Mammal Research Institute is seeking a Post-Doc or Professor to join its
research team between 2010-2012 under the 7th Framework Programme
Support Actions project BIOCONSUS (Research Potential in Conservation
and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity), in one of the following
scientific profiles:
* conservation genetics;
* conservation ecology;
* mathematical modelling and advanced statistics in ecology and
biogeography;
* GIS applications in ecology, genetics, biogeography, and biodiversity
studies.
*SCOPE*
Full time work (100%) for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 24 months.
*START DATE*
According to agreement -- position is open from 1 April, 2011.
*REQUIREMENTS *
Candidates have to:
(1) possess a PhD;
(2) have ?4 years of research experience since gaining a university
diploma giving access to doctoral studies;
(3) possess an excellent writing and speaking skills in English.
*EVALUATION CRITERIA*
(1) scientific skills, especially the interdisciplinary approach;
(2) number and quality of published scientific papers;
(3) experience in work with high-quality research teams;
(4) reference letters.
*TASKS*
The recruited fellow will:
(1) Join the on-going research projects at MRI PAS in the respective
field and widen its scopes and methods with the new knowledge. This will
yield joint publications, and initiate further collaboration reaching
beyond the time span of the BIOCONSUS project;
(2) Deliver a series of lectures and seminars for the staff, students,
invited researchers, and other guests of MRI PAS;
(3) Participate in long-term training of students at MRI PAS by
supervising and co-supervising their MSc theses and diploma papers.
*CONDITIONS *
Salary (subject to social and health insurance deductions, not subject
to taxation) amounts to 3474 Euro/month for the Postdoc and 5211
Euro/month for Professor.
*DOCUMENTATION TO BE SUBMITTED*
The application should be written in English and should include: CV,
list of publications, copy of PhD diploma, copies of no more than five
recent scientific publications, maximum one-page description of former
research and other activities of relevance to the position, and names of
at least two reference persons.
An electronic version of the application should be sent to:
*Professor Bogumiła Jędrzejewska,* bjedrzej@zbs.bialowieza.pl
Secretariat, mripas@zbs.bialowieza.pl
Additionally, applications should be sent _via regular_ post to:
*Professor Dr. habil. Bogumiła Jędrzejewska
Mammal Research Institute
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Waszkiewicza 1
17-230 Białowieża, Poland
with a note: "BIOCONSUS Application".*
Screening of applications will continue until a suitable candidate is
appointed.
Mammal Research Institute PAS encourages female researchers to take part
in the application process.
For more information concerning MRI PAS and the BIOCONSUS project please
visit our website: www.zbs.bialowieza.pl
Katarzyna Kubicka, MSc
Administrative Coordinator of BIOCONSUS project
Mammal Research Institute
Polish Academy of Sciences
17-230 Bialowieza
Waszkiewicza 1c, Poland
www.zbs.bialowieza.pl
tel. +48 (85) 682 77 81, fax +48 (85) 682 77 50
mobile: +48 508 527 698
K Kubicka
