DESCRIPTION: IRTA is currently seeking an enthusiastic and motivated PhD candidate to join the Animal Health Program. We invite applications from ambitious candidates with relevant research experience and passion to conduct research and innovation activities on the development of data-driven decision support tools that offer robust and early signals of disease and/or welfare issues. The focus is on early warning systems that can detect signals of potential disease emergence or spread in pigs.
- Supervisor/s: Joaquim Segalés & Beatriz García.
- Job location: CReSA
- Full-time position (37.5 h/week).
- Terms of appointment: The duration of the PhD Candidate contract will be for one year, extendible by yearly periods to a maximum of four (4) years.
- Salary: The financial remuneration for the PhD Student contract will be €1.329, 92/gross per month (€18.618’88/gross per annum) and for the first and second years.For this third year, it will be €1.424’91/gross per month (€19.948,74/gross per annum) and for the fourth year it will be €1.781,14/gross per month (€24.935,96/gross per annum) which will be subject to the corresponding withholdings, pursuant to prevailing regulations, and to the collective employment agreement of IRTA. IRTA will also pay the fees of the doctoral school when receiving the enrolment.
- Employee Benefits: 22 vacation days, 3 days of family & work conciliation, 45h of personal days, Friday afternoon off, Compressed Summer schedule from 15/06 to 15/09, Conciliation schedule.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To write a PhD thesis and publish scientific papers on the grounds of the PhD project.
- To perform literature review, data collection and management, involving statistical analysis and data visualization.
- To develop data-based tools to facilitate decision-making for the prevention and control of animal diseases.
- To contribute to the scientific production of the research activities of the research line.
- To contribute to the teamwork and team-spirit in the research line.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
a) A Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, or Science-related field; or,
b) A master’s in data science, artificial intelligence, (bio)statistics or disciplines related to data analysis and computation, or similar.
c) To be in a position to access a doctoral program according to the requirements of Catalan universities, i.e. accrediting between 60 and 120 ECTS credits at the official university master’s degree level or equivalent.
d) Not to have a previous PhD degree.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
- If you wish to be considered for this position, please, apply via our Recruitment Platform to the job post with reference CPI0124 and upload your CV and motivation letter. All information will be treated in the strictest confidence.
- Deadline for application: February 12th, 2024.