We wish to recruit an enthusiastic research fellow in the field of plant ecology to undertake research on patterns of species composition and diversity on various spatial scales. The position is at the Centre of Scientific Excellence Frontiers in biodiversity research at the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Estonia (http://www.botany.ut.ee/). The research involves describing and explaining patterns of vascular plants. The focus will be both on local scale, but in particular on regional and global data.
This post is funded up to 36 months with a possibility to prolong the contract. You will work with professors Meelis Pärtel and Martin Zobel. The salary level corresponds to that of EU framework projects and is subject to negotiations. The position is available immediately and the starting date is negotiable. We expect candidates to have post-doc experience after defending the PhD thesis. The successful candidate is expected to have a publication record showing his/her skill to write scientific papers, and capability to conduct statistical analysis with field data. We expect the candidate to be able to conduct GLM & related methods with spatially autocorrelated data with multiple independent variables. The ability to use R package, knowledge of multivariate methods, and/or skills to conduct random modeling tests will increase the competitiveness of the candidate. If interested, please provide your CV with the list of publications and statement of you skills in data treatment via e-mail to Maarika Mäesalu ([email protected]), with Cc: to Meelis Pärtel ([email protected]). Informal enquiries to Meelis Pärtel. Please express your interest before May 15th 2009.
