Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Vegetation Ecology

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Descrição da vaga: Offer DescriptionThe post-doctoral researcher will be responsible for sampling vegetation to assess the diversity of plant communities under different fire regimes, as well as evaluating the structural parameters of the plant community (fuel load).Research will be carried out within the scope of a scientific project based at the São Paulo State University’s Institute of Biosciences (IB-UNESP) in Rio Claro (Brazil) and funded by FAPESP, the São Paulo Research Foundation. Fieldwork will be carried out in Cavalcante, Goiás state.Activities:

• Sampling and identifying species in the savanna herbaceous layer;

• Analyzing and curating data;

• Organizing fieldwork;

• Assisting in organizing meetings with local stakeholders and delivering courses and lectures;

• Preparing articles.

Requirements:

• Fluency in Portuguese and English;

• Experience in sampling and identifying the herbaceous layer of the Cerrado (knowledge of local flora needed);

• Experience in fire management studies and sampling of fuel load;

• Medium/advanced knowledge of statistics and data analysis in R or Python;

• Residence in Rio Claro during the period of the scholarship and frequent fieldwork travels, possible short stay abroad;

• Valid driver’s license (car).

Applications should be sent in PDF format to and include the following documents:

• CV in , up to 5 pages;

• Motivation letter (maximum 3 pages) explaining why you want to work on the project, highlighting previous experiences.

This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationality. The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP Post-Doctoral fellowship in the amount of R$ 12,000.00 monthly and a research contingency fund, equivalent to 10% of the annual value of the fellowship which should be spent on items directly related to the research activity.More information about the fellowship is at: .Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsAdditional InformationEligibility criteriaEligible destination country/ies for fellows:

• Brazil

Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence:

• All

Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies:

• All

Work Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Instituto de Biociências (IB) – UNESP Rio Claro Country Brazil State/Province São Paulo City Rio Claro Postal Code 13506-900 Street Av. 24A, 1515 (Departamento de Biodiversidade)Contact State/ProvinceSão Paulo CitySão Paulo WebsiteStreetR. Pio XI, 1500 – Alto da Lapa Postal Code05468-901STATUS: EXPIREDShare this page

Localização: Rio Claro – SP

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