PhD Studentship: Impacts of global change on functional and phylogenetic diversity

I am looking for a PhD candidate. Further information is available at http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=11426&ske_stl_id=924&ske_seite=detail and provided below. Could you please inform potential candidates. Thank you very much!

Kind regards
Ingolf


  PhD student (m/f)

The Department of Community Ecology applies for a


PhD student (m/f)
code: 66/2010


to work on the “Impacts of global change on functional and phylogenetic diversity”, starting 1. September, 2010, for three years.

The successful candidate will combine and analyze existing data on chiefly flora and vegetation and the relationship to environmental pressures. A special focus will be on the impact of global change on composition and distribution of functional traits, the resulting ecosystem functions and phylogenetic relationships.

We seek a person with the following qualifications:
- University degree in biology, geography, geo-ecology, landscape ecology, agricultural ecology or related disciplines, preferably with a background in vegetation science
- Experience in the analysis of functional traits and/or phylogenetic diversity
- Experience in the handling of databases (e.g. Access, Oracle)
- Sound Knowledge in basic statistics
- Enthusiasm to learn advanced statistics
- Proficient English, both written and spoken


For further Information please contact (see also www.ufz.de): Dr. Ingolf Kühn, Tel. +49 (0)345 558-5311, e-mail: Ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de.

The place of work is Halle, Germany. Salary will be according to the appropriate civil service level TVÖD 13 (50%). The successful candidates will be working in a highly interdisciplinary research environment with excellently equipped facilities. The PhD students participate in the newly established Graduate School HIGRADE (http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=11429).

The UFZ is an equal opportunity employer. Women are explicitly encouraged to apply for increasing their share in science and research. Physically handicapped persons will be favoured if they are equally qualified.

Application assessment will start immediately and continued until the position is filled. Complete applications including a motivation letter with curriculum vitae and certificates should be sent under code digit 66/2010 to the personnel department, P.O. box 500136, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany or by e-mail to: application@ufz.de.

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*Dr. Ingolf Kühn*
Dept. Community Ecology

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4 / 06120 Halle / Germany

phone +49 345 558 5311 / Fax 49 341 235 455311
email: ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de ingolf.kuehn@ufz.de>/ http://www.ufz.de <http://www.ufz.de/>