[Portugal] 36 months research position for ecological modeling & forecasting at JRC

[Jorge de Jesus]

36 month position at JRC-Ispra in Ecological modelling & forecasting.

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The Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) of the Joint Research
Centre (JRC) of the European Commission is looking for an experienced
scientist (PhD level or 5 years research experience after the university
degree giving access to doctoral studies) to work on ecological modeling and
forecasting to assess impact of anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity and
ecosystem services. With a focus on protected areas, changes to
biodiversity, habitats and ecosystem services will have to be assessed and
simulated according to various environmental policies scenarios.

The selected candidate needs to have excellent skills in spatial modeling
and multivariate statistics and have very strong programming skills (R,
Python) to develop models for web services.

Candidates interested in the published projects must introduce an
application form through the JRC recruitment web site (ESRA,
http://recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/  , see Code: 2013-IPR-H-30-000-1196 -
CAT 30 - ISP 'Modelling of competition for land and ecosystem services').
Only applications received through ESRA will be considered as valid.

The contract is a 36 months "Grantholder contract, Category 30". Details on
the contract & eligibility are available at
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=4790

The IES of the (JRC) is located in Ispra (Lombardy, Italy).

Deadline for application: 17/02/2013 23:59 CE

Related links: Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php
Related links: MONDE group http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php?page=69
Related links: Modelling activities in MONDE
http://ehabitat.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

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Gregoire

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Grégoire Dubois (Ph.D.)
European Commission - Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and
Sustainability TP 440 Via E. Fermi 2749
I-21027 Ispra (VA)
Italy

Tel : +39 (0)332 786360
Fax : +39 (0)332-789960
Email: gregoire.dubois  jrc.ec.europa.eu

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