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About the position We invite applications for a four-year PhD Research Fellow position in the Diversity and Ecology of Marine Algae and Protistan Parasites. The position will be based at the Natural History Museum , University of Oslo , Norway, and affiliated with the national research programme Arctic Ocean 2050 (Polhavet 2050). The successful candidate will also benefit from affiliation with the national graduate research school BIOCORE . The PhD project will investigate how climate-driven warming is reshaping Arctic microbial eukaryote communities, with a focus on the northward expansion of toxic microalgae and protistan parasites. The successful candidate will join an international research environment and contribute to a better understanding of biodiversity change in the Arctic Ocean. The position includes 25% career-enhancing work, supporting both the museum’s activities and the candidate’s professional development. Depending on the candidate’s interests and the museum’s needs, this work may include collection curation, teaching, supervision, research support, work in the Botanical Garden, or public outreach. The selected candidate will be enrolled in the PhD programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Within two months of commencing the position, the candidate must submit a PhD agreement, including a plan for the required doctoral courses and a project description. More about the position / The PhD project The Arctic Ocean is expected to undergo a high rate of species turnover as climate-driven changes in habitats, including declining sea-ice cover and rising seawater temperatures, enable new species to expand northward while others decline or disappear locally. These shifts are likely to substantially reorganize Arctic food webs, with cascading effects throughout the ecosystem. This PhD project will investigate how climate-driven warming is reshaping Arctic microbial eukaryote communities, with a focus on the northward expansion of toxic mi