University of Exeter, UK Colleges of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, and Life & Environmental Sciences
Mathematics Research Institute/Centre for Ecology and Conservation Associate Research Fellow, Reference Number N3293 Salary £24,370 to £26,063 per annum on GradeE Biological invasion processes - Control systems methodologies for modelling and analysis The Colleges wish to recruit an Associate Research Fellow to support the work of Stuart Townley (Professor of Applied Mathematics, Environment & Sustainability Institute) and David Hodgson (Senior Lecturer, Centre for Ecology & Conservation) in collaboration with Hartmut Logemann (Professor of Mathematics, University of Bath) on the EPSRC funded project: Biological invasion processes - Control systems methodologies for modelling and analysis. The post will be based at the University of Exeters Cornwall Campus and is available from October 2011. The successful applicant will work at the interface between Systems & Control, Applied Mathematics and Ecology and will contribute to an integrated modelling and analysis approach for population dynamics. He/she will analyse, predict and quantify envelopes of future population dynamics by developing mathematical and systems & control concepts, results and techniques. He/she will join an inter-disciplinary team dedicated to developing novel mathematical tools that improve the predictive capabilities of ecological models. Results will have critical implications for the conservation and sustainable exploitation of biological resources, globally. The post duties will include: quantify and qualify model structure in a database of population projection matrix models; explore the role of uncertainty and non-normality in projection models; develop input-to-state stability concepts for population dynamics in disturbed environments; develop integral projection models for coupled invasion dynamics; analyse biological invasion dynamics from a robustness viewpoint. This project represents a paradigm shift in how mathematicians and ecologists view real-world population dynamics. The successful applicant will be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and help prepare proposals and applications to external bodies. The research team emphasises the dissemination of findings in the best scientific journals and at international conferences. Applicants will possess a relevant PhD and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and be able to work independently and with team members by drawing on expertise in control theory and/or population dynamics and/or dynamical systems and computation. The starting salary will be from £24,370 to £26,063 per annum on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience. For further information please contact Professor Stuart Townley, e-mail s.b.town...@ex.ac.uk or telephone (01326) 317200. To apply, please send your CV and covering letter, with contact details of three referees, to Professor Stuart Townley. The closing date for completed applications is September 16th and interviews will take place in the middle of October.
