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Job Description
The successful candidate will work with Associate Professor John S. Ascher on environmental modeling of mosquito vectors and stinging wasps and bees and other insects of importance for public and environmental health under the CNRS@CREATE, SPACE project.
The main responsibilities of the position include:
Working with the appointment PI to validate as fit for use an existing specimen and community science dataset of insects of importance for public and environmental health, especially mosquitoes and stinging wasps. The appointee will then conduct species distribution modeling based on an existing pipeline already established for bee research and documented in a publication. The candidate will start with highest priority mosquito species such as Aedes albopictus and other well known species of public health importance will move on to other species as time allows.
Qualifications
MSc or equivalent level qualification in Biological Sciences required.
Skills:
The candidate must be familiar with environmental modelling and SDMs using software such as R and MaxEnt. Preferably this includes ability to address spatial biases.
Experience:
Experience with entomology, specimen and other databases, and coding in R for environmental modelling desirable.
