Dear Marmam,
We are currently opening a position for a postdoc on marine
predator-prey dynamics, with a focus on cetacean foraging ecology.
The Royal NIOZ is looking for an excellent, highly motivated postdoc
with a keen interest in marine foraging ecology and food web dynamics.
The candidate will be working in a multidisciplinary research project
driven by the NIOZ department of Coastal Systems and the Institute for
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED, University of Amsterdam). The
project aims to investigate the dynamics between cetacean predators and
prey. This project will investigate the foraging strategy and target
prey population of several cetaceans, off the Azores.In this
multi-disciplinary project, we link expertise in animal movement, marine
ecology and behavioural and social ecology. The study will be integrated
in an existing long-term field study and NWO Veni Project, with field
work taking place at the Azores (Portugal).
For this project we seek an outstanding candidate with a special
interest in predator-prey dynamics and marine foraging ecology, who
combines strong analytical skills with excellent capability to conduct
fieldwork in the marine environment. The candidate should have a PhD
degree in the field of marine ecology/biology or animal behaviour and
demonstrated strong ability in quantitative analysis of multivariate
data sets, preferably echo sounder, acoustic and/or multi-sensor tag
data. The candidate can handle the challenge of integrating data sets
from a variety of sensors, and writing computer code (Matlab/R). The
project requires a candidate with demonstrated proficiency in and
experience with marine field research, including skills such as
tracking/data collection, experiments, prey layer tracking. Furthermore,
the candidate should have strong social skills, team-spirit, ability to
supervise student teams, a strong work-ethic, ability to work
independently and an intrinsic interest to explore new avenues of
research. Good English oral and written skills are essential, knowledge
of Dutch/Portuguese is a pre.
We offer you a fulltime position for 2 years, a yearly 8% vacation
allowance, year-end bonus and flexible employment conditions. Our labour
policies are based on the Collective Labour Agreement of Research
Centres (WVOI). Cost of relocation and help with housing is provided by
the Royal NIOZ. The candidate will be employed by NIOZ. The work will be
executed at NIOZ (Texel Island, the Netherlands) and University of
Amsterdam.
The full application can be viewed here:
https://www.workingatnioz.com/our-jobs/postdoc-%E2%80%9Cpredator-prey-dynamics-in-the-open-ocean%E2%80%9D.html
Closing date: January 6th.
Interviews: week of January 18th
For additional information about this vacancy, please contact Dr. Fleur
Visser (f.vis...@uva.nl).
For additional information about the procedure, please contact Sigrid
Moerbeek (senior HR advisor, NIOZ). Email: sigrid.moerb...@nioz.nl
Best regards,
Fleur Visser
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