*Postdoc in Stage-, Environment- and Age-based Plant Demography*
Max Planck Odense Center on Biodemography of Aging (MaxO) and the
Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark invite
applications for an up to three-year post-doctoral position (one year,
which may be extended to three years). The starting date of the position
is 1 March 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter. Application deadline:
30 November 2016.
The Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging (MaxO) is an
interdisciplinary and international co-operation among researchers drawn
from demography, epidemiology, medicine, biology, mathematics and
statistics. The centre conducts innovative research to discover the
basic causes and key consequences of the age trajectories of mortality
and fertility, including their policy implications.
MaxO-Biology focuses on the demography of non-human organisms including
developing and applying novel methods to study the dynamics of
populations, their evolution and the consequences. We are interested in
understanding the variation in demographic parameters across and within
taxa, with the strongest focus on animals and plants.
The successful candidate will work within the research project
SEAD-Plant: Stage-, Environment- and Age-based Demography of Plants,
funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research. The overall
question of SEAD-Plant is: Do plants age? The postdoc project will be
developed in collaboration with the host, but will focus on analysis of
age- and stage-based demographic data as well as environmental data for
plants. New data will be collected within the SEAD-Plant project, but
already existing data will also be used. The main aim of the research
will be to elucidate if and how the age of individuals affects
demographic rates of a set of study species, and to determine ecological
and evolutionary consequences of this. There may be field or lab work
involved depending on the interests of the successful candidate.
We are looking for a dynamic candidate with a strong interest in plant
demography and a PhD degree in a relevant field, such as plant ecology,
population biology, or applied mathematics if focused on demographic
modelling. The candidate must have experience in statistical and
demographic modelling. The candidate should have excellent written and
oral communication skills, and experience with structured demographical
models such as matrix models and integral projection models is a merit.
Proficiency in using the R statistical programming language would also
be an advantage, as would experience with ecological field work and
experimental design.
For further information please contact Associate Professor Johan
Dahlgren, +45 6550 2773, e-mail [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>.
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Department of Biology
University of Maryland
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Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
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