Submitted on behalf of Byron Morgan ([log in to unmask])

PhD studentship in STATISTICS
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
Directors: Prof. James W. Vaupel, Prof. Jan M. Hoem

National Centre for Statistical Ecology
Director: Prof. Byron J. T. Morgan
Co-Directors: Dr. S.P. Brooks, Professor S.T. Buckland

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and The
National Centre for Statistical Ecology (NCSE) are seeking to
appoint to a PhD position in the Statistical Analysis of
Age-specific Survival Rates The National Centre for Statistical
Ecology (NCSE) is a new joint venture between the Universities of
Cambridge, Kent and St Andrews, funded under the EPSRC
multidisciplinary critical mass in Mathematics initiative. It links
the research groups in statistical ecology at the three
Universities. This particular position will principally involve
collaboration between the University of Kent and the Biodemography
research programme of the MPIDR. It will involve spending time both
in Germany (Rostock) and in the United Kingdom (Canterbury). In
Rostock, the successful candidate will complement an existing
research team of 19 staff, including a number of recently recruited
evolutionary ecologists. The team aims to gain a fundamental
understanding of how age-specific demographic processes are shaped
by evolution. In Canterbury, the student will form part of a
thriving group, working on many different aspects of statistical
ecology, biometry in general, and other areas of applied and
theoretical statistics. The group involves PhD students and
post-doctoral research workers. As a member of the National Centre
for Statistical Ecology, the student will also come into close
contact with related work in the universities of Cambridge and St.
Andrews, which host similar research groups. The successful
candidate will work towards their doctorate through structured
coursework, focused workshops and seminar programmes as well as
through their main research project on new statistical methods for
modeling how survival rates of organisms change with age. We
anticipate that mark-recapture data, mostly from bird and mammal
populations, will be the main material used in the development of
these methods.

We are seeking able graduate scientists with strong academic track
records in quantitative disciplines. Applications should be addressed to
Director MPIDR, Prof. James W. Vaupel and Director NCSE, Prof. Byron J.T.
Morgan, and should include a CV with a statement of academic interests
and relevant experience, qualifications (details of all grades for exams,
projects, and coursework), and the contact details of 3 referees. Details
of any publications should be listed. Material should be e-mailed to:
[log in to unmask] by latest 15th June 2005. See
www.demogr.mpg.de , http://www.ncse.org.uk/ and
http://www.kent.ac.uk/ims/groups/statistics/index.htm for more
information.

The Max Planck Society and the University of Kent wish to increase the
share of women in areas where they are underrepresented, and strongly
encourage women to apply.

The Max Planck Society and the University of Kent are committed to
employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourage them to
apply.




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