Postdoctoral position OT-28157
Postdoctoral position in eco-evolutionary modeling
34980 Montferrier-sur-lez
INRAE presentation
The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) is a major player in research and innovation. It is a community of 12,000 people with 272 research, experimental research, and support units located in 18 regional centres throughout France. Internationally, INRAE is among the top research organisations in the agricultural and food sciences, plant and animal sciences, as well as in ecology and environmental science. It is the world’s leading research organisation specialising in agriculture, food and the environment. INRAE’s goal is to be a key player in the transitions necessary to address major global challenges. Faced with a growing world population, climate change, resource scarcity, and declining biodiversity, the Institute has a major role to play in building solutions and supporting the necessary acceleration of agricultural, food and environmental transitions.
Work environment, missions and activities
Climate change is likely to affect how species interact, in turn impacting their ecology and evolution. In particular, the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases depends on the ecology, evolution and reciprocal interactions between the pathogen, the host and the vectors. Understanding how climate change would impact the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases is an active field of research. The position is part of the FORSHARK project funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR, young researcher JCJC grant) to investigate how climate change would affect the epidemiology of the sharka disease, caused by an aphid-transmitted virus infecting cultivated trees of the genus Prunus. Specifically, the project aims at modeling the ecology and evolution of an aphid (vector) life history in relation to the climate-change-driven phenological change of its overwintering host tree species. Ultimately, this modeling will be integrated to epidemiological models.
Activities
- Design of eco-evolutionary models of aphid and tree life histories
- Mathematical and theoretical analyses of model dynamics and equilibria
- Numerical analyses
- Writing of scientific articles, participating in international conferences
- Collaborative working with other members of the CAMEPI group and of the local community (Luis-Miguel Chevin, Ophélie Ronce)
Training and skills
- Strong motivation and autonomy
- Collaborative mindset
- Written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, a strong work ethic
- Taste for theory, literature survey and data-oriented modeling. Experience in eco-evolutionary modeling using quantitative genetics and/or adaptive dynamics models.
- Programming (R, Mathematica)
- Mathematical analyses
INRAE's life quality
By joining our teams, you benefit from (depending on the type of contract and its duration):
- up to 30 days of annual leave + 15 days "Reduction of Working Time" (for a full time);
- parenting support: CESU childcare, leisure services;
- skills development systems: training, career advise;
- social support: advice and listening, social assistance and loans;
- holiday and leisure services: holiday vouchers, accommodation at preferential rates;
- sports and cultural activities;
- collective catering.
How to apply
Please submit your CV and a motivation letter, detailing your previous research
experience and professional goals, and contact information for 2 referees, to:
olivier.cotto@inrae.fr
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