POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in statistical ecology

The International Society for Bayesian Analysis; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 36 000 - 50 000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Helsinki is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher specialized in statistical ecology for a two-year fixed term. This role involves advancing statistical methods for ecological data analysis and contributing to significant research projects on global change impacts, allowing for flexible start dates.

Qualifications

• D.Sc. (Tech.) in statistics or equivalent.
• Experience with statistical models and ecological data.

Responsibilities

• Develop statistical methods for analyzing long-term ecological data.
• Conduct statistical analyses within the Research Centre.
• Focus on joint species distribution models and Gaussian processes.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Methodological development

Ecological data analysis

Education

PhD in statistics or related field

Job description

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in statistical ecology

University of Helsinki is looking for a POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in statistical ecology for a fixed term of two years.

The post doc position is part of the Research Centre for Ecological Change. The starting date is 1 January, 2020, but a later starting date can be negotiated.

The overarching aim of the centre is to generate a coordinated analysis of long-term ecological data to understand impacts of global change. The post doc takes part in the development of statistical methods for analyzing long-term ecological data and in statistical analyzes within the centre. The methodological work focuses on development of joint species distribution models within the Hierarchical Modelling of Species Communities (HMSC) and hierarchical multivariate Gaussian processes approaches.

Jarno Vanhatalo,
D.Sc. (Tech.), Assistant Professor of statistics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics and
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme
University of Helsinki