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Från: Mikael Pontarp <mikael.pontarp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Datum: 1 juli 2019 16:02:08 CEST
Till: BIOL - anslagstavlan <anslagstavlan@xxxxxxxxxx>, CEC -
Doktorander <doktorander@xxxxxxxxx>, CEC - dl CEC i Ekologihuset
<dl_cec_i_ekologihuset@xxxxxxxxx>
Ämne: PhD-position available, please help spread the word
Dear friends and colleagues,
I hope you are doing well!
I would be grateful if you could help me find a theoretically minded
candidate for a PhD-position. We are looking for a highly motivated
and quantitatively minded candidate with a general interest in
ecology, evolution, and community structure and dynamics. I would be
grateful if you could spread the word among your students and fellow
colleagues.
See a detailed description of the position below and feel free to
contact me (mikael.pontarp@xxxxxxxxxx) for further information.
Doctoral student in environmental science, PA2019/2462
https://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/en/what:job/jobID:279213/
Sincerely
Mikael
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Dr. Mikael Pontarp
Department of Biology, Lund University
Biology Building, Sölvegatan 35
223 62 Lund
Sweden
Doctoral student in environmental science
Lund University, Centre for Environmental and Climate Research
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the
world’s top 100 universities. The University has 40 000 students and 7
600 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our
efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human
condition.
The Faculty of Science conducts research and education within Biology,
Astronomy, Physics, Geosciences, Chemistry, Mathematics and
Environmental Sciences. The Faculty is organized into nine
departments, gathered in the northern campus area. The Faculty has
approximately 1500 students, 330 PhD students and 700 employees.
The Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC
(http://www.cec.lu.se) conducts research, education and communication
on environmental science and climate research at Lund University.
Modelling effects of eco-evolutionary dynamics on ecosystem services
in heterogeneous agricultural landscapes
Duties
Sustainable agriculture is promoted by ecosystem services like
pollination and natural biological control of pests. Strengthening
such services may result in increased yields and reduced agro-chemical
inputs. Our ability to study and optimise ecosystem services is,
however, limited. The project aim is to study the mechanistic link
between farmland heterogeneity at various spatial scales and
spatiotemporal dynamics of service providing organisms (e.g. spiders,
ground beetles, and parasitoid wasps). We will answer calls for an
eco-evolutionary, trait-based, and spatially explicit perspective on
ecosystem services and the student should thus have knowledge of how
ecological interactions, evolution, and dispersal of organisms may
affect population dynamics. An important project component is to test
models against empirical patterns through parametrization and
validation of the models. There will be a focus on data on
agro-ecosystems, including crop rotation, functional traits and insect
population dynamics. The student should thus have knowledge in
database handling and data analysis. By fitting models to data, the
aim is to quantify the processes that are active in the study system
and to communicate ways of optimizing biological control to
stakeholders and policymakers.
Qualifications
• The candidate should have a Masters degree in environmental science/
ecology/evolutionary biology alternatively a degree in Physics,
Mathematics or computer science.
• Knowledge of interacting ecological, evolutionary and
biogeographical processes is desirable.
• Candidates should be proficiency, but not necessarily documented, in
working with mathematical modeling, computation and computers and
programming, e.g. in Matlab, Python, C++, etc. Knowledge of model
parameterization and validation and Bayesian statistics is also
desirable.
Important qualities in a successful candidate are outgoing, curiosity,
problem-solving, structured, independent and persistent.
Eligibility
Students with basic eligibility for third-cycle studies are those who-
have completed a second-cycle degree- have completed courses of at
least 240 credits, of which at least 60 credits are from second-cycle
courses, or- have acquired largely equivalent knowledge in some other
way, in Sweden or abroad.
The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code
of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to
PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an
appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the
student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into
account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those
appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with
educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with
specific regulations in the ordinance.
Type of employment Limit of tenure, four years according to HF 5 kap 7§.
Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and
experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and
an asset. We kindly decline all sales and marketing contacts.
Type of employment: Temporary position longer than 6 months
First day of employment: According to agreement Salary Monthly salary
Number of positions 1 Working hours 100 City Lund County Skåne län
Country Sweden
Reference number PA2019/2462
Contact: Mikael Pontarp, Researcher 0708-34 09 34,
mikael.pontarp@xxxxxxxxxx Irene Bergstrand, HR Administrator +46 46
222 20 00, irene.bergstrand@xxxxxxxxx
Union representative: OFR/ST:Fackförbundet ST:s kansli 046-222 93 62
SACO:Saco-s-rådet vid Lunds universitet 046-222 93 64 SEKO: Seko Civil
046-222 93 66
Published: 2019-07-01
Last application date: 2019-08-30
Link to ad: http://lu.mynetworkglobal.com/what:job/jobID:279213/
________________________________________
Dr. Mikael Pontarp
Department of Biology, Lund University
Biology Building, Sölvegatan 35
223 62 Lund
Sweden
