We offer a one-year Postdoctoral contract associated to the sDiv working group Unifying marine and terrestrial biodiversity at the interplay of macroecology, macrophysiology and macroevolution (sWEEP) to be held at Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences sDiv (www.idid.de/sdiv), a unit of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in Leipzig (Germany) from the 21st to the 24th of October 2014. The position will involve participating in the meeting, managing data and coordinate and lead the writing of papers that will be outlined during the meeting. The postdoc will be based in the iDiv premises in Leipzig and would start preferably in October 2014. Salary and benefits are according to a public service position in Germany (TV-L 13). The successful candidate is expected to be highly motivated and have excellent programming skills and experience in managing large biodiversity databases (spatial and phylogenetic). The Postdoc is expected to have a solid publication record and be familiar with the fields of macroecology, macroevolution and macrophysiology. A strong background in GIS, advanced technical skills in R and Python, and experience with software for phylogenetic inference are preferred. Knowledge of other management systems to deal with large databases (such as e.g. MapReduce or postgreSQL) would be a plus.
Review of applications will commence immediately. A decision is anticipated to be made before the 7th July 2014, but applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. To apply: email a cover letter, CV and the names of two referees to miguel.ola...@urjc.es and imora...@uevora.pt
