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Job reference
18/106932
Date posted
05/11/2018
Application closing date
05/12/2018
Salary
£33,199 - £36,261 per annum
Job category/type
Research
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Data Analyst/R Programmer in Fisheries Science Computation
Job description
The School of Biological Sciences aims to enhance the way we use technology in research, food security, microbiology, ecosystem biology, sustainability and many other related areas. The School prides itself on providing innovative teaching methods and a high-tech learning environment for our students.
We seek an experienced scientific computation/data
analyst to help build modelling tools for fisheries management as part of a European-wide consortium project, funded by the European Commission. The project "Protecting by-caught species in mixed fisheries (PROBYFISH)" aims to asses and develop methods of protecting inadvertently captured species in European mixed fisheries, improving the Common Fisheries Policy of the EU. Many of by-catch species are 'data-poor', have no formal stock-management and some are endangered. Our methods involve the use of management strategy evaluation (MSE) applied to case studies in different EU fisheries. Each case study is developing a mixed fishery management model (mainly using R-based tools: e.g. FLBEIA with FLR). The role of the post-holder is to support the fisheries scientists who are building these tools by deploying advanced programming and data analysis knowledge, writing code for, and advising, them. They will assist in implementing the MSE, including management of versions and code. This will involve working closely with model-building scientists in various EU countries as well as developing modelling code (in R and related scripting languages), including for high-performance computer implementation, based in Queen's University Belfast (QUB), School of Biological Sciences. The post is funded for 14 months.
Based at QUB, the post holder will be part of a tight team of fisheries science modellers working on several projects concerning the 'Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management', in the context of a vibrant research culture with associated marine laboratory facilities, a computational biology suite and a community of professional scientists and post-doctoral research students, also maintaining close links with the Marine Institute in Galway, Ireland and ICES. The post will likely involve some travel to Fisheries institutes in Denmark, Spain and Holland as well as Ireland.
Informal enquires may be directed to Dr Audric Vigier email:
a.vigier@qub.ac.uk
Candidate information
About the School
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Job title
Data Analyst/R Programmer in Fisheries Science Computation
Job reference
18/106932
Date posted
05/11/2018
Application closing date
05/12/2018
Salary
£33,199 - £36,261 per annum
Job category/type
Research
Attachments
Blank
Job description
The School of Biological Sciences aims to enhance the way we use technology in research, food security, microbiology, ecosystem biology, sustainability and many other related areas. The School prides itself on providing innovative teaching methods and a high-tech learning environment for our students.
We seek an experienced scientific computation/data
analyst to help build modelling tools for fisheries management as part of a European-wide consortium project, funded by the European Commission. The project "Protecting by-caught species in mixed fisheries (PROBYFISH)" aims to asses and develop methods of protecting inadvertently captured species in European mixed fisheries, improving the Common Fisheries Policy of the EU. Many of by-catch species are 'data-poor', have no formal stock-management and some are endangered. Our methods involve the use of management strategy evaluation (MSE) applied to case studies in different EU fisheries. Each case study is developing a mixed fishery management model (mainly using R-based tools: e.g. FLBEIA with FLR). The role of the post-holder is to support the fisheries scientists who are building these tools by deploying advanced programming and data analysis knowledge, writing code for, and advising, them. They will assist in implementing the MSE, including management of versions and code. This will involve working closely with model-building scientists in various EU countries as well as developing modelling code (in R and related scripting languages), including for high-performance computer implementation, based in Queen's University Belfast (QUB), School of Biological Sciences. The post is funded for 14 months.
Based at QUB, the post holder will be part of a tight team of fisheries science modellers working on several projects concerning the 'Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management', in the context of a vibrant research culture with associated marine laboratory facilities, a computational biology suite and a community of professional scientists and post-doctoral research students, also maintaining close links with the Marine Institute in Galway, Ireland and ICES. The post will likely involve some travel to Fisheries institutes in Denmark, Spain and Holland as well as Ireland.
Informal enquires may be directed to Dr Audric Vigier email:
a.vigier@qub.ac.uk
Candidate information
About the School
Information for international applicants