Post-Doctorate Fellowship on the Impact of Insecticides on Soil Communities

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”. CCARBON is one of the Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers (RIDCs) supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) in São Paulo state, Brazil.

The selected candidate will be hired for a 24-month 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 of the role the microbiome on the metabolization of insecticides.

The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the amount of BRL 9,047.40 monthly. An additional 10% equivalent of the annual pay is available to cover additional costs 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 to fconsoli@usp.br with the subject title “Application PD - CCarbon”. Documents must be submitted by March 08, 2024.

More information about the fellowship is at: fapesp.br/oportunidades/6799.