The Crowther lab at ETH-Zürich (starting on October 1st 2017) are seeking 2
postdoctoral
positions to conduct competitive research in quantitative community ecology.
The
research will aim to improve our fundamental understanding of how biological
diversity is
established, maintained, or distributed across natural ecosystems. We seek
researchers
who have a familiarity with both modeling and empirical research, but strong
quantitative/analytical backgrounds will be favored. Along with developing an
independent
research lines focusing on fundamental ecological theory, the researcher will
be expected
to work alongside ecosystem ecologists and earth-system modelers to improve the
realism and structure of ecosystem models by helping them reflect critical
ecological
processes.
Consistently ranked in the top 10 universities in the world, ETH-Zürich
provides an ideal
location to perform this quantitative research. The Department of Environmental
Systems
Science boasts a highly interdisciplinary group of world-leading experts that
provide a
good opportunity for collaboration. This will be reflected in this lab, which
will bring
together experts with highly different skillsets to promote interdisciplinary
research.
Starting salaries will be CHF 86,300 (~$89,000) per annum, or higher depending
on
experience. Post-docs will have the opportunity to design projects for, work
with, and
advise PhD students who can help to develop their broader research lines.
The candidate must hold a Ph.D. in a related topic. The research will require
strong
quantitative/analytical stills, with experience handling big datasets and
modeling complex
systems. Researchers should be driven to lead experimental or observational
studies that
generate the empirical data needed to parameterize statistical or mechanistic
models.
Our previous post contained a link to a page that will go live on September 29;
in the
meantime, please send applications to “[email protected]” with the
subject
line “ETH Postdoc QCM”.
