Phd On The Fate of Emerging Metal(Loid)s

Natural Resources Canada - Geological Survey of Canada - Lands and Minerals Sector Québec (Québec) This PhD will start in April 2025 and will last 4 years, so until May 2029. Students receive $28,000 per year, payable in equal instalments three times a year. For further information on the organization, please visit Natural Resources Canada - Research Affiliate Program- Geological Survey of Canada**Closing date: 19 November 2024 - 23:59, Pacific Time** **Who can apply**: Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad. All interested persons are encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens, however should an insufficient number of Canadian applicants be identified, then non-Canadians will be considered. To be considered for Research Affiliate Program (RAP) work opportunities, you must also meet the following criteria: Be admitted as full-time student in the PhD program at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre Eau Terre Environnement (Québec City, QC) by April 30, 2025. (Proof will be required before the commencement of the PhD). Important messages **Important messages**: We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential. Assessment accommodation **Duties**: We are looking for an excellent student to pursue a PhD in Environmental Biogeochemistry at the the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) (Québec city, QC, Canada), under the supervision of Drs. Josué Jautzy (GSC) and Anne Crémazy at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - centre Eau, Terre et Environment (INRS-ETE). Emerging metal(loid)s (including rare earth elements) are increasingly being observed in aquatic ecosystems, with potential cumulative effects to local wildlife. A collaborative research program is being built at our institutions to develop and test innovative methods that can address various uncertainties surrounding the environmental sources, temporal trends, spatial distribution and cumulative effects of these chemicals of emerging concern in the environment. For this research, a geographical area of particular interest is the Rouyn-Noranda region in Abitibi (QC). Metal(loid)s in this region have been remobilized into the environment from a long heritage of mining and smelting operations and from recent intense forest fire activity. Delineating the origins, characterizing the deposition history and assessing the cumulative impacts of these substances in surrounding freshwater ecosystems is of great interest to government and industry and local populations. The PhD student will collect and analyze sediment cores from various lakes in this remote boreal region, using a variety of forensic paleolimnological approaches and geochemistry techniques (e.g. laser ablation ICP-MS and clumped isotope measurements), in order to reconstitute deposition history and identify sources of local metal(loid)s. For this research, the student will notably investigate the novel use of ostracods shell in lake sediment as an archive of metal(loid)s historical deposition. **Intent of the process**: The intention is to staff one student position for the completion of a PhD. **Positions to be filled**: 1 **Information you must provide**: Your résumé. A covering letter "and an unofficial copy of transcript." Contact information for 2 references. A list of the courses you have taken as well as any courses that you are taking now, or that you will be taking this academic year **The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)**: English or French Information on language requirements - Experience* in a laboratory on identification of ostracods assemblages. - Knowledge in analytical techniques for clumped isotope analyses of carbonates. - Knowledge of statistical analysis - Knowledge in data processing software (e.g. R). - Knowledge of Excel. - Ability to communicate effectively orally. - Ability to communicate effectively in writing. - Motivation - Être capable de travailler efficacement dans une équipe - Autonomie. **The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)**: Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women Information on employment equity **Conditions of employment**: - The student will need to go through a security investigation (as any federal employee). - The student will need to be registered at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre Eau Terre Environnement for this PhD degree, where the advisors will be located, and reside in or close to Quebec City due to the location of the laborat