英国约克大学2023年招聘博士后职位（海洋生态系统的数学建模）

约克大学（University of York），建于1963年，位于英国英格兰约克，是一所公立研究型大学。

约克大学是英国罗素大学集团、世界大学联盟、N8大学联盟、白玫瑰大学联盟和江苏—英国高水平大学联盟成员。该校校友中有15位英国议会议员。

约克大学位列2023QS世界大学排名162位，2024THE世界大学排名第147位。

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of York

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department

Mathematics

Salary

£36,024 - £44,263 per year

Grade

Grade 6

Contract status

Fixed term

Hours of work

Full-time

Based at

University of York campus

Interview date

13/11/2023

Posted Date

23/10/2023

Apply by

07/11/2023

Job Reference

12743

Documents

12743 - Job Description .pdf (PDF, 286.31kb)

Role Description Department

Our planet's natural resources face unsustainable demands and there is evidence that current management approaches are failing to move resource use towards a sustainable future. This failure is particularly acute in marine systems, where damage to marine ecosystems is occurring at a global level.

The “Pyramids of Life” project develops new ways to manage marine ecosystems that reduce human impacts on them, and improves their sustainability and resilience to climate change, with fishing based on size-resolved productivity. Because experiments on real systems are not feasible, your task will be to develop mathematical models to capture the key ecosystem features and to forecast the likely effects of the proposed changes in exploitation. To be useful, any proposed changes must be practical to implement and be commercially viable; the project will involve interdisciplinary working to ensure this is the case.

The models will be based on the mathematics of multispecies, dynamic size spectra. These are systems of coupled partial differential equations that track body-size distributions of an arbitrary number of species over time. They contain a basic principle that larger organisms eat smaller ones, and increase in size through doing so. In this way, they do the detailed bookkeeping of biomass as it flows through marine ecosystems.

The project is based in the Department of Mathematics at the University of York, and will involve working closely with the Departments of Environment and Geography, and Biology, at the University of York, and with other partners in UK universities and with external stakeholders.

Role

To develop size-resolved mathematical models of marine ecosystems, in collaboration with experts at a range of academic and external partners, and to apply these models in order to predict the impact of novel, productivity- based exploitation patterns. This post is fixed term until 30/09/2024, with the possibility of extending for a further 10 months.

Interview date: 13th November 2023

For informal enquiries: can be sent to jon.pitchford@york.ac.uk or gustav.delius@york.ac.uk

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