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Species 2000 europa/BiodiversityWorld Research Posts
Research Posts at The University of Reading, UK and The Natural History Museum, London.
Analytical & Information Systems for Biodiversity
BiodiversityWorld
Two new research positions are available to join an existing team of five researchers in creating the BiodiversityWorld system, an experimental problem-solving environment for global biodiversity research on the GRID. BiodiversityWorld is a fixed term 3-year e-Science project funded by the BBSRC e-Science & Bioinformatics Panel, a collaborative project of the Universities of Reading, Cardiff, Southampton, and the Natural History Museum, London. It is now nearing the end of its first year, and two new fixed term 2-year positions are available.
1. (Ref. R0344) Postdoctoral Research Assistant specializing in biodiversity analysis for conservation; a biologist with informatics and/or GIS skills plus experience in modelling the selection of representative areas and the evaluation of conservation priorities, at The Natural History Museum, London, for 24 months (starting at £21,125 - £23,296 pa.)
2. (Ref. R0345) Postdoctoral Research Assistant specializing in phylogenetic systematics; a biologist with experience in computational phylogenetic analysis and biodiversity informatics, at The University of Reading for 24 months (starting £21,125 - £23,296 pa.)
Species 2000 europa / Catalogue of Life
One new research position is available to join an existing team of three researchers for the Reading component of Species 2000 europa (EuroCat), a fixed-term European network to establish the Catalogue of Life, funded by the EC.
3. (Ref. R0348) Middleware Programmer; a programmer with experience in data transformation and database programming, and an interest in biodiversity, at The University of Reading for 19 months (starting at £22,191 - £24,121 pa.)
Interviews will be held on 31 July or 4 August 2003. Start date is 1 September for Post R0348, otherwise 16 September or 1 October 2003.
Application forms and further particulars are available from the Personnel Office, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading, RG6 6AH. Telephone (0118) 378 6771 (answerphone). E-mail: Personnel@reading.ac.uk giving name and full address. Application forms are also available in Word/RTF format from www.reading.ac.uk/Jobs Closing date for applications 21 July 2003. Please quote reference number.
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