MACROECOLOGIST
WALLINGFORD
The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), part of the Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC), is the UK’s Centre of Excellence for research in the terrestrial and freshwater environmental
sciences.
We are looking for a Senior Scientist with expertise in macroecology to further develop our research
in this critically important discipline. The post holder will be analyzing large-scale, long term
biological and environmental data sets to: describe and explain temporal and spatial patterns of
biological abundance, diversity and distribution, link these to drivers of environmental change,
including climate, land use change, and biological invasions, quantify and predict the implications of
changing species distributions for population processes, ecosystem function and conservation biology,
attract research funding and build collaborative links with UK and European research partners
The successful candidate will have an excellent track record in personal research in macroecology or a
related area. You will have the ability to review critically large-scale spatial datasets to identify both
their research potential and their limitations. You must have skills in spatial and/or temporal
modelling approaches in order to: describe and explain temporal and spatial patterns of biological
abundance diversity and distribution, link these to drivers of environmental change, including climate,
land use change, and biological invasions, quantify and predict the implications of changing species
distributions for population processes, ecosystem function and conservation biology. Experience of
phylogenetic techniques to further test these ecological questions would also be an advantage. You
will be required to network with research scientists form other Institutes and Universities across
Europe, building partnerships and developing research proposals. You will be expected to attract
research funding and manage large, multi-partner projects. You will have the ability to produce high
impact papers and present results at international conferences. You should be a good collaborator, as
you will work closely with PhD students and other staff. A PhD degree and preferably 3 years
postdoctoral research experience is an advantage.
The salary for this post is £29,360 progressing to £34,630 per annum. In addition NERC offer a
pension scheme, 30 days’ annual leave and 10½ days’ public and privilege holiday per annum.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 30 July 2007.
For further details see
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/personnel/Macroecologist.html
or contact Dr James Bullock
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Benson Lane
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxon
OX10 8BB
UK
Main contact: +44 (0)7824 460866
Switchboard: +44 (0)1491 838800
Fax: +44 (0)1491 692424
E-mail: jmbul@ceh.ac.uk