The successful candidate is encouraged to focus on a topic of his/her choice but the research should fit into the topics of the Department https://www.ibot.cas.cz/popekol/?lang=en including: Biotic interactions; Species adaptation to climate change; Ecological epigenetics; Conservation
biology; Phylogenetics and ecological significance of plant functional traits; Community ecology and dynamics; Ecology of polyploids; Landscape ecology and Phylogeography. We also aim to integrate use of population genomic approaches into most of the topics.
We search for a highly motivated independent postdoctoral researcher interested in working within the Department on any of the topics listed above. The postdoc may use existing data of the group and/or work on their own data collected previously and/or set up collection of new data using the extensive facilities of the institute. Candidates will be expected to produce peer- reviewed publications in high impact international journals and present their results at international conferences. We welcome candidates interested in starting their independent research projects within our group and staying with us past the postdoc period. Therefore, we also expect the successful candidate to actively participate in applying for national and international funding to acquire funding for research after the 2-year postdoc period. Support in grant applications will be provided. Candidates with strong statistical/ecological modeling skills and/or molecular biology and/or bioinformatics expertise are highly welcome.
The applicant will be selected based on past publication record, ideas on specific research projects and additional skills. The successful applicant is expected to bring new expertise to the group and be willing to stay in the group beyond the initial funding period.
The minimum requirement to apply is at least one good paper in a journal with IF > 2.5 falling within the fields of Ecology, Evolution and/or Molecular Sciences. We do not accept candidates with purely agricultural focus.
Application and project duration.
The position is expected to start as soon as possible and will last until 31st December 2025 with the ambition to acquire funds to extend it. Start and end shift and multiple possibilities to extend are available. The first submission deadline is February 9th, 2024, but later applications are also accepted, until the position is filled.
We offer a young friendly working group broadly interested in plant population biology, genetics and epigenetics with many PhD. and master students involved in the research, a competitive salary (by Central European standards) and freedom to conduct your research according to your interest within the broad topic of our research. The successful candidate will enjoy working in a collaborative team but must be highly self-motivated and work well independently. Additional bonuses for publications, meal vouchers and leisure benefits are provided.
The post-doc will be situated at the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences situated in a large UNESCO heritage park at the outskirts of Prague (www.ibot.cas.cz).
Applications sent by email to Miloslava Vaňková (miloslava.vankova@ibot.cas.cz) with an attached CV, names of two referees, a full publication list including IF of the journals, and cover letter stating their research interests and expertise, previous experience and plans for securing future funding (everything summarized in a single pdf document). For discussion on the topics, you may contact Zuzana Münzbergová (zuzmun@natur.cuni.cz, ORCID ID 0000-0002-4026-6220), Vít Latzel (vit.latzel@ibot.cas.cz, ORCID 0000-0003-0025-5049), Petr Dostál (ORCID 0000-0002-2342-6632, Petr.Dostal@ibot.cas.cz), and/or Dinesh Thakur (ORCID 0000-0002-4610-5444, dinesh.thakur@ibot.cas.cz).
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