The Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) has been founded by the Senckenberg Gesellschaft fuer Naturforschung, the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, and additional partners. It is funded by the Federal State of Hessen through its Initiative for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE). The mission of the centre is to carry out internationally outstanding research on the interactions of biodiversity and climate change at the organism level.
The working group of Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher on Intercomparisons of biodiversity models Ref. #B20b The project contributes to the EU COST Action Harmonizing Global Biodiversity Modelling - HarmBio (http://harmbio.uom.gr/). This action aims for the harmonization of current models and datasets of terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity to improve the reliability of future projections of biodiversity change. This cross-community initiative aims to accelerate the development of transparent and scientifically robust biodiversity models, through validation, calibration and inter- comparison of models and data. Your tasks: Facilitating systematic inter-comparisons and benchmarking of biodiversity models. Model comparisons will involve comparing outputs of different models among models as well as with biodiversity data. Facilitating the development of standards for model-model and model-data comparisons Leading conceptual and original scientific publications as well as preparing grant proposals Facilitating exchange and collaborations with other members of the COST Action Organizing and leading international workshops Your profile: PhD in ecology, biodiversity modelling, statistics, or a related field Solid background in biodiversity modelling, advanced statistics and macroecology Very strong publication record Experience and interest in working within an international collaborative research group Very good organizational and excellent written and oral communication skills Salary and benefits are according to a public service position in Germany (TV-H E13). The contract shall start on July, 1st 2014 and will initially be restricted until December, 31st 2015. An extension of the contract is possible. The Senckenberg Research Institute supports equal opportunity of men and women and therefore strongly invites women to apply. Equally qualified handicapped applicants will be given preference. The place of employment will be Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The employer is the Senckenberg Gesellschaft fuer Naturforschung. Please send your application before April, 27 2014 preferentially by e-mail (attachment in a single pdf document), mentioning the reference of this position (Ref. #B20b) and including a letter outlining your suitability for the post, a detailed CV, contact details of 2 references and pdfs of five publications to the Administrative Director: Herrn Dr. Johannes Heilmann c/o Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt E-Mail: [email protected] Your application should contain the information on where you found the job advertisement. For scientific enquiries please get in contact with Prof. Dr. K. Böhning-Gaese (email: katrin.boehning- [email protected])
