University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
Research Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
Research Assistant/Associate
Ref: 009910
Grade 6/7: £27,057 - £30,434 / £33,242 - £37,394 per annum
This job is part of a project entitled ‘The Role of Physiology in the Causes and Consequences of Fisheries-Induced Evolution’, funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The overall aim of the project is to examine the extent to which physiological traits make some fish within a species more vulnerable to commercial capture methods, potentially leading to selection on physiological traits. The project will utilise laboratory simulations of fisheries practices as well as large scale field manipulations in the marine environment.
You will be the main person in charge of designing and implementing the field work with fish, and analysing the resulting data. You will play an especially large role in the establishment and use of an acoustic array for tracking the habitat preference and movements of wild fish and their behavioural responses to deployed fishing gears. Another major focus will be the role of individual physiological traits in the survival and behaviour of fish after discard from fisheries.
You will be part of a team funded by this ERC grant, led by Dr. Shaun Killen, and so will work closely with two PhD students and a full-time research technician in the running of the experiments, and animal care technicians. Further details of Dr Killen’s research programme are available on his website (
www.shaunkillen.com). You can also contact
[email protected] for further information.
This position is funded for 4 years in the first instance.
Apply online at:
www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobsClosing date: 8 March 2015
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