5 Postdoc Positions Unravel unifying principles of marine population response to

The Helmholtz-Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) is a new institute on interdisciplinary marine biodiversity research, established on the campus of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. It joins the scientific profiles of the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Marine Systems (ICBM) Oldenburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven (AWI).

5 Postdoc Positions "Unravel unifying principles of marine population response to climate change"

Background

In order to advance career development and to bring in novel perspectives into the institute, HIFMB has created an independent postdoc pool, HIPP, that offers postdoctoral scientists the opportunity to develop own research ideas and to actively shape their scientific careers. For each call, we set a topical context in order to foster collaborations between postdocs. For this call, we invite postdoc projects to unravel unifying principles of marine population response to climate change.

In this context, we offer
5 postdoctoral positions
. Each postdoc will be financed for a fixed term of 3 years (100% TVöD E13, Jan 1 2021 to Dec 31 2023).

Unravel unifying principles of marine population response to climate change

An integrative understanding of responses at the molecular, cellular, organ, and organismal level to environmental changes requires an assessment of intra- and inter-population variability of organisms in environmental acclimation and adaptation. Understanding the adaptive capacity of key marine species is a prerequisite for a mechanistic understanding of how changing climate (warming, acidification, hypoxia) affects marine life. Our current understanding of functional or numerical responses to changing conditions is often specific to certain species. In order to understand unifying principles, we need to consider a variety of functionally important species across taxa and regions. Combining empirical and theoretical studies will allow unraveling unifying principles to derive valid indicators of vulnerability to environmental change. We especially welcome studies on acclimation and adaptation at the level of ecologically relevant functional traits as well as the underlying genetic architecture. We envision the postdocs to create synergy by using comparable methods (e.g. analyzing genomic, transcriptomic or physiological responses) across a range of key species from different regions. Given the mission of HIFMB as collaboration between AWI and UOL, we prioritize research in our mainly studied polar and temperate regions, but comparative approaches to other marine systems are explicitly welcomed. We are also interested in addressing how these responses shape species interaction and the species’ role in trophic webs, both through field, experimental, or modelling work. Thereby the postdoc contributes to the mission of HIFMB and the Helmholtz program POF IV, especially by understanding the functional role of biodiversity in marine systems and its consequences to services to humankind.

Criteria

Formal requirements are an excellent PhD (finalized latest at Dec 31, 2020) in marine sciences or related fields, and a track record of scientific productivity (publications, conference contributions, prices, etc.).

Each applicant needs to relate to at least two advisors, one of which must be a
, the second can be from HIFMB, ICBM, AWI or any other collaborating scientific institution. HIFMB strongly encourages developing the project content together with the advisors in due time.

Further decision criteria are

• integrative and innovative project idea,
• contribution to

and
,

• link to the above mentioned topic and synergy potential,
• scientific standing of the applicant,
• quality of the planned collaboration with the advisors, and
• convincing research plan.

Further Information

For further information please contact
Prof. Dr. Helmut Hillebrand
(helmut.hillebrand@hifmb.de) or
Ruth Krause
(ruth.krause@hifmb.de).
These are full-time positions, limited to 3 years. They are also suitable for part-time employment. 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
.
The place of employment will be

Oldenburg.

We offer

• Interdisciplinary research environment with connections to theory, data science, genomic, transciptomic and physiological expertise, experimental and field oriented marine ecology, social sciences (especially marine governance and political ecology)
• Career development support through transdisciplinary workshops, seminars and mentoring at the

and AWI’s postdoc office

• A lively international atmosphere and family-friendly behaviour

Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy. The AWI aims to increase the number of female employees and therefore strongly encourages qualified women to apply.

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”.

We look forward to your application!

Please forward your
with academic CV (
), letter of support from all advisores and CV of external postdoc advisor by
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