NMBU: Postdoctoral Research Position in Ecology 1365 views

Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) offers a postdoctoral position in Ecology.

Duration: 3 year

Funding agency: The position is funded by the Research Council of Norway’s Klimaforsk program

Project: Trapped in a cold-adapted body: the causes and consequences of phenotypic change in a rapidly warming Arctic

Supervisor: Prof. Leif Egil Loe

Requirements:

• Individual must have strong quantitative skills, relevant to modelling life history strategies, adaptation and population dynamics.
• The successful candidate is likely to also be involved in the eco-physiological and behavioral ecology parts of the project.

Starting date: August 1, 2017; but is negotiable.

Academic qualifications:

• Applicant must hold a PhD degree within a relevant scientific area like ecology, evolution, wildlife biology, biometry, or similar fields.
• The applicant must demonstrate strong quantitative skills, as well as good skills in English (oral and written).
• Applicant must have some experience with complex statistical and mathematical modelling of population and/or evolutionary processes.
• Applicant must be proficient in using the statistical programing language R.
• Applicant must possess evident scientific writing skills

Desired personal qualities:

• Motivation to work as part of a team
• Strong willingness to work primarily analytically for the duration of the postdoctoral project
• There will be opportunities for field work in Svalbard, but this is not a main part of the position.
• Interest in climate change effects on ecology and evolution

Application:

• Apply online via the University’s Web Recruitment System

Ref.no.: 17/00533

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