1 Doctoral student: Aboveground-belowground trait interactions

BC-Hilker-Biodiversity
Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie - Institut für Biologie - Angewandte Zoologie
/ Ökologie der Tiere
Research assistant
1/2-part-time-job
limited to 28.02.2019
Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L FU
reference code: Hilker-Biodiversity
This position is advertised within the framework of the BMBF-funded project "Bridging in
Biodiversity Science" (BIBS), a joint project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced
Biodiversity Research (BBIB; www.bbib.org), more details on which can be found online at
http://www.bbib.org/bridging-in-biodiversity-science.html
Job description: We are looking for a person to contribute to a large greenhouse
experiment on aboveground / belowground trait interactions. The candidate will be
responsible for chemical analysis of soil traits (e.g. rhizosphere volatiles by GC-MS, root
metabolites by HPLC) and experiments with herbivorous (incl. rhizophagous) insects. He /
she will be hosted at the Department of Applied Zoology / Animal Ecology at the Institute of
Biology of the FU Berlin (http://www.bcp.fuberlin.de/biologie/arbeitsgruppen/zoologie/ag_hilker/). He / she will closely co-work with other
team members of BIBS and carry out the data analyses for the chemical analyses and insect
experiments.
Requirements: Completed Master or Diploma studies in biological sciences.
Desirable: Knowledge of Chemical Ecology and Entomology; sound English language skills;
excellent communication skills, preferably in English and German; experience in chemical
analysis of volatiles; experience in GC-MS and HPLC analyses; chemoecological and
entomological know-how; excellent statistical skills (preferably using R).
All applications quoting the reference code should be addressed no later than March 21st,
2016 to
Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie
Institut für Biologie
Angewandte Zoologie / Ökologie der Tiere
Frau Prof. Dr. Monika Hilker
Haderslebener Str. 9
12163 Berlin (Steglitz), Germany
or as an e-mail at: [email protected]