Dear all,
We are looking for candidates to apply for an FCT
post-doctoral fellowship (fellowship from the
Portuguese Foundation for Science and
Technology), to work within the MUTUALNET project
at the Centre for Functional Ecology, University
of Coimbra, Portugal
(<http://ecology.uc.pt%29/>http://ecology.uc.pt).
A call for fellowship applications is currently
open until June 14th, a second call will be open
from June to September 6th. FCT funds 3-year
post-doctoral grants with a tax-free salary of
1495 /month. More information can be sseen at:
<http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/individuais2010.phtml.en.>http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/individuais2010.phtml.en.
The post-doctoral fellow is expected to develop
his/her research on pollination ecology of
invasive acacias within the scope of the
MUTUALNET project (May 2010-April 2013). The main
objective of this project is to determine the
role of below and aboveground mutualisms in the
invasive expansion of Australian Acacia species
in Portugal. The working hypotheses are: a) the
Australian acacias need to find compatible
mutualists in the invaded range in order to
establish permanent viable populations, and b)
the invasion by Australian acacias will disrupt
native plant-mutualist networks leading to the
degradation of the ecosystem and, therefore,
facilitating the progress of invasion.
Candidates should have a background in biology,
with a good knowledge of pollination and seed
dispersal ecology. Interested candidates are
asked to send their CV and a short letter
describing their research interests and area of
expertise to Susana Rodriguez-Echeverria
(<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected],
http://ecology.uc.pt/SRE) and Silvia Castro
(<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected],
http://ecology.uc.pt/scastro). More information
will be provided afterwards to the selected
candidates in order to prepare a successful fellowship application.
Please feel free to divulgate this e-mail to interested researchers.
With the best regards,
Susana Rodriguez-Echeverria
Sílvia Castro
New e-mail: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Centre for Functional Ecology
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences
and Technology, University of Coimbra
PO Box 3046, 3001-401 Coimbra, Portugal
Tel.: +351.239.855.242; Fax: +351.239.855.211
and
Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences
Zámek 1, 252 43 Pr honice, Czech Republic
<http://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc/ID/plantecolevol>http://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc/ID/plantecolevol
http://ecology.uc.pt/scastro
