I am seeking a post-doc candidate who will join a group-project that studies reproductive decisions in two fascinating systems of insects. The research group includes Dr. Tamar Keasar, Dr. Ally Harari and two PhD students (Michal Segoli and Daphna Gottlieb). The post-doc will work with me on modeling or extending previous preliminary models of the beavioral decisions of the studied insects. The insects are the haplo-diploid date-palm beetle, Coccotrypes dactyliperda, and polyembryonic wasps in the genus Copidosoma (parasitoids whose eggs undergo clonal divisions inside their host body to produce large broods). Information on the insects will be provided by other group members. The models will generate predictions for experiments, suggest new experiments that might be performed by the PhD or by MSc students and assist in the interpretation of experiental results. Computer programs in our lab are written in MATLAB, and due to the nature of the problems we want to address, the models that we use in this project are stochastic dynamic games and Genetic Algorithms.
Candidates should have a PhD in Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology or in Mathematical Biology/Ecology, and should have experience in writing stochastic dynamic games and/or Genetic Algorithms. The position can start as soon as a suitable candidate is chosen and will remain open until the position is filled. Funding is by the Israel Science Foundation, for two years. The position will be based at the Life Science Dept., at the main campus of Ben-Gurion Univ., Beer-Sheva. There is an option to get housing at the international community of students and postdocs at the Institutes for Desert Research (Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion, http://www.bgu.ac.il/BIDR/bic/preliminary_info.htm). Interested candidates should send me by e-mail (to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) a CV with names and e-mail addresses of three referees. Amos ------------- Amos Bouskila, Department of Life Sciences and Mitrani Dept. for Desert Ecology at the Blaustein Inst for Desert Research Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, 84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel Tel: 972-8-646-1278 Fax: 972-8-646-1710 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bgu.ac.il/life/Faculty/Bouskila/index.htm
