Population Ecology: PhD position, NTNU 1509 views

A PhD position is available in population ecology at the Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, NTNU. This position is under the project “Sustainable management of renewable resources in a changing environment: an integrated approach across ecosystems (SUSTAIN)” at the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD), Department of biology, NTNU.

Duration: 3 years with 1-year extension; if the candidate accepts teaching duties in agreement with the Department and the supervisor.

About the project:

• The main focus of research will be on increasing the understanding of how harvesting and environmental variation (including climate change) affects the temporal dynamics in a multi-species system with different types of inter-specific interactions (e.g. competition, predator-prey).
• developing theoretical models for temporal dynamics in multi-species systems;
• inspecting how ecological processes like dispersal, density dependence, spatial structure and different types of environmental variation affect the dynamics of multi-species systems subject to different harvesting strategies, and
• testing predictions based on these models through analyses of empirical data

Qualifications:

• M.Sc. (or equivalent) in Biology or Statistics or other relevant area
• experience with theoretical tools for stochastic modelling of population dynamics, including programming in R or similar languages
• strong administrative, written, and oral communication skills
• be creative and be able to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team
• fluency in the English language (spoken and written)
• candidates coming from non-English-speaking countries must document English skills by an approved test
• Approved test includes TOEFL/IELTS/CAE/CPE

Application:

• Applications form
• CV
• Certificates from both Bachelor and Master
• Publications (if any) and other scientific works
• Grade transcripts
• Copies of documentation on English language proficiency test
• contact information for references
• letters of recommendation (2) must be submitted
• candidate’s motivation, skills and personal qualifications for the position should be described in the application
• Applications must be submitted electronically
• Reference number of the position is: NT-59/16

Contact:

Prof. Bernt-Erik Sæther,Contact:

Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD),

Department of Biology, NTNU,

Tel. +47 735 90584,

E-mail: bernt-erik.sather@ntnu.no

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