A three year *Postdoc position*funded by a Czech Science Foundation
grant is available for a highly motivated candidate to join a project
exploring how abiotic and biotic factors interact to structure
host-parasitoid food webs. The candidate will develop experimental
methods for a novel laboratory model system of wild /Drosophila/ species
and their parasitoids based on communities from tropical Australia,
conduct microcosm experiments to reveal the impact of temperature, host
defences and symbiotic bacteria on food web structure and survey
experimental food webs using DNA metabarcoding. Contributing to
fieldwork in Australia would be desirable. There will also be
opportunities to develop the project in a direction of the candidate’s
own choosing.
The successful applicant will join the Laboratory of Experimental
Ecology [ http://lab.hrcek.net ] at the Institute of Entomology, Biology
Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic,
under the supervision of Dr Jan Hrcek. The laboratory is part of the
Department of Ecology, a dynamic multinational centre for interaction
network research with regular publications in leading journals
[ http://www.plantanimalinteractions.com ]. The project involves close
collaboration with Prof. Owen Lewis (University of Oxford) and the
candidate will thus be in regular contact with the Community Ecology
group at Oxford [ https://communityecology.zoo.ox.ac.uk ].
The review of applications will begin *January 16th 2017*. The salary of
35.000CZK/month gross + benefits more than comfortably covers living
expenses in Ceske Budejovice. The working language is English and
applicants from all countries are eligible.
Required
·A PhD degree in Biology
·A strong track record in effective research output
·Very good English
·Interest in community ecology
·Research experience with laboratory experiments, insect ecology or
molecular ecology
·Experience in statistics
Desirable
·Driving licence and fieldwork experience
To apply please send one document with your CV, contact details for
three references, and cover letter stating qualifications, previous work
and motivation to Jan Hrcek [ [email protected] ].
