‘Individual strategies in group coordination: the role of spatial organization and vocal signaling’
A three year SNF funded PhD position is available from November 2012 at the Institute of Evolutionary
Biology
and
Environmental
Sciences,
University
of
Zurich (http://www.ieu.uzh.ch/index.html),
to work on group coordination in the cooperatively breeding meerkat
(Suricata suricatta). Within this project under the supervision of Prof.
M. Manser, we will investigate whether individuals within foraging
groups use spatial locations and vocal signals strategically based on
their current state of relationships with other group members. Field
observations and experiments with the most advanced techniques will be
carried out on a habituated population of meerkats at the Kalahari
Meerkat Project in South Africa (http://www.kalahari-
meerkats.com/index.php?id=1), and theoretical models will be developed
in collaboration with Prof. H. Bagheri’s (UZH) and Prof. F. Schweitzer’s
(ETH) research groups.
Candidates, with a Master‘s degree (equivalent Diplom) in Animal
Behaviour or a related subject, with field work experience and
preferably a background (or at least a high interest) in theoretical
modelling, who are used to work independent, and fluent in English
(German knowledge is not requested), are invited to apply. Please send
your application by email as a single pdf document (before the 25th of
September 2012) to the address given below and include:
1) statementaboutpreviousresearchandfutureresearchmotivation
2)
CV(withpublicationlist)andgraduateandundergraduatedegreecertificates 3)
fullcontactdetailsoftwoscientificreferees Selected candidates will be
invited for interviews at the beginning of October 2012. For additional
information on the position please contact Marta Manser via email.
Prof. Dr. Marta Manser Verhaltensbiologie, IEU Universität Zürich Winterthurerstr. 190 CH-8057 Zürich Switzerland
email: marta.manser [ à ] ieu.uzh.ch