Professor Michel Loreau is seeking a postdocto work on theoretical aspects of the relationship between biodiversityand ecosystem functioning in food webs. The successful candidate isexpected to develop theoretical models within one of two projects:

• a project on the relationships between biodiversity, food web structure and ecosystem functioning, with a focus on tropical savanna and freshwater lake ecosystems; or
• a project on the role of trait-mediated interactions in the dynamics and functioning of terrestrial food webs. Both projects involve international collaborations with experimental ecologists

Theposition requires some experience or training in theoretical ormathematical ecology. It is available for two years to researchers whoobtained their Ph.D. during the last five years. Annual salary will be$38,000 with provincial tax exemption for non-residents. The postdocwill be based at McGill University, where ecology has expandedconsiderably in recent years, with a special strength in theoreticaland experimental ecology.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Application

To apply, e-mail a letter ofapplication, a CV, a statement of research interests and arrange tohave e-mailed two letters of recommendation to:

Professor Michel Loreau
Canada Research Chair in Theoretical Ecology
Department of Biology
McGill University
1205, avenue Docteur Penfield
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada
Phone: +1 514 398 3778
Fax: +1 514 398 5069
E-mail: annemarie.lheureux@mcgill.ca
http://www.biology.mcgill.ca/faculty/loreau/