the European Union recently has gone back to what seem to be at first sight weaker techniques of enforcement, such as peer review and mutual surveillance, or surveillance by an agency. This is in part a consequence of the fact that the relevant norms fall outside the classical Community law area (third pillar, Schengen) or an area that was deemed unsuitable for infringement proceedings (monetary union). However, after some of these norms moved to the Community side of the Union, the techniques were maintained. Moreover, in traditional Community law areas especially the presence of agencies has led to applying surveillance techniques which are supposed to fulfil some of the functions of infringement procedures.

The Ph.D. candidate is expected to make an inventory of the areas of Community law where non-infringement procedures of ensuring application and implementation of Community law have become important, to do a comparative study into comparable techniques used in other international organizations and to arrive at some conclusions with respect to the success of such techniques and under which conditions they can be as effective or more effective than the infringement procedure.

Tasks

• To engage in supervised scientific research that will ultimately result in a doctoral thesis;
• The candidate may also lecture on subjects in the Faculty's curriculum.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate

• Qualified jurist with excellent knowledge of the law of international organizations and Community law;
• Excellent writing skills; fluency in English; good working knowledge of German and/or French preferred;
• Passion for research in the field of international law, following the comparative method;
• Foreign candidates will be expected to acquire working knowledge of the Dutch language within a period of two years.

Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Teaching & Research(Scientific discipline: Law)

Organization
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Law / Amsterdam Center for International Law
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) is a university with an internationally acclaimed profile, located at the heart of the Dutch capital. As well as a world center for business and research, Amsterdam is a hub of cultural and media activities. The University of Amsterdam is a member of the League of European Research Universities.

The Faculty of Law is strongly engaged in society and has an international orientation, which is reflected in its research and education activities. The Faculty offers three Bachelor's programmes: Law, Tax Law, and Notarial Law. The Faculty offers a number of Master's programmes, two of which are taught exclusively in English (i.e. International and European Law, and European Private Law). With its 3,500 students and 375 staff members, it is one of the largest law faculties in the Netherlands. The Faculty is located in the centre of Amsterdam.

The Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) is the research institute for international and European law. Its mission is to facilitate and support legal research into the internationalisation of the law and the development of the rule of law in international society. The ACIL brings together over 50 researchers who have specialised in general international law and European Union law, international criminal law, international economic law and international tax law. The ACIL conducts 4 research programmes, one of which focuses on the International Rule of Law. The offered Ph.D. position will be part of this research programme.

Conditions of employment
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: see below
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The appointment will be full time (38 hours a week) although a part-time appointment (32 hours per week) can be facilitated with the consent of the employer, for a period of four years and should lead to a dissertation. The gross monthly salary will be in accordance with University regulations for academic personnel, and will range from € 2.000,- in the first year up to a maximum of € 2.558,- in the last year.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Prof. P.J. Kuijper
Telephone number: 31 (0)20 525 2951
E-mail address: P.J.Kuijper@uva.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.uva.nl/start.cfm/la=en/th=main)
• About the department (http://jur.uva.nl/aciluk/object.cfm/objectid=19B7C1A4-C262-4C6D-811832E317699FF9)
• About the function (http://www.uva.nl/vacatures/vacatures.cfm/C43873DB-1321-B0BE-689AB8D6CD21215C)

Application
You can apply for this job before 19-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
DrP.M. Kwantes
P.O. Box 1030
1000 BA Amsterdam
the Netherlands
E-mail: solliciteren-fdr@uva.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT 08-4022.

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The Netherlands : PhD Separation of amino acids using membrane technology

University of Twente Faculty of Science and Technology

Enschede, 7500 Ae (Overijssel), 38 hours per week

Job description
for a project entitled:

“A novel process route for the production of building blocks for chemicals from protein sources”

The depletion in fossil feedstocks, increasing oil prices and ecological problems associated with CO2 emissions urges the chemical industry to develop novel routes to produce building blocks for functionalized specialty and bulk chemicals. As such, amino acids obtained from cheap waste or side streams are very interesting and promising. They can be derived by hydrolysis from these sources. The resulting amino acid mixture needs to be separated in an effective and efficient way. Membrane technology and more specifically membrane electrodialysis, is a very promising and cost effective separation technology. The aim of the proposed research is to explore the possibilities of this technology for the separation of amino acids. Apart from the proof of principle and determination of the limitations of the existing membranes, the research includes membrane development, module and process design and improvement of the hydrodynamics.
The project is a collaboration between Wageningen University and the University of Twente. A number of industrial partners participate in the project. The project requires close collaboration between the research groups and the industrial participants.

Requirements
Required education/skills:University Graduate
Offer
We offer a scientific education on a multidisciplinary subject. The assignment is for 4 years, with a go/no-go assessment at the end of the first year. The candidates are expected to finish the project with a PhD thesis and disseminate the results through patents (if applicable), publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences. Your starting salary will be € 2000, - in the first year and up to € 2558, - gross per month in the last year.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Post-doctorates(Scientific discipline: Engineering)

Organization
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Sharing knowledge, working together, research, innovation. It is all part of the only campus university in the Netherlands: the University of Twente (UT). A university with an international character. We have for example many foreign doctoral students, and master programmes are provided in English. Divided over 5 faculties, we provide more than 50 Bachelor and Master programmes, varying from Applied Physics and Public Administration to Applied Communication Science and Biomedical Technology. In beautiful green surroundings, more than 8000 students and 2700 staff live, work and recreate at the UT. It is also a place where talented people get every opportunity to perform cutting edge research. But as an entrepreneurial university this is not all we do. In ‘Kennispark’, for example, we work together with the business community, we support our students in setting up their own businesses and participate in many projects in the area of knowledge development. In brief, a dynamic climate in which to work and study.

