2 x Doctoral candidates (PhD) (65%; d/f/m)

02.03.2023, Wissenschaftliches Personal

City bees under stress? Interactive effects of urbanization factors on bees and pollination PhD position 1 (65%) Topic: The impact of urban environments on bee traits, bee-plant interactions, and pollination

PhD position 1 (65%) Topic: The impact of urban environments on bee traits, bee-plant interactions, and pollination Job description: The researcher will collect field data on urban environmental features, bee traits, and pollination. Her/his main responsibilities will be the coordination of bee surveys, assessment of bee traits and interactions, set-up and monitoring of pollination experiments, and organization of laboratory work for bees. They will work closely with other PhD researcher to understand urban bee-plant interactions. The job will be mainly associated with the Professorship for Urban Productive Ecosystems in Freising, DE, but will be jointly supervised. The candidate we are looking for ideally has: • Motivation to elucidate complex ecological processes that underly mechanisms driving bee-plant interactions in urban ecosystems • Ecological knowledge of pollinator biology and urban ecosystems • Enthusiasm for and competence in ecological field work • Experience with environmental data and quantitative data analysis • Experience modelling and relevant languages (R, Python etc.) • Interest in supervising and working with other students during your PhD Job requirements: • Excellent diploma or master’s degree in related field • Excellent skills in field and lab work • Very good knowledge of English and German • A driver’s license valid in Germany • Pronounced scientific and writing skills are a benefit Starting date: Negotiable, but ideally by October 2023 (part-time 65%, fixed-term for 3 years) Interested?

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