진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

Job position

Postdoctoral candidate

Job position requirements (skills/languages/required experience)

Object

We are looking for a postdoc candidate to be part of the Research team of the ERC Consolidator READ. The selected candidate will carry out research on biomarkers faunal analyses recovered from archaeological sites in Turkey, investigating seasonal changes on diet of caprine populations under process of domestication.

The research goals include:

1. Build a modern reference data set from modern ancestors of sheep and goat in the Near East
2. Biomarkers analysis on fossil tooth enamel samples.
3. Reconstruct seasonal and long-term dietary patterns of early sheep and goat domestic specimens

Functions

The Post doc will be required to take responsibility for all the steps involved in the zooarchaeological and biomarkers studies to determine the human control over the dietary cycles of early caprine managed during domestication processes.

This will involve but will not be limited to create a corpus of biomarkers reference data from modern wild caprine ancestors hosted in different institutions and to determine dietary patterns, seasonal foddering strategies and changes on diet of archaeological sampled specimens from Turkey, Syria and Jordan. S/he will coordinate, together with the PI and other predocs mechanical sampling, treatments and modelling of data.

Studies

Ph degree in prehistoric archaeology, zooarchaeology and/or biogeochemistry

Less than 3 years of post-doctoral experience after the PhD

Computer Science

Experience in database management of zooarchaeological remains.

Languages

Fluent in English. Other highly valued languages: Turkish and Arabic

Work Experience

Research experience in academia, research institutes or similar institutions on Archeozoological prehistory and specially in Turkey, Syria and/or Jordania.

Emphasis on studies related to the process of animal domestication in the Near East.

Other Requirements

Availability to travel to Europe and United States.

Ability and commitment to work both independently and collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary and international team.

Benefits

25.653,60 €  (Gross annual)

Eligibility criteria 

• Academic record (35)

• Relevant research experience (15)

• Motivation (10)

• Interview (30)

• Language skills (10)

Minimum score required to pass the selection process: 70

Selection process:

A single phase of curricular evaluation and, if necessary, a second phase of interview

The selection committee reserves the right to not fill this position if no suitable candidate is identified.

To validate this request, you must validate the form that is accessed at the URL https://seleccio.uab.cat/ 

Any application that is not submitted in this way will not be included in the selection process.