A postdoc/researcher position is available in Mariana Braga's group
at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala,
Sweden. Research in the Evolving Networks lab (evonetslab.github.io)
centers around understanding how species interactions change over time
and space, with a focus on butterfly caterpillar-plant interactions and
development of phylogenetic methods. The EvonetsLab is supported by a
Starting Grant from the European Research Council and a DDLS Fellowship
from the SciLifeLab and Wallenberg Swedish program for data-driven
life science.

We are looking for a highly motivated and independent yet collaborative
candidate with documented experience with phylogenetic comparative
methods and R-package development. The successful candidate will be
working within the development team of TreePPL (www.treeppl.org),
a universal probabilistic programming language and new software for
phylogenetics. The successful candidate will be responsible for the
user-interface aspects of the project, through development of the
R package treepplr (www.github.com/treeppl/treepplr). The work will
include development and implementation of methods to test model adequacy,
inference diagnostics, model comparison, and visualization of outputs
from various models, including host repertoire evolution, tree inference,
and diversification.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, nationality,
gender, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to
apply. The team's common language is English so fluency in English is
essential. To successfully carry out the various tasks, the candidate
should take initiative, work independently and demonstrate that they are
solution-oriented and can adapt and come up with creative solutions to
technical problems. We put strong emphasis on personal qualifications such
as collaborative skills. Since the applicant will be working closely with
other group members, excellent communication, good will and reliability
are required.

Due to Swedish regulation for employment of postdocs, there are two
application alternatives:

If you have a PhD degree for less than 3 years, excluding deductible
time such as sick or parental leave (until May 11th), follow this link
https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=12612&rmlang=UK

If your PhD degree is older than 3 years, follow this link
https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=12616&rmlang=UK

You will find more information about the positions and how to apply in
those links.

Application deadline May 11 2025.

Mariana P. Braga, Ph.D.

Associate Senior Lecturer
Data-Driven Life Sciences Fellow

Department of Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SciLifeLab
Uppsala - Sweden

The Evolving Networks Lab <http://evonetslab.github.io/>
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Mariana P Braga <mpiresbr@gmail.com>

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