Three Postdocs in Terrestrial (Island) Ecology within an ERC AdG
Job description: The Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies
(IMEDEA) offers three
Postdoctoral positions to support the
research activities in the context of the European Research Council (ERC)
project IslandLife (ID: 101054177), led by Prof. Anna Traveset. This is a 5-year research project funded by the
ERC that will be developed at the Terrestrial Ecology lab, within the
Department of Global Change and Oceanography of IMEDEA.
The three
postdoctoral researchers will lead, together with the PI and other researchers
of the project, the construction and analyses of the multilayer ecological networks
in the islands of four archipelagos. One postdoc will work with data from the
Seychelles (Postdoc 1), one with data from the Galápagos (Postdoc 2), and the
third one with data from the Balearic and Canary Islands (Postdoc 3). The work
will involve stays in the field gathering data as well as lab work at IMEDEA,
processing data, analyzing them and preparing manuscripts for their
publication. They all will support the PI and the rest of the team to achieve
the scientific objectives of the project, publish and disseminate the findings.
Main tasks:
·
Field work in two
islands in the study archipelago (Seychelles, Galapagos or Balearics/Canaries)—periodical
sampling of a variety of ecological interactions, monitoring plant community
composition. Field work will involve about 5-6 months per year the two first
years of the postdoc.
·
Conduct an extensive
literature review on species interactions from each archipelago
·
Laboratory work--
sorting and processing samples, getting in touch with taxonomists and molecular
laboratories for species identification.
·
Build the multi-layer
networks, analyse and visualize data
·
Write manuscripts and
disseminate results
·
Actively
engage in the research group and support the organization of project meetings and conferences across the
project.
·
Help train and
mentor other team members if necessary
Main requirements/skills:
·
Candidates
holding a PhD in Biology or Environmental Sciences, with experience in network
analysis and complex coding and modeling in R will be given priority.
·
Experience
with management of research team (with diverse cultural background) including
the co-supervision of PhD students is preferred.