2 years Postdoctoral position - Effects of seismic shooting and wind turbines
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Postboks 1870, Nordnes, 5817 Bergen
Jobbnorge ID: 187483
About the position
Institute of Marine Research (IMR) opens a 2 year (+2 years dependent on available funding) - post-doctoral research position available to work with projects related to environmental impact of seismic exposure on marine life. The post doctor will be included in a core team of technicians and scientists working with environmental impact of seismic sound and effects of wind turbines to marine life.
Norway has three business areas of particular importance: fishery, aquaculture, and oil and gas. The coexistence of these business areas requires sustainable management of the resources based on scientific knowledge.
Anthropogenic noise includes seismic shooting, underwater explosions, electromagnetic investigations, ship noise, noise from wind turbines, and more. Anthropogenic noise in the sea will increase the ambient noise, thus potentially influencing fish and marine mammal`s ability to communicate and mask biologically important sounds.
Several important anthropogenic sound sources such as seismic, shipping and noise from wind turbines has its main energy in the frequency range where most fish species have its best hearing , and sound exposure from e.g. seismic activities has been shown to alter fish distribution and behaviour. However, there are still uncertainties regarding how fish behaviour is affected by sound exposure from anthropogenic activities, and how effects vary between different species, life stages and behavioural modes, e.g. feeding and spawning situations. To achieve more knowledge, IMR is cooperating with Norwegian and international institutions within the field of how anthropogenic sound in the ocean is affecting marine life. In addition, IMR is a central advisor regarding effects of seismic shooting, sound from underwater installations, and explosions in the sea.
The post doctor will be involved in existing projects, as well as in writing applications for new projects and will be given main responsibility within fields of interest and according to competence. The focus area will be research within the effect of anthropogenic noise on fish behaviour.
The candidate will be involved in:
- Ongoing projects on how anthropogenic sound (e.g. sound from seismic and offshore wind turbines) may affect essential life functions such as spawning and spawning migrations in fish. Studies are done through behavioural monitoring with telemetry, hydrophones, fishery acoustics and video observations. Experience with one or more of these types of instrumentation is therefore advantageous.
- Field work at sea and interactions with the public (fishermen, aquaculture, various regulators, oil industry).
- The candidate will also be involved in advisory tasks related to regulation of sound from e.g seismic activity and wind turbines in Norwegian waters.
- Participate as supporting representative for IMR in working groups targeting regulation of underwater noise.
- Simulations of sound propagation to model potential impact on fish and marine mammals under different scenarios.
It is expected that the candidate will publish the results in reports and international journals and participate in relevant conferences and workshops.
Required qualifications:
- PhD in marine or fisheries biology, or in physics, mathematics, geophysics, engineering or similar with interest in marine or fisheries biology.
- Skills in mathematics or statistics
- Experience in at least one of the listed computer tools: R, Matlab, Python, Java.
- Strong skills in written and oral communication and high proficiency in English.
- Good Norwegian skills, or alternatively: documented ability to learn foreign languages.
Desired qualifications:
- Experience in using acoustic telemetry to track animal movement - deployment, tagging, analysis.
- Broad knowledge of fish ecology and fish behaviour.
- Field experience. Documented experience in operation of and processing of data from acoustic observation systems such as echosounder, airguns or wind turbines is given particular attention.
- Practical experience in working with fish.
- Good skill in mathematics and specialization in marine acoustics is preferred.
- FELASA ertificate to be able handling of live animals (min. level A).
- Multi-disciplinary cooperation is important in all our projects. It is therefore essential that the candidate shows ability to work in teams.
- Interaction with the public (e.g. fishermen) is vital for accurate data collection, it is therefore also essential that the candidate shows ability to engage the public.
- Strong skills in written and oral communication and high proficiency in Norwegian. The working language at IMR is Norwegian. A working knowledge of the Norwegian language will be advantageous, but language training will be offered.
We offer:
Workplace will be in Bergen at employment time. We offer a positive, challenging and creative work environment, the opportunity to work in a national institute with a high level of international contact, flexible working hours, and a wide range of welfare services. The Institute of Marine Research offers a governmentally regulated salary as a post doctor code 1352 and an excellent pension scheme through the Norwegian Public Service Pension Funds, and other welfare benefits (See http://www.spk.no/no/English for more information)
Additional information:
IMR is an "Including Working Life Enterprise" concerned with diversity and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply. Candidates who have been awarded a PhD or have submitted their PhD thesis are qualified to apply for this position. Please note that information about applicants may be made public even if an applicant has requested to be exempted from the list of applicants. Applicants will be notified about this in advance.
For more information please contact:
- Scientist Nils Olav Handegard (email: nilsolav@hi.no; phone: +47 958 54 057)
- Scientist Lise Sivle (mail lise.doksaeter.sivle@hi.no, phone: +47 938 94 307)
- Head of the Ecosystem Acoustic Research Group, Rolf J Korneliussen (email: rolf@hi.no" rel="nofollow">rolf@hi.no, phone: +47 488 97 388).
- You can also visit our web site at www.imr.no.
Please apply electronically using the link on this page, attaching a short letter of motivation, the names and contact details of at least two references, your CV with a list of publications, transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims in engineering, statistics/quantitative sciences, and a selection of your most relevant publications.
Deadline for application: 10 June 2020
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The Institute of Marine Research (IMR) is one of the largest research institutes of its kind in Europe, with approximately 1,000 employees and a wide range of research facilities and laboratories of high international standard. Our main activities are research, advisory work and monitoring. The IMR owns and operates seven research vessels. Our main offices are in Bergen, and we have a department in Tromsø, and research stations in Matre, Austevoll and Flødevigen.
The IMR's aim is to be a leading supplier of knowledge relating to the sustainable management of the resources in our marine ecosystems, both nationally and internationally, and the whole food chain from the sea to the table. This includes the marine environment, fish nutrition, and safe and nutritious sea food.
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Sist endret: 11. juni 2020
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