Dear collegues,
I would like to draw your attention to our current advert of a tenure faculty post in the Animal Behaviour Research Group chaired by Prof. John Endler at the School of Psychology, University of Exeter, UK. If you or interested collegues have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Best regards,
Natalie Hempel de Ibarra
Lecturer in Animal Behaviour or Behavioural Ecology, £30k-£35k
University of Exeter, UK
The University of Exeter is building an enthusiastic, integrative, interactive, and broad group in Animal Behaviour with the goal of
making it an international centre of excellence.
We seek future colleagues who would like to understand the why and how of natural behaviour; the neural mechanisms which control it, its function and adaptive value, and its origin, maintenance, and changes over evolutionary time. Applicants should be asking these kinds of questions: What is the behaviour's purpose in the sense of what are the problems that the behaviour solves? How does solving the environmental or social problem of interest maintain or enhance fitness? Why and how does it evolve? We seek highly interactive individuals who would not
hesitate to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries when necessary, and do at least some work on natural populations of vertebrates or invertebrates.
We have a preference for those interested in animal signalling, mate choice, habitat choice, or prey choice related to anti-predation mechanisms, but first-rate people outside these areas, for example in behaviour phylogenetics, or animal cognition in the context of behaviour in the natural environment, are most welcome to apply. The successful applicant will show evidence of an original and independent research programme, an established record of high quality research publication, and preferably a record of successful application for research funding. The person appointed will be expected to teach undergraduates in Behavioural Ecology, and will have the opportunity to develop specialist teaching at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels in her/his area of research expertise. The appointment will be made at a level commensurate with the persons qualifications, skills and achievements.
This is an informal annoucement of this position, although the deadline for applications is 15 March 2008. If you are interested, please email John A. Endler, J.A.Endler@exeter.ac.uk, for details and how to apply formally when the official
announcement appears.
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Dr Natalie Hempel de Ibarra
Lecturer in Animal Behaviour
University of Exeter
Animal Behaviour Research Group
School of Psychology
Washington Singer Labs, Perry Road
EXETER EX4 4QG, UK
Phone: ++44-(0)1392-264610
++44-(0)1392-264626 (school office)
Fax: ++44-(0)1392-264623
Email: N.Hempel@exeter.ac.uk
Web: http://www.psychology.ex.ac.uk/resgrp/abgroup.shtml
Times Higher University of the Year 2007-08
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