The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Vogelwarte Radolfzell, is an internationally renowned research institution working in the field of Eco-Immunology and Migration.
The Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and the University of Konstanz, Chair of Ornithology is seeking, to build up an Interdisciplinary Research Group in Global Computational Ecology,
2 post-doctoral positions in full-time in the areas of movement
ecology and remote sensing
We look for excellent colleagues working in computational ecology / movement ecology on a global scale with emphasis on cross-taxa comparisons of patterns of movement and migratory behavior. The successful candidate may take advantage of the large movement data across various taxa collected at different times with different methods currently stored in the global data base movebank.org. Remote sensing skills would be highly useful. The suggested project centers around the development of algorithms and statistical procedures to tackle efficiently the comparative aspect of movement and also is concerned with the processes in acquisition of heterogeneous animal movement data. Together with the remote sensing experts (particularly the second postdoctoral position) the project should also investigate the interaction of different species and their movement patterns in different environmental contexts. The positions will strengthen the nascent computational ecology group at the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology and the project will be part its ongoing efforts to develop tools and methods to understand animal movement from an ultimate and proximate perspective. A fluent programming in MatLab, SAS, R, C++, Java or any equivalent language is required.
The successful candidates will be excellent, highly motivated and productive postdoctoral scientists. Successful applicants will have demonstrated the ability to perform top international research, ideally using integrative approaches to study broad-scale ecological questions.
The positions are available for 2 years and will be hosted by group leader Dr. Kamran Safi. The researcher can expect an outstanding scientific environment and excellent support at this newly re-established department of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Radolfzell, Baden-Württemberg, at Lake Constance. Our department has close ties with the nearby University of Constance, a, cluster of excellence' university. The language at the institute is English.
In an effort to employ more people with disabilities, the Max-Planck-Society specifically encourages people with disabilities to apply for the position. To increase the employment of women in areas where they are under-represented, the Max-Planck-Society also encourages women to apply for this position.
Payment and benefits are according to the German TVöD, with the precise salary level (up to maximum level 14), depending on personal qualifications. There will be further social benefits according to the provision of the public sector.
The position will ideally begin in spring/summer 2012. Screening of applications will begin on January 20, 2012.
For further details, please contact Dr. Kamran Safi (ksafi@orn.mpg.de, phone: +49 (0)7732-150-173).
Applications should be submitted to include your CV, a 2-page visionary research statement, and a list of three references to:
Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Personalabteilung
Eberhard-Gwinnerstr.
D-82319 Seewiesen
or by email: personal@orn.mpg.de
