PhD in Modelling Offshore Windfarm Impacts on Marine Bird Populations

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• Develop mechanistic population models based on individual energetics and covering the full annual cycle and life history (egg to adult).
• Integrate sublethal effects (displacement, ecosystem change) and lethal effects (collisions) to assess individual and population-level outcomes.
• Account for species- and colony-specific exposure to offshore wind farms over space and time.
• Use physiologically structured population models (PSPMs) to link feeding, energetic costs, growth, mortality, and environmental conditions.
• MSc degree in ecology, preferably with specialization in theoretical ecology or theoretical biology, or with strong quantitative skills and experience in population or foodweb dynamic modelling,
• Affinity with marine biology and/or seabird ecology,
• Interest in developing scientific knowledge with societal relevance,
• Good computational skills,
• Willingness to work in a multidisciplinary environment and engage in stakeholder information exchange meetings,
• Experience with bifurcation analysis and bioenergetic models will be considered an advantage.
• 232 holiday hours per year (based on fulltime) and extra holidays between Christmas and 1 January;
• multiple courses to follow from our Teaching and Learning Centre;
• a complete educational program for PhD students;
• multiple courses on topics such as leadership for academic staff;
• multiple courses on topics such as time management, handling stress and an online learning platform with 100+ different courses;
• 7 weeks birth leave (partner leave) with 100% salary;
• partly paid parental leave;
• the possibility to set up a workplace at home;
• a pension at ABP for which UvA pays two third part of the contribution;
• the possibility to follow courses to learn Dutch;
• help with registration at UvA- Housing for a studio or small apartment when you’re moving from abroad.
• a detailed CV including the months (not just years) when referring to your education and work experience and a list of publications;
• a personally written letter of motivation (not AI generated), of maximally two A4s length, including a description of research interests;
• the names and email addresses of two references who can provide letters of recommendation.