JOB: postdoc position in statistical ecology at Bielefeld University, Germany

The Statistics & Data Analysis Group within the Department of Business Administration and Economics at Bielefeld University has an opening for a postdoc position. The position is part-funded by the collaborative research centre (CRC) SFB/TRR 212, “A Novel Synthesis of Individualisation across Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution: Niche Choice, Niche Conformance, Niche Construction (NC3)”.

The successful candidate will be actively involved in the activities of the CRC, and in particular – will develop novel statistical methods for making biological inference on niche choices from behavioural time series data (50 {06fdc68f0c32a4bb4bc587245a8893a97471dc602b4e431d14a97651d507d6d7})
– will conduct some of the real-data analyses of empirical projects conducted within the CRC (35 {06fdc68f0c32a4bb4bc587245a8893a97471dc602b4e431d14a97651d507d6d7})
– will contribute to teaching activities within the Department of Business Administration and Economics (10 {06fdc68f0c32a4bb4bc587245a8893a97471dc602b4e431d14a97651d507d6d7})
– will be involved in administrative activities within the department (5 {06fdc68f0c32a4bb4bc587245a8893a97471dc602b4e431d14a97651d507d6d7})

We expect
– a university degree in statistics or in a related field
– a completed or nearly completed PhD degree in statistics or in a related field
– a solid background in mathematical statistics
– a track record in statistical method development
– a good knowledge of statistical software (e.g. “R”)
– very good English language skills
– ability to work independently and as part of a team
– solid coordinating and organisational skills

Preferable qualifications
– experience in interdisciplinary research
– a solid background in time series analysis
– knowledge of software for Bayesian inference (e.g. “Stan”)

For more information, see
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/Anzeigen/Wiss/wiss17339_Englisch.pdf