The department of biological sciences at l’Université du Québec à Montréal is seeking a behavioural ecologist to fill a tenure-track position. The candidate will join a department which is already strong in social foraging, social learning, animal personality, evolutionary genetics, wildlife management, insect ecology, community ecology and evolutionary modelling (see http://www.bio.uqam.ca/themes-de-recherches/ecologie-animale-evolution-et-comportement.html for details). The department includes research groups in behavioural ecology, forest ecology and aquatic ecology. The candidate will have post-doctoral experience, having received a doctorate in the last 10 years. The candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program which will reinforce or complement the above fields of study.
The candidate will apply for a CRC Research Chair (Tier 2) in April 2013 (for more details about CRC see http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx). If necessary, the candidate will be given some time to learn to communicate in French. Competence in oral and written French are prerequisites to tenure.
Candidates should submit a detailed curriculum vitae, signed and dated plus reprints and three letters of reference (submitted directly by the referees) before August 20, 2012 at 5pm to: Mme Catherine Mounier, directrice, Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8. Tel: (514) 987-3000 poste 8912
; Fax: (514) 987-4647 ; email : Mounier.catherine@uqam.ca .
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