March 2022 - Job offers on Rewilding
We offer two research positions of 21,5 months at the University of Oviedo for evaluating patterns and processes of passive rewilding in the Cantabrian Mountains.
The sucessful candidates will join a consortium of researchers associated to the IMIB Biodiversity Research Institute, in collaboration with the BESLab and the VegBioLab.
Prospective candidates are required to send an e-mail with the subject "Rewilding" to Susana Suárez-Seoane (PI of the project), [email protected], before 5 March 2022.
The call will be published in the web of the University of Oviedo (in Spanish) for a fixed contract period between 16 March 2022 and 31 December 2023
The positions will be funded by the project SV-PA-21-AYUD/2021/51261 (REWILDING) - Ayudas para groups de investigación del Principado de Asturias, periodo 2021-2023
The sucessful candidates will join a consortium of researchers associated to the IMIB Biodiversity Research Institute, in collaboration with the BESLab and the VegBioLab.
Prospective candidates are required to send an e-mail with the subject "Rewilding" to Susana Suárez-Seoane (PI of the project), [email protected], before 5 March 2022.
The call will be published in the web of the University of Oviedo (in Spanish) for a fixed contract period between 16 March 2022 and 31 December 2023
The positions will be funded by the project SV-PA-21-AYUD/2021/51261 (REWILDING) - Ayudas para groups de investigación del Principado de Asturias, periodo 2021-2023
Mountain settlement recently abandoned in Somiedo, Cantabrian Mountains (Photo Daniel García)
Job description and profiles
Postdoc
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The candidate must hold a PhD in Biology, Environmental Sciences, Forest Engineering or related topics. She or he will be expected to develop spatial distribution models of ecosystem types using remote sensing data, and to analyze spatiotemporal changes across landcover units and ecosystems to understand patterns and processs of passive rewilding. Preferred candidates will have previous experience in spatial modeling and/or remote sensing, with programming skills in R, Phyton or Google Earth Engine, and a publication record with similarities to the research project. Gross annual salary will be c. 28,000 €.
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Research assistant
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The candidate must hold a Bachelor degree in Biology, Environmental Sciences, Forest Engineering or similar topics. She or he will be expected to conduct biodiversity monitoring of birds, insects and dominant plants in agroecosystems and forests, recording ecological interactions, processing biological samples and spatial data. Preferred candidates will have experience in ecological surveys, including those conducted in Bachelor/Master theses, with skills in field sampling, laboratory work and spatial databases. Gross annual salary will be c. 24,000 €.
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