We are looking for an ecosystem modeller to work as a postdoctoral
researcher in the Dryland Ecology and Global Change Lab. The
requeriments of the work are the following:
* PhD in biology, physics or mathematics (in the former case knowledge
of physics or mathematics, preferably on complex systems and dynamics is
required)
* Interest in classical ecological theory and the mathematical modelling
of ecological systems.
* Advanced knowledge on scientific programming and/or computing, for
instance using R, Python or Matlab. Programming tools for reference (not
necessary to know them all): Rcpp, parallel computation, gpu computation, plyr
constructs and for/while loops.
* Experience publishing scientific
articles in international, peer-reviewed journals. At the Maestre lab do not care about
the journal impact factor and publications will be assessed based on their
content and match to the profile requested.
The person to be hired will continue work
in progress on the development of spatially explicit mutispecific ecological
models. We aim at using these models to analyze richness effects in cellular
automatons considering facilitation/competition mechanisms in which richness
exerts additive effects on facilitation.
Opportunities of exploring trade offs between facilitation and competition
driven by aridity, and of incorporating identity effects through trait
modelization are also part of the questions of interest. The ultimate aim is to
understand whether species richness may play a major role on modulating
catastrophic shifts in multi specific models of drylands, and to investigate
its role on vegetation pattern formation.
The position is based at the University
of Alicante (UA), and involves a
collaboration with Sonia Kéfi (CNRS, Montpellier, France) and Miguel Berdugo (UPF, Barcelona, Spain). The post-doctoral researcher will work in a brand new, state-of-the-art
building where the Multidisciplinary Institute for Environment
Studies "Ramon Margalef” of the UA is located. Alicante is a very lively city by the beach
with a high quality of life (and some of the best paella in the world!), and
the UA has a beautiful campus. The selected candidate will closely work with
the research team working in the BIODESERT project, awarded to Fernando T.
Maestre by the Consolidator Grant program of the European Research Council for
the period 2016-2020.
The
Maestre lab strives to be a healthy research environment where the principles
outlined in this "Ten rules" article are followed.
The appointment is available
for six months, and may be renewed for another 12 months depending on the
development of the work. Full contract with health/unemployment/retirement
benefits according to Spanish laws is offered. The salary will be equivalent to
that of a "Juan de la Cierva formación" (1792 €/month gross) or "Juan de la Cierva incorporación" (2084 €/month gross) fellowship of the Spanish
Ministry of Science, depending on the experience of the candidate. Please note
that we can´t provide moving/installation costs.
Because of the slow, painfull and anachronic burocratic process we face
at UA to hire foreign people with non-Spanish PhD titles, which hopefully will
be changed soon but right now is the one we have, priority will be to
Spanish/EU applicants. Female applicants are particularly encouraged to apply
and will also be given priority in the selection processes. Please note that
profiles that do not match the requeriments of the position will not be
considered.
Interested candidates in applying to this position should send their
updated CV and three references to Fernando T. Maestre (ft.maestre@ua.es)
before 5 March 2020. The selected
applicant will be notified by 6-7th March.
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