Empleo - Becas Predoctorales y Postdoc (Universidad de Aberdeen, Escocia)

Two postdoctoral research positions and a PhD studentship in evolutionary ecology
Empleo - Becas Predoctorales y Postdoc (Universidad de Aberdeen, Escocia)

These posts are central to a European Research Council-funded project led
by Dr Jane Reid that aims to 1) build new theory explaining the evolution
and persistence of polyandry and inbreeding, and 2) test this theory
using >20 years of complete life-history and pedigree data from
free-living song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).


1) Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Evolutionary Biology –
available for three years in the first instance.

Responsible for developing new (co)evolutionary theory of reproductive
strategies, specifically polyandry and inbreeding, using mathematical
and/or simulation modelling approaches.


2) Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics –
 available for three years in the first instance.

Responsible for developing and implementing quantitative genetic and
phenotypic analyses of long-term pedigree and life-history data from a
wild population of song sparrows, specifically looking at polyandry,
inbreeding, inbreeding avoidance and fitness components in males and
females.

These posts provide exciting opportunities for highly motivated
postdoctoral researchers with expertise and interest in theoretical
evolutionary biology and/or quantitative genetic analysis of wild
population data. They will work within a successful international
research team with ample opportunities for further collaboration,
high-profile publication and career development, and flexibility to
develop their own ideas and approaches in relation to the overall project
aim.


Further details and online application forms are available at
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/ (School of Biological Sciences).

PhD studentship

Project title “Extra-pair reproduction, polyandry and relatedness:
population-level consequences of individual reproductive strategy in song
sparrows”

> > The project will use long-term data from socially monogamous but
> > genetically polyandrous song sparrows to quantify within-year and
> > among-year variation in reproductive strategy by individual females, and
> > to quantify the consequences of this variation for population relatedness
> > structure and genetic variation.
> >
> > It offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated student with interest
> > in linking theoretical and field biology to work within a leading
> > international research project. It will provide training in theoretical
> > evolutionary ecology, statistical modelling and pedigree analyses, and
> > opportunities for fieldwork and molecular genetic analysis according to
> > the student’s interests.
> >
> > Further details and online application forms are available at
> > http://www.findaphd.com/
> >
> > Please get in touch with Dr Jane Reid (jane.reid@abdn.ac.uk) if you have
> > any queries about the posts or application process.
> >
> > http://www.abdn.ac.uk/biologicalsci/staff/details/jane.reid
> >
> > Dr Jane M. Reid
> > Royal Society University Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences
> > University of Aberdeen
> > Tel: 01224 274224
> > Email: jane.reid@abdn.ac.uk