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CONVOCATORIA PARA HACER UN DOCTORADO INDUSTRIAL EN MEDIO AMBIENTE

Se busca candidat@ para optar a un contrato de trabajo con el fin de desarrollar la Tesis Doctoral en el área de Biodiversidad de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, en colaboración con una empresa, en temas relacionados con la biología y gestión de la cotorra argentina (Myopsitta monachus) en la Comunidad de Madrid.

El objetivo general del proyecto es profundizar en el conocimiento de la biología de esta especie exótica invasora y de los impactos que causa. El trabajo conjunto con la empresa, permitirá al doctorando involucrarse en la gestión de la especie mediante su participación en la toma y análisis de datos, seguimiento de las actuaciones de control y erradicación y evaluación de la efectividad de las actuaciones.

Requisito indispensable: Máster en Biología o Ciencias Ambientales

Se valorará:

-Interés en combinar trabajo de campo y laboratorio.

-Nivel de inglés e interés en realizar estancias en centros de investigación nacionales y/o extranjeros.

-Conocimientos básicos de estadística y paquetes estadísticos.

Si estás interesado mándanos tu CV y el nombre y correo electrónico de dos personas que puedan darnos referencias. En caso de ser seleccionado nos contactaremos contigo para una entrevista personal.

Enviar la documentación ANTES del 12 de mayo 2022

Contacto:

Luis Cayuela luis.cayuela@urjc.es

Isabel López Rull isabel.lopez.rull@urjc.es

Haz una estancia científica de dos meses en el CREAF

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» CREAF Summer Fellowships: Come to CREAF to catch the science bug!»
Summer fellowships for undergraduate students! Participants will have the opportunity to work side by side with CREAF researchers during two months between May and October 2021. Selected students will receive a 2000€ stipend plus travel costs up to 200€.

Applicants must send their curriculum vitae, academic grades and a motivation letter (maximum 500 words) in PDF format before the 31st of March (click on the online link below).

We are looking for talented undergraduate students that want to be the protagonist of a new generation of ecologists. Spend two months (between May and October 2021) with our researchers, doing fieldwork, lab work, travelling, learning about databases. This experience will be a turning point in your studies, we want to inspire you as a future scientist in ecology.
The Fellowship is addressed to talented undergraduate university students of any nationality in an advanced year of their degrees.
WHEN IT WILL BE RUNNING?
Participants will have the opportunity to work side by side with CREAF researchers during two months between May and October 2021*.
WHAT DOES THE FELLOWSHIP INCLUDE?
Selected students will receive a 2000€ stipend plus travel costs up to 200€. Health insurance should be covered by fellow’s own account.
THE SELECTION PROCESS
The Fellowship is addressed to talented undergraduate university students of any nationality in an advanced year of their degrees.
HOW CAN I APPLY?
Applicants must send their curriculum vitae, academic grades and a motivation letter (maximum 500 words) in PDF format before the 31st of March.
 DOWNLOAD THE FORM
LIST OF THE POTENTIAL PROJECTS
Agri-ecological measures to enhance pollinator and natural enemy diversity in apple orchards. Hosts: Dr. Jordi Bosch and Dr. Anselm Rodrigo.
Cascading ecological consequences of a rapidly spreading snake invasion for native communities on a Mediterranean island ecosystem. Host: Dr. Oriol Lapiedra.
Collecting data and creating the atlas of the amphibians of the natural park of Aiguamolls de l’Empordà. Host: Dr. Sandra Saura Mas.
Drought effects over soil arthropod communities and feed-backs to organic matter decomposition in a Mediterranean forest. Hosts: Dr. Guille Peguero and Dr. Josep Peñuelas.
Endangered and protected flora of the Mediterranean basin coast: knowledge and management actions. Host: Dr. Sandra Saura Mas.
Exploring forest resilience to climate change-induced extreme events and disturbances. Host: Dr. Franscisco Lloret.
Heating up the world: the effects of global warming on the water cycle and the N-P-K cycles in Arctic basins. Host: Estela Romero.
Nutrient availability and body size abundance distributions of oribatid mites in tropical rainforests. Hosts: Dr. Josep Peñuelas and Laura Márquez.
Permafrost nutrient cycling in a warming world. Hosts: Dr. Olga Margalef, Dr. Oriol Grau and Dr. Josep Peñuelas.
CALENDAR
March: call for Summer Fellowships
April: students selection from submitted applications
May-Oct: Summer Fellowship Programme development*
November 2021: Evaluation of the Programme

** According to the state of the COVID pandemic, the dates of the stay may benefit from flexibility in common agreement between the hosting researcher and the student.