Postdoctoral Fellowship - Consequences of anthropogenic impact on
aquatic invertebrates in small water bodies
Application are invited for a postdoc funded by the AXA Research Fund to
join the aquatic ecology group of Dr. David Boukal at the University of
South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice (Budweis), Czech Republic.
*Duration*: 1-2 years
*Total budget*: up to 60 kEUR per year (including salary and research
funding)
*Annual gross salary*: 35 kEUR+ (=senior faculty level in the Czech
Republic, enough to ensure good to high living standards even when
coming with a family)
*Starting date*: second half of 2014
The candidate should have a strong modelling and/or quantitative
background in mathematics, ecology, evolution or a related field and
interest in community ecology and/or evolutionary ecology. The call is
defined broadly and possibilities include studying the impact of climate
change and water regime alterations on aquatic invertebrates in small
water bodies at the scales from individual life histories to community
dynamics using mathematical models, laboratory experiments, or a
combination of both. The topic can be modified to suit the applicant's
profile as long as it complements the research carried out in the group
of Dr. Boukal and remains within the AXA Research Fund mission statement
of "Phenomena that are perceived - or yet to be perceived - as hazards
or threats and which must be identified and measured for frequency and
impact."
*Formal eligibility criteria*:
- the candidate must defend his/her Ph.D. thesis before the beginning of
their Post-Doctoral grant and be less than 5 years since awarding of
first Ph.D. Extensions may be allowed in case of eligible, properly
documented career breaks.
- ARF Post-Doc grants are not compatible with permanent academic positions.
The selection process has several stages:
- selection of host institutions that will be invited to submit
proposals (by November 25)
- internal pre-selection of candidates by the host institution (between
November 26 and end December 12)
- selected candidates submit an individual pre-proposal (deadline
January 9, 2014)
- selected individual pre-proposals are invited into the final selection
round
If interested please send a brief research statement (max 2 pages), CV,
list of papers and names and addresses of two referees to
[email protected] no later than November 11, 2013. Informal enquiries
are welcome. For more details see the FAQ webpage with examples of
funded fellowships at
http://www.axa-research.org/faq-post-doctoral-fellowship or contact me
for details.
Best regards,
David Boukal
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David Boukal, PhD, Assoc Prof
Department of Ecosystems Biology,
Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia
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Department of Biosystematics and Ecology,
Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Entomology
Branisovska 31
37005 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
[email protected] www.entu.cas.cz/boukal
phone +420 387 772 327 fax +420 385 310 354
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