Location: | Edinburgh |
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Salary: | £35,333 to £42,155 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 6th December 2022 |
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Closes: | 11th January 2023 |
Job Ref: | 5967 |
Closing date: 11/01/23, 5pm
Fixed term: From 1st March 2023 for 38 months
Full time: 35 hours per week
We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associates to work on the phenology of a wild population of red deer.
The Opportunity:
A 38-month NERC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available to investigate multiple phenology traits in the 50-year data series for the individually-monitored red deer on the Isle of Rum, Scotland. The project will include analyses of phenotypic plasticity, selection, quantitative genetics and population dynamics.
The esearch is led by Profs J. Pemberton & L. Kruuk based in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution in the University of Edinburgh’s School of Biological Sciences in collaboration with Prof. J. Slate (Sheffield) and Dr. M. Morrissey (St Andrews). IEE has a world-leading research environment with multiple groups working on evolutionary quantitative genetics, evolutionary ecology, and adaptation to environmental change.
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