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Research Associate in Population Ecology

Employer
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Location
Bristol, City of Bristol (GB)
Salary
£33,797 - £35,845 per annum
Closing date
1 Mar 2020

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Academic Discipline
Biological Sciences, Life sciences
Job Type
Research Related, Research Associate
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Research Associate in Population Ecology

Job number  ACAD104415

Division/School  School of Biological Sciences
Contract type  Open Ended
Working pattern  Full time
Salary  £33,797 - £35,845 per annum
Closing date for applications  01-Mar-2020 

A Research Associate position is available to investigate the effects of multiple stressors on the global declines of vertebrate populations, under the guidance of Dr Christopher Clements in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol. This position has funding for 2 years with a proposed start date of 1 July 2020. 

The role of the RA will be to analyse a global database of population time, augmented by data on species traits and life history characteristics, to assess the impacts of multiple stressors on biodiversity at a global scale. In particular this project will focus on determining whether multiple stressor can increase the rate at which resilience is lost in vertebrate populations, and whether specific stressors (e.g. climate change, pollution, overharvesting etc) or combinations of stressors have greater negative impacts on population resilience. The global nature of the data to be analysed facilitates the comparison of results across different systems (freshwater, marine, terrestrial) and different ecotypes (e.g. tropical, palearctic, etc) and means that this project has significant implications for how we manage biodiversity into the future. 

The RA will benefit from collaboration and expertise with project partners at the Zoological Society of London, who have collated and worked extensively with these data, and the RA will be encouraged to regularly visit and spend time working at the Zoological Society of London during this project. They will thus have the opportunity to learn how these data were collected, what techniques are typically used to process and analyse these data, and what the potential impacts of this work is for the conservation of wild populations. 

The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant biological subject (or close to completion), a strong interest in population ecology, demography, or resilience, and experience of analysing complex multivariate data. They will be highly motivated, collaborative, and an excellent communicator, and have a demonstrable desire to learn new skills. Training will be provided in measures of resilience, the structure and vagaries of the data to be analysed, and potential statistical analyses. In addition, there is some flexibility to adjust the focus and direction of the work depending on the interests and expertise of the successful candidate. 

For informal enquiries please contact Dr Christopher Clements (c.clements@bristol.ac.uk). 

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us. 

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