11 Doctoral candidates: BioMove 1270 views

University of Potsdam (UP), the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW, Berlin), and the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF, Müncheberg) are offering 11 PhD positions. The positions are under DFG-funded Research Training Group RTG 2118 ‘Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in Dynamic Agricultural Landscapes (BioMove)’.

Duration: 3 years; 26 hours per week (65%)

Remuneration: salary scale is as per the German public service 13 TV-L

Starting date: 1^st October 2018

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold excellent M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) in Ecology, Zoology, Botany, Conservation, Behavioural or Evolutionary Biology, Microbiology, Epidemiology or other natural sciences
• Applicants those have not yet finished their Master thesis can submit a current and informative study record.
• Applicants must possess very good English skills (written and spoken)
• Applicants must have very good statistical and analytical skills (preferentially sound knowledge in R) and experience in one or more of the following areas is expected: experimental field and laboratory studies, mathematical or computer simulation modelling, telemetry, molecular ecology.
• A strong interest in interdisciplinary research and the willingness to engage in scientific exchange with other disciplines is essential for applicants.

Applications:

• Applicants are required to indicate up to three preferred projects and explain their motivation for choosing them.
• Short-listed candidates will be invited to an application symposium on June 21./22 in Potsdam.
• Application to be sent electronically to biomove-rtg@uni-potsdam.de