Postdoctoral researcher - Climate impacts on lizards

• Organizing and coordinating the experimental steps
• Monitoring populations in a semi-natural context
• Characterizing lizards for behavior and thermal phenotype
• Conceiving and adapting protocols for experiments and population monitoring
• Managing databases
• Analyzing databases to estimate phenotypic plasticity and selection gradient
• Molecular analyses (extraction, PCR)
• Presenting results in meeting, seminars and conferences
• Writing reports and scientific articles
• The hired researcher will work on the ERC-CoG project ECOFEED which aims at studying the impacts of climate change on eco-evolutionary feedbacks
• She/he will manage the monitoring of semi-natural populations of lizards undergoing climatic treatments
• She/he will also contribute to the monitoring of ecological conditions in lizards habitats
• Activities take place outdoor or in a research lab
• Start between May 1st and 15th

Requirements

• PhD in ecology or biology
• Knowledge in methods for experiments, sampling and biological analyses
• Knowledge in ecotherms' behavior and thermal phenotype
• Knowledge in population biology and evolutionary processes
• Knowledge in statistical analyses (software R, multivariate analyses, mixed models)
• Knowledge in the maintenance and housing of small ectotherm vertebrates
• Knowledge of the rules and recommendations for experiments in animals
• Used experimental and sampling methods
• Created experimental protocols
• Managed a team of students
• Independence, anticipating issues, leadership
• Spoken and written English B2 to C1
• All these skills are not required, but will help ranking applicants

To apply: upload a CV and a motivation letter on the job portal before March 1st 2019. Interviews will take place by mi March 2019 between applicants and the project scientific committee.