A non-permanent position as Team leader in population genetics and genomics is open at INRA within the Ecofog (“Ecology of Forests of the Guianas”) Research Unit, one of the eleven research teams of the Center for the study of biodiversity in Amazonia (CEBA). This research unit is based in Kourou, French Guiana.
The Research Unit (http://www.ecofog.gf/?lang=en) and the Ecological Genetics laboratory (http://www.ecofog.gf/spip.php?rubrique91) in particular have a long-standing experience in the study of ecological and genetic processes involved in the establishment and maintenance of genetic, species and ecosystem diversity in tropical forest ecosystems. They are tightly connected with the international research community and make use of up-to-date experimental and analytical methods to tackle research questions such as unveiling the mechanisms underlying local adaptation and measuring the role of genomic processes in species radiation.
The Ecological Genetics laboratory is currently leader / participant of several collaborative research programs revolving around the above topics. The team leader position is left vacant by the current Team leader’s (I. Scotti) departure.
We are seeking a young and highly motivated scientist (ideally with a post-doc experience between three and six years) who is an expert in two or more of the following topics: population genetics, population genomics, quantitative genetics, modelling of population genetic processes, ecological genetics, speciation genomics, forest tree genetics. The scientist will have access to all data being gathered by research team; he/she will initially work on the genomics of local adaptation and speciation in a set of species and species complexes that have been the target of the lab’s research during the past ten years. He/she will also initially work in tight collaboration with the former Team leader.
While the hired Team leader will be in charge of all scientific aspects, the Ecological Genetics laboratory itself (including staff and facilities) will be supervised by the Team’s permanent Research associate (Henri Caron). The candidate will preferentially have experience with non-model species that provide limited options for manipulative experimental approaches, and must have an inclination for field work, lab work, data analysis and the coordination of medium-sized research teams. Moreover, he or she must be willing to understand the inner working of, and to take care of, the administration of science and of collaborative research programs. Propensities for life in tropical conditions in a remote country, as well as a satisfactory level of spoken French, are mandatory.
Salary conditions correspond to those of an INRA CR2 scientist increased by 40% (approximate net salary: 2600 € / month), plus the full benefits of the French welfare system. The position is offered for five years, divided into two grants of two and three years, starting 1st February 2014 at the earliest. The position will start with a three-month trial period.
The call for applications will be closed on January 31st, or earlier if a suitable candidate is found. If no suitable candidate is found by that date, the call will be reopened.
Please contact Ivan Scotti (ivan.scotti@ecofog.gf, http://www.ecofog.gf/spip.php?article58) for further information on the position and to submit your application. Applicants will submit a short introductory letter, a detailed CV, as well as two reference letters by current and former supervisors. The candidates with a suitable CV will be interviewed (expect a one-hour interview by videocall).
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