PhD Dynamics of complex ecological communities
The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.
PhD Position "Dynamics of complex ecological communities" (m/f/d)
Background
The Biodiversity Theory Group is a new lab at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity in Oldenburg. The lab focuses on the development of new mathematical and computational approaches to the diversity of species in ecological systems. We seek to make transformative progress by using ideas from Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Networks and Data Science to describe ecological systems in new ways.Tasks
You will- develop and apply modeling approaches for ecological communities, with particular focus on marine microbes. The structure and dynamics of microbial communities is an emerging hot topic that radically changes how we think about biology.
- contribute to this topic by studying marine communities where models can be linked to data from HIFMB local partner labs. To understand how such communities function new modeling approaches are necessary, which will draw heavily on cutting edge concepts from nonlinear dynamics and network science.
- develop such modelling approaches and apply them to understand how diversity of species in communities emerges, functions and fails. The overarching aim of this work will be understand the consequences of the microbial diversity in the oceans and its response to global change.
Requirements
- Master level (or equivalent) qualification in Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related fields.
- Solid command of English language in speech and writing.
Additional skills and knowledge
- Demonstrable interest in ecological systems.
- Previous experience in mathematical modeling and programming
Further Information
For further information please contactProf. Dr. Thilo Gross
(thilo.gross@hifmb.de, +49(471)4831-2526).
The position is limited to 3 years. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level
13 (66%).
The place of employment will be
Oldenburg.
All doctoral candidates will be members of AWI’s postgraduate program
and thus benefit from a comprehensive training program and extensive support measures.
This characterizes us
- our scientific success - excellent research.
- collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
- opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
- a culture of reconciling work and family – audited, and even more than that.
- our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
- an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
- having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
- flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility.
- exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure.
Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family through various means. Because of our engagement in the area of work-life compatibility we have been awarded the certificate “Career and Family”.
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