Here’s a copy of the text that’s also been sent to evoldir. Short version: apply by the 4th of December to join us in 2023! Or spread the word to someone you know who’d be interested!
The research group of Prof. Hanna Kokko is moving to the Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) in Mainz, Germany, beginning in January 2023, when she starts her new position as an Alexander von Humboldt Professor. The research team is now seeking strengths in life-history theory, with an emphasis on the evolution of ageing, but with possibilities of explorations of other, related themes (see www.kokkonuts.org). The postdoctoral position is initially offered for 3 years, ideally starting within the first 6 months of 2023 (with considerable flexibility).
You will join a research group that will offer collaboration prospects within the group, with other researchers at JGU, as well as elsewhere via Prof. Kokko’s international collaboration network. The A.v.Humboldt professorship awarded to Prof. Kokko also creates the possibility for a ‘theory hub’ with a visitor program: short- and long-term visitors, from workshops to sabbatical-length visits, bring in excellent prospects for collaboration and idea exchange between the postdoc and other theoreticians/empiricists.
While primarily a research position, there is a 4 h/week teaching expectation during semester times, with content that will be developed together with Prof. Kokko and her other group members. The working language of the group is English, and teaching can be arranged flexibly in either English or German.
WE EXPECT:
* A PhD degree in a suitable field (biology, physics, mathematics, computer sciences)
* Skills in theoretical evolutionary ecology
* An interest in collaborative working in a ‘theory hub’ with full-time junior researchers as well as short-term visitors
* Proven capability of producing publishable research
* An interest in developing one’s teaching skills
WE OFFER:
* A chance to structure a new hub in theoretical evolutionary ecology
* Interesting contacts to cutting-edge research in the evolution of ageing and beyond
* A renumeration package that follows the German EG13 scale (range marked as 13 on https://www.lff-rlp.de/fileadmin/user_upload/LFF/PDF/service/gehaltstabellen/TV-L/TV_Laender_ab_01012021.pdf)
* Flexible working hours
* Internal and external training opportunities
The position complies with the German §57 High Education Act (Hochschulgesetz).
TO APPLY, PLEASE SEND
* CV + publication list
* a 1-page motivation letter
* some comments on 1 paper, chosen either from the journal club list of www.kokkonuts.org (section ‘journal club’), or from Prof. Kokko’s Google scholar profile. This part of the application should list the comments that the applicant would plan to give in a journal club if this paper was discussed there. The length of this document is not prescribed: concise expression, but with enough detail so that a reader can follow the logic, is ideal.
The above should form a single pdf and be sent to Hanna Kokko () by 4 December 2022.