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Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Lake Food Web EcologyThe FisHab project is looking to fill a postdoctoral fellow (PDF) position based at the University of Québec at Montréal. The PDF will work towards integration of plankton and fish datasets to analyze multi-trophic diversity and food web structure in several large datasets that are ready to be analyzed. Quantifying natural and anthropogenic drivers of variation in primarily lake fish communities across Québec lakes, including potential effects of climate warming will be the primary focus. The project is developed in collaboration with various non-academic partners (e.g. the environment and wildlife ministries of Québec).
Candidates with strong statistical, numerical analyses and modelling capabilities are sought. Experience with the following techniques would be considered assets: GIS (e.g., watershed delineation), machine learning (e.g., gradient forest analysis, boosted regression trees), community and biodiversity analyses (e.g., joint species distribution modelling), and/or structural equation modelling. Candidates should also have familiarity with lake food web ecology, limnology, biodiversity science, and/or fish ecology. The PDF will be supervised by Dr. Beatrix Beisner at the University of Québec at Montréal in collaboration with several other GRIL researchers primarily: Dr. Vincent Fugère (UQTR), Dr. Marco Rodríguez (UQTR), Dr. Katrine Turgeon (UQO). Anticipated start date : January 10th, 2022 Salary: $48 000 to $50 000 CDN plus benefits, for one year with possibility of an extension until June 30th 2023 depending on availability of project funds. Qualifications: A PhD, earned ideally in the past two years (since 2020). The ideal candidate will have good working knowledge of French if possible as well as English. Applications: Send a cover letter, a recent CV and contact information for at least two referees to Dr. Beatrix Beisner, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM via email ([email protected]). Applications will be reviewed during the month of November 2021. |