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PhD position in Statistics

The appointment has a duration of 3 years with the possibility of until 1 year extension with 25% teaching duties in agreement with the department.

Information about the department

The PhD fellow will be part of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at NTNU (http://www.ntnu.no/imf) as well as the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (https://www.ntnu.edu/cbd).

Job description

Biological populations may respond to changing environmental conditions (including anthropogenic global warming) through different mechanisms including conventional Darwinian genetic evolution, within- and transgenerational plasticity, and bet-hedging strategies. The first aim of this PhD-project is to further develop statistical methods to estimate fluctuating selection as well as the relative contribution of different response modes to overall phenotypic evolution from available long term time series data. This involves estimating latent evolving genotypic characteristics of the population, latent selective optima and their sensitivity to observed environmental covariates. A second aim can include extending current theoretical evolutionary stochastic models to include responses to different patterns of spatio-temporal variability.

Qualifications

The applicant must have a MSc (or equivalent) in statistics or mathematics, preferably with background or interest in time-series analysis, state-space modelling, latent Gaussian models, INLA, genetics and evolutionary biology. Programming skills, mainly in R, are needed. Candidates with a MSc in biology with sufficient programming skills and background in mathematics or statistics may also be considered.

The successful candidate must satisfy the requirement for entering the PhD-programme at NTNU. See http://www.ime.ntnu.no/forskning/phd for information about the PhD- programme at NTNU.

The regulations for PhD programmes at NTNU state that a Master degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of studies and an average grade of A or B within a scale of A-E for passing grades (A best) for the two last years of the MSc is required and C or higher of the BSc. Candidates from universities outside Norway are kindly requested to send a Diploma Supplement or a similar document, which describes in detail the study and grade system and the rights for further studies associated with the obtained degree: http://ec.europa.eu/education/tools/diploma-supplement_en.htm

The position requires spoken and written fluency in the English language. Applicants from non-English-speaking countries outside Europe must document English skills by an approved test. Approved tests are TOEFL, IELTS and Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English(CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).

Terms of employment

The appointment of the PhD fellows will be made according to Norwegian guidelines for universities and university colleges and to the general regulations regarding university employees. Applicants must agree to participate in organized doctoral study programs within the period of the appointment and have to be qualified for the PhD-study.

NTNU's personnel policy objective is that the staff must reflect the composition of the population to the greatest possible extent.

The position as PhD is remunerated according to the Norwegian State salary scale. There is a 2% deduction for superannuation contribution.

For further information, please contact Professor Jarle Tufto by phone (+47 99705519) or by email (jarlet (at) math.ntnu.no).

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: NTNU - Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelig

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Realfagbygget, NTNU 7491 TRONDHEIM

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Sør-Trøndelag

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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