Switzerland University of Bern PhD Positions
TWO PhD-POSITIONS in BEHAVIOURAL EVOLUTION are available at the Department
of Behavioural Evolution of the Zoological Institute, University of Bern,
Switzerland.(1) One study will focus on the sharing of tasks, commodity trading and
reciprocity in a cooperatively breeding cichlid where helpers pay to
stay in a safe territory. Behaviour, group composition, threat and
resource availability will be experimentally manipulated. In
addition, long-term fitness effects of differences in the propensity
to stay and help or to disperse will be measured in the field.
(2) The second project investigates the proximate and ultimate
mechanisms of coexistence of flexible and fixed alternative
reproductive tactics within a species. The model system is a snail-
brooding cichlid where bourgeois males are exploited by two types of
parasitic males. This study will involve experimental manipulation
of tactic frequencies and female behaviour, measurement of
reproductive fitness and sperm competition, and perhaps some
modelling.
Applicants should have a master’s degree (or Diplom) in Biology
and research experience in animal behaviour, a firm, theoretical
background in behavioural and evolutionary evolution, and a strong
commitment to basic science. Practical skills in the work with fish,
both under water and in the lab will be very helpful. The successful
candidates will be collaborating with the other members of the group,
which will include approximately 4 advanced research staff, 6 PhD-
students and a varying number of master and bachelor students. Besides
research, PhD students are expected to assist in undergraduate teaching
and supervision, with a training load not exceeding 10 percent of
working time. Salaries will follow the scheme of the province of Bern
and the Swiss National Research Foundation (approx. 34,000.- to 40,000.-
CHF/year).
Closing date: Open until filled, but all application materials,
including CV, a summary of research experience, copies of any published
or in-press papers if applicable, and 2 letters of recommendation,
should be received by May 30, 2008 to assure full consideration. The
position will start at the earliest possible date and will be for three
years. Candidates should indicate in a cover letter when they could take
up the position.
Please send material to the secretary’s office, c/o Marlis
Gerteis, Dept. Behavioural Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstr. 6,
CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; or as an e-mail attachment to
marlis.gerteis@esh.unibe.ch. For further information please see
http://zoology.unibe.ch/behav/ or contact Michael.Taborsky@esh.unibe.ch
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