(Ref - LS/126/05)
Applications are invited for a full-time post-doctoral research associate to work with Dr Bill Sellers on an NERC-funded collaborative research project Hominoid Energetics: Load Carrying and the Evolution of Human Bipedalism . You will possess research skills and experience in biological or evolutionary anthropology and will be able to demonstrate a research interest in primate locomotion, evolutionary anatomy and biomechanics. You should be suitably qualified in biological anthropology, preferably at the doctoral level. The appointment will be for 12 months in the first instance and may be extended for a further 24 months subject to satisfactory progress. You will join a world-class laboratory that is part of a multi-disciplinary programme in adaptive organismal biology, within a 5*-rated (RAE 2001) Faculty.

Salary:
circa £19,000 - £21,500 p.a.

Informal enquiries:
Dr. Bill Sellers
Email: william.sellers@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 1719

The following are available in pdf format:
Further particulars - ref LS/126/05
Application form (also in RTF)
For further information on the University
see www.manchester.ac.uk

If you are unable to download the details you can request a hard copy from:
The Directorate of Human Resources
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 8836
Email: Lifesciences-hr@manchester.ac.uk

Please quote reference:LS/126/05

Closing date:25 November 2005

Reference:
http://www.man.ac.uk/news/vacancies/research.html#ls126