Postdoctoral Research Associate

The SalGo Team ( https://salgo.web.ox.ac.uk/) at the Department of Biology of
the University of Oxford is offering a Postdoctoral Research Associate
position for an initial tenure of 2 years, with additional extensions possible
for up to 3.5 years in total.





The post holder will join a highly dynamic, collaborative research group at
the new Department of Biology (https://www.biology.ox.ac.uk), under the
supervision of Assoc Prof Rob Salguero-Gómez, as well as co-supervised by Prof
Andy Hector (University of Oxford) and Dr Iain Stott (University of Lincoln).
The post holder will join the on-going NERC Pushing the Frontiers “Integrating
and predicting responses of natural systems to disturbances”. The post holder
will work closely with another Postdoctoral Research Associate already in
post, who is developing mathematical approaches to integrate the responses of
individuals to disturbances scaling up to populations and communities.





The advertised position will apply said framework to existing long-term
demographic datasets ( _e.g._ , the COMADRE, COMPADRE, PADRINO databases), and
explore responses of individual plants to mechanical and chemical
(fertilization) disturbances as part of DRAGNet
(https://dragnetglobal.weebly.com). This post will be in charge of the
fieldwork that takes place in our DRAGNet node at Wytham Woods
(https://www.wythamwoods.ox.ac.uk/home), but also lead the collection of data
(via classical field methods and hyperspectral drone automatisation) across
multiple nodes of the network in the UK and mainland Europe. The successful
applicant will hold, or be close to completion of, a relevant PhD/DPhil,
together with relevant experience in ecological modelling, population, and
community ecology, and/or ecological monitoring.





Useful links in preparing an application for this position include:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMX-7LBT_TY



https://salgo.web.ox.ac.uk/about-salgo



https://dragnetglobal.weebly.com





Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research
outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your
supporting statement.





The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All
applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.





This post is full time and available starting 15th February 2024.





The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on **Monday 8th January 2024**
, interviews are likely to be scheduled for late January 2024.