I am moving to a professorship at the University of Regensburg, and I am looking to fill a lecturer position (Akad. Rat a.Z.) for a quantitative ecologist (= some focus on theory, modeling or stats) in my new group. If the job ad below seems to fit for you, please do apply, and feel free…
NOTE: the position has been filled! We still seek applicants for a 3-yr PostDoc project that combines process-based forest models, Bayesian parameter estimation and ecologically the question of what processes cause diversity effects in temperate forests. A pdf with details of the call can be downloaded here. The position is available immediately. A first consideration…
We are looking for candidates to fill a 3-yr postdoc position in our lab. The plan is to use Bayesian statistics to connect a process-based forest model to data, and use the fitted models to test the effect of functional diversity on ecosystem responses and community stability. Details here or via NatureJobs.
The end of last year has been busy, with the result that my blogging activity had nearly ceased. No R holiday cards or end-of-the-year posts like other people. I’m happy to say though that, at least in spirit, but hopefully soon in writing as well, I’m back on track, so more frequent posting will commence…
We are looking for a PostDoc who doesn’t mind teaching. Details here at NatureJobs.
As in the last years, we organize a course in Bayesian statistics this summer. See invitation below, feel free to distribute widely. 3rd International Summer School An Introduction to Bayesian Modeling for Ecologists in Freiburg (Germany) 28th July to 2nd August 2013 Motivation Bayesian inference is an increasingly used statistical framework in ecology, but…
I just returned from teaching a workshop on Bayesian statistics together with Joe Chipperfield in Göttingen. The workshop was organized by the Biodiversity, Macroecology and Conservation Biogeography group in the aftermath of the Macroecology meeting, so quite a few people stayed over the weekend after the meeting, and it generally turned out to be a…
I’m not actively tweeting, but I realize a lot of people do, so opened a twitter account for the blog. You can follow new articles now also @TheorEcolBlog.
It has been unduly quiet on this blog, but I had my hands busy organizing my move to Freiburg. Yesterday, I officially started my new position with Carsten Dormann at the Department of Forest Biometry of the University of Freiburg, so once I have settled in I hope my postings will go back to a…
Three recent posts that that I found interesting: 1) Ecologist’s footprints: Corey Bradshaw over at ConservationBytes has an interesting article about the ecological footprint of working ecologists. 2) Consumer power: Marcelino Fuentes at Biopolitical doubts Pavan Sukhdev’s recent nature article is right in stating that cooperates are predominantly responsible for overconsumption – he argues that…
Motivation Statistical modeling with Bayesian methods has become increasingly popular in ecology, but the techniques required for doing so are not part of the standard curriculum in most Universities. Our aim for this course is to give a simple and practical introduction to Bayesian modeling for graduate students and early-stage researchers in ecology. Organizers: Björn…
A German post about the complicated pension fund system for scientists in Germany. If you are non-German and really interested in the subject, this website has some information for foreign scientists on that matter. ACHTUNG: DIESE INFORMATION SIND MIT HOHER WAHRSCHEINLICHKEIT NICHT MEHR AKTUELL, ICH LASSE DEN EINTRAG NUR AUS GRÜNDEN DER VOLLSTÄNDIGKEIT ONLINE! Als…
The image was created with an example from the scipy homepage.
A few weeks ago, I was invited to present my PhD-thesis at the final round of the “Deutscher Studienpreis” , a national price which is awarded by the Koerber Foundation . Although it didn’t work out with the price in the end, I thought my written submission to the competition which is availaible here (in…
from “Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham, phdcomics.com
The 5-th YoMo-Workshop will take place 23. to 25. of April 2010 at the ecological station in Gülpe, near Potsdam. The yomo workshop is an informal meeting for Diploma/PhD students and early stage researchers that work with ecological models, and a great opportunity to meet people and to present and discuss your work. All details…
There are 4 open positions (3 suited for a PhD / 1 for a Postdoc) withing the ERC project “Towards a Unified Spatial Theory of Biodiversity ”. The objective of the ERC project is to understand the relative importance of processes and factors that govern the composition and dynamics of species-rich communities. The project relies…
I noticed that the ESA theory section has opened a wiki for job postings. The main site of the wiki states that: “… We’ve created this as a place for theoretical ecologists to advertise for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty. …” http://esatheory.wikidot.com
theoretical ecology 