Jena, Germany: Postdoctoral position in functional biodiversity research
The position is based at the Institute of Ecology of the
Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena and will focus on synthesizing
work on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning in biodiversity experiments and in natural and managed
systems. The successful applicant will have the task to analyze if
and how the mechanisms identified in biodiversity experiments can be
applied to more natural systems and vice versa. The person will
closely work together with researchers of the Jena grassland
biodiversity experiment (www.the-jena-experiment.de). Preference is
given to applicants with proven experience in community ecology and
modeling. Experience in scientific writing is desirable. Please
address further questions to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
Central tasks include the scientific preparation and coordination of
future project applications, the organization of workshops, and
analyses of already existing data sets, pre-selection of suitable
experimental sites and conduction of pre-studies. Further information
are available under:
<http://www.uni-jena.de/ecology.html>www.uni-jena.de/ecology.html.
The successful candidate should hold a PhD a relevant field. Salary
and benefits are linked to the German employee scale TV-L (full position).
As the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena intends to increase the
proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly
encouraged to apply. In case of equal personal aptitudes and
qualification priority will be given to disabled persons.
Please send your application document (cover letter, CV, list of
publications, names and addresses of three references, all in a
single pdf-file) with the corresponding reference number to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] and
quote reference number 21/2009. Review of applications starts on 13.
March 2009 and continues until the position is filled.
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Wolfgang W. Weisser
Institute of Ecology
Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Dornburger Str. 159
07743 Jena
Germany
Tel: 0049 (0) 3641 949 410/400
Fax: 0049 (0) 3641 949 410/402
Homepage: www.uni-jena.de/ecology.html
