Highlights:
1. The center has been established with funds from Danish National Research Foundation (Danmarks Grundforskningsfond), the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark.
2. It is a long-term funded center of excellence that starts 1st of January 2010. It will integrate terrestrial and marine research in a cross-disciplinary research program addressing fundamental questions on the origin, maintenance, conservation and future of life and biological diversity on Earth.
3. The center will bring together ca. 40 marine and terrestrial high-profile scientists, postdoctoral scientists, PhD-students as well as technical and administrative staff. The center will juxtapose faculty staff scientists from the fields of macroecology, historical biogeography, oceanography, evolutionary biology, ecology, population biology, climate change research, conservation biology and environmental economics, who have been assigned to the center from the Department of Biology, the Natural History Museum of Denmark, and Forest & Landscape (all University of Copenhagen) and the National Institute of Aquatic Resources (Technical University of Denmark).
4. Applications must be in English, emailed as single PDF file to vacancy@bio.ku.dk (Subject line: last name and the Theme number for which you apply). The application should include a cover letter, a brief outline (1-2 pages) of planned research, a CV with the names and contact details of 3 referees, and copies of relevant official exam documents.
5. Applicants may apply for more than one position, as long as position-specific applications are submitted for each position applied for.
6. Closing date for applications is the 31st of October 2009 at 12:00 noon.
7. The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.
8. Additional information on Danish postdoc and PhD rules and regulations, including salaries and taxation, is available at http://www.ku.dk/pers/hrm/ and http://www.science.ku.dk/phd/.
Reference: http://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/about/jobs/cmec/
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