POST-DOC TO STUDY SALIENTIAN STRESS

The University of Liege is accepting applications for a post-doctoral fellow for a 3-year project on evolutionary ecology and ecotoxicology of frogs. This project will be based mainly on the tadpole stage, but will involve field sampling, young metamorphs, and breeding of adults. This is a laboratory study mainly designed on behavioural patterns, using modern tools, but also on morphology and life-history traits in the presence or absence of stressing factors such as predators and pollutants. The post-doctoral fellow would be welcome to adapt the design of the experiments in the framework of this topic. He/she will have two controlled laboratory rooms available for his/her experiments and may supervise MSc students.

The applications must contain a curriculum vitae with a complete list of publications (including the list of conference abstracts) and a letter of motivation. The official deadline for the final selection is September 10 but in order to prepare the official application on time, applications should be sent much in advance. Note that I will propose only one candidate after an internal pre-selection. The post-doctorate, if accepted, would start on 1 January 2009. This post-doctoral position would be compensated by the FRS-FNRS (Belgian Funds for Research) and be part of an on-going project with colleagues working on physiology and chemistry.

The candidate needs to have completed a PhD thesis in a related topic, which he/she would have presented less than 6 years ago. He/she must NOT have been a resident in Belgium and he/she must speak English and/or French.

For further information, candidates should contact:

Mathieu Denoel, Ph. D.
Behavioural Biology Unit
University of Liege
22 Quai Van Beneden
B - 4020 Liege, Belgium
Mathieu.Denoel@ulg.ac.be
http://www.etho.ulg.ac.be/denoel/home.html

7-29-2008