[Also posted on the Jobs section of http://www.morphometrics.org - the
Moderator]
Dear colleagues,
A number of positions related to morphometrics and human origins are
currently available on Marie Curie Networks (EVAN and PALAEO) in which
our research unit www.york.ac.uk/res/fme is involved.
If you wish to find out more please e-mail me
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paul O'Higgins
PhD Fellowships available
PALAEO (www.york.ac.uk/res/fme/palaeo) is now recruiting research
fellows to start 1 April 2006.
Six PhD fellowships will be offered through PALAEO over the next four
years. The PhD topics will combine expertise from primatology,
anthropology, morphometrics, structural biomaterials, zoology, botany,
archaeology, biochemistry, and more to investigate interdisciplinary and
multidisciplinary research questions in a wide-ranging and collaborative
intellectual environment
We will also offer up to 18 shorter fellowships for periods normally of
six months. These shorter fellowships will allow periods of
collaborative research on specific projects, working with PALAEO staff
or other EST fellows, or to allow researchers based elsewhere in Europe
to acquire skills training in research methodologies particular to the
PALAEO research area.
The majority of fellows will be recent graduates who are EU (not UK)
citizens and who have not been residents in the UK for 12 months. A
minority of fellows will be non-EU citizens. Eligibilty criteria can be
found here.
For further details contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Post-doctoral Marie Curie Fellowship (EVAN Training Network) available
A joint appointment of Hull York Medical School and the Department of
Computer Science, University of Hull. Applications are invited for the
above post to work on the development of innovative visualization-based
software tools in the field of geometric morphometrics (i.e. study of
shape variations in biological data). This post is part of a Marie Curie
Research Training Network: European Virtual Anthropology Network (EVAN)
involving 15 research partners.
You will work in a focused research team with members from the
Simulation and Visualization Research Group (Computer Science at Hull)
and the Functional Morphology and Evolution Research Group (HYMS at York
and Hull).
A key aim of EVAN is to advance the state of the art in terms of
software for visualization and analysis using geometric morphometrics.
This software will be used in studies of biological form by the other
partners of EVAN. Thus, your role will involve collaborating with EVAN
partners to establish software requirements, developing the software and
advising partners on the use of the software for their biological studies.
You should have a strong background in algorithm development, computer
graphics and object-oriented software development. Skills in C++ and
OpenGL are essential. Previous experience in geometric morphometrics is
not expected, but experience in registration techniques and variable
analysis techniques would be beneficial.
In order to comply with Marie Curie programme rules, the appointee can
not be a UK national or have resided or carried out their main activity
in UK for more than 12 months in the three years immediately prior to
commencement.
This post is available from 1 April 2006 for a period of two years.
Salary in the range £27,929 to £36,959 per annum (€41,072 - €54,351 per
annum). An additional annual travel allowance (between €250 - €2,000) is
payable depending on the distance from York to the appointee’s location
of origin and a one-off career exploratory allowance of €2,000 is
payable after 12 months.
Closing date: Friday 28 April 2006
For informal enquiries please contact Prof Paul O'Higgins
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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