Research Fellow - Unravelling the role of genetic variation of beneficial arthropods in agroecosystems.
Duration: 3.5 years.
An enthusiastic, motivated, and creative postdoctoral Research Fellow is sought to join a collaborative team within the School of Biological Sciences to develop predictive process-based models on the effects of climate and land-use change on arthropods' genetic diversity and persistence in agro-ecosystems.
The ideal candidate should have a strong background in theoretical evolution and/or ecology, strong programming skills, strong interest/knowledge of population genetics and interest in applying those skills to improve understanding and forecasting of species' responses to anthropogenic changes. The fellow will join Dr Greta Bocedi's team and a wider strong team of PIs, postdocs and postgraduate students developing and applying the RangeShifter platform (led by Dr Greta Bocedi, Prof Justin Travis and Prof Damaris Zurell at the University of Potsdam, in collaboration with Dr Lesley Lancaster), who are embedded within a global collaborative network that will maximize both the impact of the work and the advancement opportunities to the postdoctoral researcher. Further, the fellow will be part of the Centre of Ecological Genetics, an international collaboration between PIs from universities in Aarhus (DK), Helsinki (FI) and Aberdeen (UK), with Aberdeen leading the modelling component. The centre's research spans several topics in ecological and evolutionary research using molecular methods and statistical and process-based modelling.
Further information and application can be found here.
Informal enquiries are welcome to Greta Bocedi (greta.bocedi@abdn.ac.uk)
Closing date: 04/05/2023.
