Postdoctoral Researcher: Evolutionary Ecology & Data

University of Turku; Finland; Presencial; EUR 38.000 - 44.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

University of Turku invites applications for a contract-based, fixed‑term postdoctoral researcher position in the Department of Biology, starting 1.1.2027. The role is part of the Human Diversity Centre of Excellence and involves analyzing historical mobility, disease spread, and data networks using Finnish migration and travel data.

The successful candidate will work under Prof. Virpi Lummaa, collaborate across Human Diversity teams, and contribute to dataset production and curation.

Formación

• PhD in evolutionary biology or related field.
• Experience with large datasets and integrating diverse sources.
• Fluent English in written and spoken communication.

Responsabilidades

• Unravel how ecological and social factors affected past human contacts.
• Use and integrate diverse datasets and oversee curation of new datasets.
• Collaborate with the Human Diversity team and project PI.

Conocimientos

Data management

Quantitative methods

R or Python

ArcGIS/QGIS

Educación

PhD in evolutionary biology/ecology or related

Herramientas

ArcGIS

QGIS

Descripción del empleo

University of Turku invites applications for a contract-based, fixed‑term postdoctoral researcher position in the Department of Biology, starting 1.1.2027. The role is part of the Human Diversity Centre of Excellence and involves analyzing historical mobility, disease spread, and data networks using Finnish migration and travel data.

The successful candidate will work under Prof. Virpi Lummaa, collaborate across Human Diversity teams, and contribute to dataset production and curation.