Post-doctorate fellowship on the impact of insecticides on soil communities

Field of knowledge: Agricultural entomology and microbiology

FAPESP process: 2021/10573-4

Project title: Center for Carbon Studies in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON)

Working area: Entomology, microbiology, community ecology, insecticide metabolization

Number of positions: 1

Principal investigator: Fernando Luís Cônsoli

Instituition: Department of Entomology and Acarology,Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo

Deadline for submissions: March 08, 2024

Publishing date: February 21, 2024

Location:Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

E-mail for applications: fconsoli@usp.br

The Center for Carbon Studies in Tropical Agriculture (CCARBON) is offering a post-doctorate fellowship to develop the project “Pesticide soil contamination interference in the diversity and abundance of soil communities and the soil carbon pools”.

The selected candidate will be hired for a 24-months fellowship as a post-doc researcher. It is desirable that the candidate is self-motivated, proactive, independent, with a degree in the field of Entomology, with expertise in the use of molecular and bioinformatic tools for the study of the diversity of communities and on the role the microbiome on the metabolization of insecticides.

The position is open to Brazilians and foreigners. The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the amount of BRL 9.047,40 monthly (approximately USD 1,900) plus Technical Reserve. The Technical Reserve is equivalent to 10% of the annual value of the scholarship and should be used for expenses directly related to research activities.

Applicants must submit the following documents: i) a brief letter describing previous experience and interest in the position (maximum 1 page); ii) a short CV (maximum 4 pages) emphasizing the main academic indicators and links to Orcid, ResearchID and Google Scholar; iii) contact of two references for the e-mails fconsoli@usp.br with the following subject title “Application PD - CCarbon”. Documents must be submitted by March 08, 2024.