Ecological Modeller Position
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and skilled Ecological Modeller to join our interdisciplinary team. The successful candidate will be working closely with leading academics and conservation practitioners to generate cutting-edge ecological insights that directly inform evidence-based conservation strategies.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will be part of two closely related Australian Research Council projects that are using natural history collections, environmental DNA and ecological models to reconstruct the timing, scale, and rate of mammal declines in Australia.
Key Responsibilities
* To work on critical inferences of past demographic change and high-performance computing to disentangle the ecological mechanisms that were integral in the initial decline and later extinction of Australia's unique mammals.
* To pinpoint ecological characteristics and threats that most affect risk of extinction from environmental change.
Requirements
* A PhD in quantitative ecology, quantitative conservation biology, applied mathematics or a related discipline.
* Publication record in the relevant peer-reviewed literature.
* An interest in global change ecology, macroecology, biogeography, or conservation biology.
* Strong computational and analytical programming skills.
* A good knowledge of advanced statistical / data science languages such as R or Python.
Benefits
* A dynamic and supportive environment that fosters cross-disciplinary learning, professional development, and meaningful contributions to global conservation science.
* Flexible working arrangements to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.
* A wide range of attractive staff benefits, including salary packaging, high-quality professional development programs and activities, and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.
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