The Recruitment Committee appointed by the Director of
the Institute of Nature Conservation PAS in Krakow announces an open
competition for the post-doc position in the project 2019/34/H/NZ8/00683: The ecology of ponds in the context of human
activity and geography – environmental DNA and beyond funded from the
Norway grants under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 (GRIEG call
within the Basic Research Programme operated by National Science Centre in
Poland):
In: Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Principal investigator: Dr hab. inż. Szymon Śniegula, http://www.iop.krakow.pl/pracownicy,102,szymon_sniegula.html
Research description:
Cities as ‘heat islands’ are often hot
spots for alien invasive species that can drastically alter population dynamics
of native species. In addition, natural stressors such as seasonal time and
thermal constraints at high latitudes can strongly affect organism fitness. The
aim of the project is to understand how anthropogenic and natural stressors: urbanization,
native and invasive alien predators, and latitudinal gradient affect traits linked
to fitness down to gene expression level in a common bluetail damselfly.
Requirements:
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PhD in biology, ecology or related field (PhD defence not earlier than 7 years before the year of
employment in the project)
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Experience in field and laboratory work on aquatic/semi-aquatic
vertebrates and/or invertebrates (preferably amphibians)
·
An experience in using molecular methods to address ecological or
evolutionary questions, with an appropriate publication track record
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Good working knowledge of R environment, including advanced skills
in statistical modelling
·
Working knowledge of standard bioinformatics tools in the Linux
environment
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Publication record including articles in leading ecological and
evolutionary journals
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Involvement in work during irregular working hours (during field
work)
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Strong motivation for work in the project
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Fluency in English, written and spoken
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Valid driving license
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Experience in and enthusiasm for working in an international team
would be an asset
Responsibilities and job
description:
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Preparing field equipment and laboratory installations for
experiments
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Invertebrate (e.g. damselfly, crayfish) and vertebrate (e.g. fish,
amphibians) field sampling for experiments, both in Poland and abroad
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Rearing experiment in climate chambers
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Measurements of life history traits
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Bioinformatics and statistical analysis of RNAseq data for
estimation and comparison of gene expression level
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Attendance in national and international conferences/workshops
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Participation in supervising MSc and PhD students
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Running
statistical analyses and writing manuscripts of scientific publications.
Conditions of employment:
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Contract of employment: full time for up to 24 months, the contract is renewed each year
·
Starting date of employment: 1
April 2021
·
Salary: monthly gross salary 8
300 PLN
This is an
open call. The recruitment procedure will be conducted in accordance with the NCN
regulations: link
Forms for submitting applications: via email with attached documents (file
format: PDF); in the title of email please enter: ‘post-doc’ and your
surname.
Required documents (combined in one PDF file):
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Cover letter
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Scientific curriculum vitae (including a list of publications)
·
Scan of Doctorate diploma
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Contact details of two academics who can provide a
reference.
Information on personal data processing is available: here
Applications should be sent via email to: Dr hab. inż.
Szymon Śniegula, ecopond@iop.krakow.pl
Selected candidates will be invited for an
interview.
Deadline for submitting applications: 15th
March 2021
Each
candidate will be informed about the results of the call as soon as it is
settled.