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BRANCH EVENTS
South Australia Chemistry, amelioration and management of alkaline soils at Waite Campus University of Adelaide 27th June. For more information contact Dr Ehsan Tavakkoli (Phone (08) 8313 2400), ( ehsan.tavakkoli@adelaide.edu.au) or click on this link http://alkalinesoils.eventbrite.com.au and follow the instructions.
Queensland Branch July 2 OGM with Dr Paul Bertsch the Chief of CSIRO Land and Water on the topic Nanotechnology meets Soil Science; Fate, Transport, Bioavailability & Toxicity of Engineered nanomaterials in Soil and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Cost $10 for members and guests. RSVP to Ashneel Sharma (ashneel.sharma@dsitia.qld.gov.au) or Kate Dolan (kate.dolan@dsitia.qld.gov.au) by Wednesday 26th June.
Western Australia July 10 Dr Megan Balks, a senior lecturer in Earth and Ocean Science at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ, will present a seminar from 12:00 to 12:45 pm. The seminar will be held in the Agriculture Lecture Theatre (G013) in the Agriculture NW wing at UWA.
Victoria July 16 Soil Science Symposium at the Centre for AgriBioscience LaTrobe University Bundoora commencing 2.30 pm. RSVP to Dr Clayton Butterly C.Butterly@latrobe.edu.au or 0407992734. Presentations by Prof. Terry Spithill, Prof Caixan Tang, Associate Professor Peter Sale and Dr Clayton Butterly of La Trobe University, Associate Professor Pauline Mele and Dr Fiona Robertson of DEPI Sustaining Productive Dairy Soils Project. Free to members and $10 to non-members.
New South Wales Branch July 18-19 Recent Advances in Soil Science and Management field visit and one day forum at the University of Wollongong Further information and files
Watch the short film - A day in the life of a Soil Scientist - featuring Soil Science Australia's vice president Tim Overheu
Soil Science Australia blog to discuss the revised Australian Standard for onsite domestic wastewater management. Please email office@soilscienceaustralia.org if you would like to join the blog.
Current positions advertised - updated 17 June 2013
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Soil and Environmental Physics
Postdoc Research Fellow in Microbial Ecology UWS Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
Research Associate LaTrobe University Melbourne Campus
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Senate enquiry into the impact of mining
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COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Hawkesbury institute for the environment
Research positions ADDRESSING KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
We are seeking to appoint energetic, highly motivated academics to positions from Lecturer to Professor in the University’s new Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment.These positions will build upon an impressive range of research activities and take advantage of the $40 million facilities for climate change research include a next generation sequencing facility, PC2 laboratories and a Free Air CO2 Enrichment facility located in native Australian woodland.
This is an exciting opportunity to participate in the Institute’s interdisciplinary research programs focusing on environmental genomics, soil, plant and animal science, and ecosystem function and modelling. Applicants should have expertise in one or more of the Institute’s areas of research.Preference will be given to those with expertise in one or more of the following:
·Bioinformatics
·Invertebrate biology including soil fauna
·Water movement in soil and plants
·Plant molecular biology
·Plant/animal interactions
·Soil/plant mineral nutrition
·Biodiversity and invasive species
·Population genetics
·Landscape scale hydrology/ecohydrology modelling
·Ecosystem/atmosphere modelling
The University reserves the right to offer an appointment at a level commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience.
Web: http://www.uws.edu.au/hawkesburyinstitute
Remuneration Package: from $93,187 to $179,304 p.a. (including 17% superannuation and leave loading).
Position Enquiries: Professor Jann Conroy, (02) 4570 1673, j.conroy@uws.edu.au
Closing date:
12 December 2010 (The University may extend the closing date for these positions if necessary).
How to Apply: Go to the web site http://www.careers.uws.edu.au and click ‘find out more’ under the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment box.