The Faculty of Science and Technology (700 faculty members, 1100 students) offers a range of bachelor and master courses (NanoTechnology, Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering and Technical Medicine). The faculty’s research is organized in three of the university’s interdisciplinary research institutes: MESA , BMTI, and IMPACT. These institutes increase the vitality of research by enabling collaboration between programs and disciplines, by providing shared facilities, and by attracting funding for joint projects. They also provide a conduit to industrial partners and help in attracting new faculty.

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 - 3000
Salary: scale 10.Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The Faculty of Science and Technology (700 faculty members, 1100 students) offers a range of bachelor and master courses (NanoTechnology, Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering and Technical Medicine). The faculty’s research is organized in three of the university’s interdisciplinary research institutes: MESA , BMTI, and IMPACT. These institutes increase the vitality of research by enabling collaboration between programs and disciplines, by providing shared facilities, and by attracting funding for joint projects. They also provide a conduit to industrial partners.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. ir. Kitty Nijmeijer
Telephone number: 31 53 4894185
E-mail address: d.c.nijmeijer@utwente.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.utwente.nl/en/)
• About the department (http://www.tnw.utwente.nl/en/)
• About the function (http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/vacatures_externe_werving/Externe vacatures WP/08-193.doc/)
• website UT (http://www.utwente.nl/en/)

Application
You can apply for this job before 10-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

University of Twente
faculty TNW
Dr. ir. Kitty Nijmeijer
Postbus 217
7500 AE Enschede

E-mail: d.c.nijmeijer@utwente.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT/08/193.

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The Netherlands : PhD Position Implementation and effectiveness of P-direkt HR Shared Service Center

University of Twente School of Management and Governance

Enschede, 7500 AE (Overijssel), 38 hours per week

Job description
Function title: PhD Position Implementation and effectiveness of P-direkt HR Shared Service Cent
Project & Function
A PhD researcher will develop a theoretical framework and analyse three aspects of the implementation of P-direkt. Firstly, the project focuses on the implementation process at the level of individual end-users: new ways of HR working, new HRM information environment, new technological tools, new communication lines, differences in work processes across Ministries using P-direkt. Secondly, this research analyses HR services as providing assistance, expertise, and HRM-related tangible products to the employees. In order to manage expectations of the P-direkt services provision, and to assess the outcomes of HR shared services, it is important to explore the kind of and extent to which HR activities should be shared through P-direkt. Third, the research will identify competencies needed for working with P-direkt, and knowledge and skills end-users need to work with P-direkt.

Requirements
Required education/skills:Doctorate
Qualifications
The ideal candidate shows a strong interest in conducting a multidisciplinary research. You have a background in Management Studies, Business Administration, Business and IT, or Public Administration. You are also proficient in spoken and written Dutch and English and have well developed social skills to co-operatively work in a research team.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s):
- Post-doctorates(Scientific discipline: Behaviour and Society)

Organization
University of Twente
School of Management and Governance
Sharing knowledge, working together, research, innovation. It is all part of the only campus university in the Netherlands: the University of Twente (UT). A university with an international character. We have for example many foreign doctoral students, and master programmes are provided in English. Divided over 5 faculties, we provide more than 50 Bachelor and Master programmes, varying from Applied Physics and Public Administration to Applied Communication Science and Biomedical Technology. In beautiful green surroundings, more than 8000 students and 2700 staff live, work and recreate at the UT. It is also a place where talented people get every opportunity to perform cutting edge research. But as an entrepreneurial university this is not all we do. In ‘Kennispark’, for example, we work together with the business community, we support our students in setting up their own businesses and participate in many projects in the area of knowledge development. In brief, a dynamic climate in which to work and study.

The School of Management and Governance is a growing and ambitious School. Our objective is to become a leader in the field of social sciences. Important themes in our programmes include management and governance, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. The school offers Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes and post-graduate education. Furthermore, scientific and applied research is conducted in widely varying environments. These include health care, higher education, commercial services and the banking sector. Our research is conducted (mainly) under the auspices of two university research institutes, the Institute for Governance Studies (IGS) and the Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT). There are about 350 people on staff and 2200 students.

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 - 3000
Salary: scale 10.Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
Department of Operations, Organization, & Human Resources (see the web-site http://www.mb.utwente.nl/oohr/) is active in the research and teaching in the fields of Operations Management, Organisation Studies and Human Resource Management. More specifically the focus is on the structure, development and management of organisations, especially in innovative organisations in technological environments. This results in a focus on the dynamic fit between the organisation and its environment and on a strategic use of human and technological resources. Starting points are, among others, modern contingency, stakeholder and supply chain management approaches and structuration perspectives.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Prof. Dr. P.J.J.M. van Loon,

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:

• About the organization (http://www.utwente.nl/en/)
• About the department (http://www.mb.utwente.nl/)
• About the function (http://www.utwente.nl/vacatures/vacatures_externe_werving/Externe vacatures WP/08-184.doc/)
• faculty SMG (http://www.smg.utwente.nl/)
• website UT (http://www.utwente.nl/en/)

Application
You can apply for this job before 10-07-2008 (dd-mm-yyyy) by sending your application to:

University of Twente
School of Management and Governance
prof.dr.P.J.J.M. van Loon
postbus 217
7500 AE Enschede

E-mail: MBsollicitaties@mb.utwente.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber AT/08/184.

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