Phd Position In: Investigating The Role of Resource and Social Landscapes in Development of Soaring

vor 2 Wochen

Lausanne, Schweiz Unil Vollzeit

**Introduction**:

- UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 15,500 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility._

**Présentation**:
**Informations liées au poste**:

- Expected start date in position: 01/02/2026 or to be agreed
- Contract length: 4 years
- Activity rate: 100%
- Workplace: Lausanne-Dorigny

**Vos activités**:

- Specific responsibilities:

- Calculating metrics related to biomechanics of flight using high-resolution multi-sensor tracking data (GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer)
- Quantifying social learning opportunities by analyzing data collected for parent-offspring dyads
- Quantifying the resource landscape, mainly based on atmospheric support, for soaring flight
- Analysis of ontogenetic trajectories of soaring flight, in relation to the resource and social landscapes
- Disseminating the output of the project through scientific presentations and publications.
- The job description stipulates:

- 70% Personal research
- 25% Participation to teaching activities and master student supervision
- 5% Maintenance of lab equipment or other institutional tasks.

**Votre profil**:
**Your qualifications**
- Master’s degree in biology, ecology, physics, or a related field
- Interest in behavioral ecology, behavioral development, and social learning in wild systems
- Good data analysis and programming skills (e.g., R, Python, or Matlab)
- Interest, and preferably experience, in using multi-sensor tracking data to answer questions in behavioral ecology
- Interest, and preferably experience, in processing and analysis of environmental, spatial, and/or movement data
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

**Interpersonal skills**
- Willingness and ability to work both independently and collaboratively with other members of the team and international collaborators

**Vos avantages**:

- We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment, with opportunities for professional training. Possibilities of continuous training, a lot of activities and other opportunities to discover.
- The Department of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne University hosts research groups working on a broad range of topics, producing a rich intellectual and social life. Although French is the common language in Lausanne region, the department research activities and seminars are conducted in English. The campus is located on the shore of the Geneva Lake, with the view on the Alps.

**Pour tout renseignement complémentaire**:

- Deadline to apply: 30.10.2025
- your CV (max 2 pages);
- the names and contact information of two referees.

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