Hi all
Please help spread these vacancies among your students and colleagues:
We seek to strengthen our research team at Linnaeus University, Kalmar, by recruiting two postdocs
(one postdoktor and one postdoctoral fellow) interested in biological diversity, community ecology and evolution.
The successful applicants will carry out research within the framework of the Swedish National Research Programme on Climate via a large project funded by the Swedish Research Council FORMAS (https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/current/news/2021/155-miljoner-till-forskning-om-den-svenska-ekens-roll-i-klimatomstallningen/).
Genetic, ecological and environmental data will be collected from natural forests and oak breeding forests representing three different oak species in southern Sweden. The research will focus on how intra- and interspecific genetic variation influence the ability of oaks to cope with changing environmental conditions and how it affects the associated biodiversity. Another important line of investigation concerns responses to climate change. To this end, the project will utilize an array of traditional and innovative, cutting-edge techniques and advanced statistical methods to sample oak stands in ways that allow for quantification of growth rates, vitality, genetics/genomics, physiology, trophic food webs, environmental and climatic conditions.
The postdocs will be responsible for studies of biodiversity of organisms associated with oaks, and for investigations of how climate change impact on insect populations, species and communities (primarily butterflies and moths). For this, an array of traditional and innovative sampling techniques (e.g., metabarcoding of frass fall traps and insect traps, and wildlife acoustic song meter automated audio recordings) will be used along with 'omics' approaches and advanced statistical methods. It will be investigated how variation and change in community composition and trophic food webs are related to forest characteristics (species, age and genetic structure) and environmental factors.
For further information about the positions, qualification requirements, assessment grounds, and on how to apply, please see the advertisements at the links below.
Postdoctoral fellow in ecology and biodiversity (completed PhD degree no more than three years before the application deadline)
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/work-at-the-university/?rmpage=job&rmjob=6405&rmlang=UK
Last day to apply: April 4, 2022
Postdoktor in ecology and biodiversity (completed PhD degree no more than seven years before the application deadline)
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/work-at-the-university/?rmpage=job&rmjob=6404&rmlang=UK
Last day to apply: April 4, 2022
Applications should be submitted via lnu.se and the links provided above.
Do not send applications via e-mail.
Please help us spread the information to suitable applicants!
Cheers,
Anders F.
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Anders Forsman
Professor evolutionary ecology
Center for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Systems, EEMiS
Department of Biology and Environmental Science
Linnaeus University
Visiting address: Norra Kajplan 6
391 82 Kalmar
Sweden
e-mail: Anders.Forsman@lnu.se
phone: +46-(0)480-446173
cellular phone: +46-(0)706-272738
Skypename: professorandersforsman
Personal Websites: https://lnu.se/en/staff/anders.forsman/
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anders_Forsman
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.se/citations?user=ejUJ5N8AAAAJ
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