{"id":9206,"date":"2024-02-06T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=9206"},"modified":"2024-02-06T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:59:17","slug":"scientist-macroecologist-ecological-modeller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/scientist-macroecologist-ecological-modeller","title":{"rendered":"Scientist: Macroecologist\/Ecological Modeller"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We offer:
\n<\/strong>A dynamic and challenging full-time research position in an international organization to work on biodiversity change. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a highly productive research team with and an outstanding network of international collaborators. S\/he will be offered continuous and careful mentoring aimed at strengthening her\/his skillset and boosting her\/his career opportunities<\/a>, but also broad independence in research activities and unrestricted intellectual freedom.<\/p>\n

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to enhance her\/his professional growth by benefitting from various training programs and by participating<\/a> to scientific workshops and conferences. S\/he will be granted<\/a> access to state of the art computational facilities. Furthermore, the unique environment of the JRC will grant<\/a> the successful candidate a privileged position to provide a concrete contribution to societal change by working at the very edge of science-policy interface.<\/p>\n

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We propose:
\n<\/strong>The vacancy is within the Exploratory Research Project \u201cREloading the Anthropocene to Decode Mass Extinction (README)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Anthropogenic global change is causing dramatic biodiversity loss<\/a>, still there are fundamental knowledge gaps on extinction mechanisms and processes, and on the actual severity of the biodiversity crisis. Most studies on biodiversity change<\/a> face the unresolved challenge of identifying a proper frame of reference. This issue has critical implications for biodiversity<\/a> monitoring, conservation and restoration.<\/p>\n

\u200dThe project README aims at tackling this challenge by devising realistic models of global scale ecological dynamics to simulate planetary biodiversity<\/a> change from the onset of industrial revolution to present days. This will permit to: (1) obtain an accurate reconstruction of anthropogenic biodiversity change<\/a> in time and space; (2) advance knowledge on mass extinction drivers and mechanisms, revealing where, when and how humans have impacted the biosphere in the last centuries; (3) tackle the \u201cshifting baselines\u201d problem by providing a frame of reference to assess current and future biodiversity change, as well as to identify proper conservation and restoration targets.<\/p>\n

\u200dThe successful candidate will contribute to the development of realistic models of global scale ecological dynamics to simulate planetary biodiversity<\/a> change from the onset of industrial revolution to present days. This will permit to: (1) obtain an accurate reconstruction of anthropogenic biodiversity<\/a> change in time and space; (2) advance knowledge on mass extinction drivers and mechanisms, revealing where, when and how humans have impacted the biosphere in the last centuries; (3) provide a frame of reference to assess current and future biodiversity change, as well as to identify proper conservation and restoration targets.<\/p>\n

\u200dMore specifically, s\/he will contribute to:<\/strong><\/p>\n