Postdoctoral researcher Spatially Explicit Paleo Food-Webs: Modelling Biodiversity Change in Deep Time

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The University of Oldenburg is seeking to fill the following position:

Postdoctoral researcher Spatially Explicit Paleo Food-Webs: Modelling Biodiversity Change in Deep Time

Paygrade
E13

Working Hours
100% (suitable for part-time)

Institution
School V of Mathematics and Science, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM)

Location
Oldenburg (Old)

Application Deadline
05.01.2025

First day of work
01.04.2025

Limited
for a period of 2 years

About us

ICBM is an interdisciplinary research institute for fundamental and applied marine research. The internationally renowned institute aims at understanding the function of marine environmental systems through close cooperation of the various scientific disciplines (chemistry, biology, physics, mathematical modelling) of its more than 20 research groups.

The position is available in the Mathematical Modelling group of Prof. Dr. Bernd Blasius at the ICBM and is part of the BMBF-funded project AGELESS, a cooperation between ICBM, the Universities of Bremen and Erlangen, and the Helmholtz-Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB), to leverage long-term planktonic diversity data for assessing and protecting biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Your tasks

Your tasks: You will develop spatially explicit, size-structured models of paleo food-webs to investigate how climate change has impacted marine species across different trophic levels, from microplankton to megafauna. These models will describe species’ spatial ranges based on their climatic niche and body size, capturing predator-prey relationships and thermal affinities. By simulating colonization and extinction events within the food-web context, the models will predict species distributions and associated extinction cascades due to environmental changes. Using marine fossil records for calibration, these models will also guide the design of climate-smart marine protected areas (MPAs).

Your profile

Requirements: Master or Diploma (not of a University of Applied Sciences) and PhD in theoretical ecology, physics, applied mathematics, data science or a related field. Experience in mathematical modelling, time series analysis, or machine learning is essential. Familiarity with basic ecological concepts, marine ecology, especially plankton ecology, is highly desirable. Applicants should be fluent in written and spoken English and show a strong interest in multidisciplinary teamwork.

Our standards

The University of Oldenburg is dedicated to increase the percentage of female employees in the field of science. Therefore, female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. In accordance to § 21 Section 3 NHG, female candidates with equal qualifications will be preferentially considered. Applicants with disabilities will be given preference in case of equal qualification.

Further information

The position will start in spring 2025.

Contact:

For further information regarding this position, please contact Prof. Dr. Bernd Blasius ( bernd.blasiusuol.de ).

Please send your application via e-mail by 05.01.2025 to

bernd.blasiusuol.de

Applications, including a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and qualifying documents (final academic records) should be submitted by email in a single pdf file to Bernd Blasius.


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