PhD position in paleobiology

Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet / Geologjobb / Stockholm
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Your tasks include:
• participation in field work in remote areas
• preparation and identification of invertebrate fossils
• develop and apply computational methods to analyze phylogenetic and distribution data
• scientific publication and presentation.

Requirements/qualifications:
• MSc degree or equivalent in paleontology, or in biology if you have a geo/paleo background (required)
• physical strength and willingness to participate in field work
• experience with invertebrate taxonomy, preferably mollusks
• programming skills in R and/or Python
• experience with phylogenetics software (i.e., MrBayes, BEAST...)
• good knowledge of English (written and oral).

In the frame of a VR-funded project on the 'Cenozoic biogeographic evolution of deep sea ecosystems', a 4 year PhD position is open at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. The goal of this project is to understand how mollusks at deep-sea methane seeps have evolved and dispersed through the world's oceans during the past 50 million years. This will be achieved by collecting new fossil material in three key regions across the globe, integrating these new data with existing datasets, and analyzing these data using state-of-the-art computational methods including phylogenetics, network analysis, and Bayesian modeling, among others. The Swedish Museum of Natural History is a world-class research institution offering an inspiring and interdisciplinary research environment across the Earth and Life Sciences.

Varaktighet, arbetstid
The position is for four years. A new position as a PhD student is first for one year and then normally renewed for up to two years at a time

Publiceringsdatum
2017-01-23

Så ansöker du
Sista dag att ansöka är 2017-01-27

Företag
NATURHISTORISKA RIKSMUSEET

Adress
NATURHISTORISKA RIKSMUSEET
BOX 50007
10405 STOCKHOLM

Kontorsadress
Frescativägen 40

Jobbnummer
3275560

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