The GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is offering the position of Scientific Employee (PostDoc) in the research unit “Experimental Ecology - Food Webs” of the research division “Marine Ecology”
Job Description / Duties
GEOMAR is looking for a theoretical ecologist to model biotic interaction in marine ecosystems with special emphasis on recent developments in the theory of biodiversity, e.g. the neutral theory of coexistence.
Qualification
• a doctorate in Biological Oceanography, Ecology or an related subject
• a PhD-thesis proving the relevant skills
• topically relevant publications
• experience in the cooperation between modellers and experimentalists
This is a full-time position time position. The position can be split. The position is available for an initial funding period until 31.12.2016. The salary depends on qualification and could be up to the class 13 TVöD-Bund of the German tariff for public employees.
The GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research is an equal opportunity employer and encourages female scientists and scientists with disabilities to apply.
Please send your application for this post not later than 10.10.2013 using the keyword "Ecology - theory" to the following address:
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Personalabteilung Frau Mahn Wischhofstr. 1 - 3 D-24148 Kiel GERMANY
Please mention the keyword on the envelope and on the application. A re-addressed envelope is greatly appreciated.
For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sommer ( usommer{at}geomar.de). GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (www.geomar.de) is the successor to the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) which was founded in January 2004 through the merger of the Institut für Meereskunde (IfM) and the Research Center for Marine Geosciences (GEOMAR). The institute is a member of the Helmholtz Association and employs more than 850 scientific and technical staff. The institutes’ mandate is the interdisciplinary investigation of all relevant aspects of modern marine sciences, from sea floor geology to marine meteorology. Research is conducted worldwide in all oceans and adjacent seas. Further information on the Helmholtz association can be found under www.helmholtz.de.
