Posted 12 June, 2026
Post Doctoral Researcher
University of Galway
Galway, Galway, Ireland
Full Time
Reference: 2079253373
Postdoctoral Researcher - Theoretical Disease Ecology, 1 FTE, School of Natural Sciences, 011790
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed-term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Disease Ecology lab in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway, Ireland.
This position is funded by Research Ireland and is available from 01-Sep-2026 to contract end date of 31-Aug-2030 (dates flexible but position is for four years).
Anthropogenic environmental change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases are three of the greatest challenges currently faced by humanity, with consequences for public health, conservation, societies and economies. Moreover, these challenges are inextricably linked to each other, therefore, understanding these links is of crucial importance.
ECODEMICS is a Research Ireland-funded project of 60 months aiming to disentangle the role of abiotic (temperature, pollution, connectivity) and ecological community- (dilution, amplification
and competition) level drivers of host-parasite dynamics and biodiversity across metacommunities
through a combination of observational, experimental and theoretical work using Daphnia spp. and their parasites as a model system.
Salary: Postdoctoral Researcher salary scale €46,805 - €59,654 per annum, (subject to the project's funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.
The default position for all new public sector appointments is the 1st point of the salary scale. This may be reviewed, and consideration afforded to appointment at a higher point on the payscale (subject to the project's funding limitations), where evidence of prior years' equivalent experience is accepted in determining placement on the scale above point 1, subject to the maximum of the scale.
(Research Salary Scales - University of Galway)
Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 05-Jul-2026. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.
Please review full job description for further details and essential requirements.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed-term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Disease Ecology lab in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Galway, Ireland.
This position is funded by Research Ireland and is available from 01-Sep-2026 to contract end date of 31-Aug-2030 (dates flexible but position is for four years).
Anthropogenic environmental change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases are three of the greatest challenges currently faced by humanity, with consequences for public health, conservation, societies and economies. Moreover, these challenges are inextricably linked to each other, therefore, understanding these links is of crucial importance.
ECODEMICS is a Research Ireland-funded project of 60 months aiming to disentangle the role of abiotic (temperature, pollution, connectivity) and ecological community- (dilution, amplification
and competition) level drivers of host-parasite dynamics and biodiversity across metacommunities
through a combination of observational, experimental and theoretical work using Daphnia spp. and their parasites as a model system.
Salary: Postdoctoral Researcher salary scale €46,805 - €59,654 per annum, (subject to the project's funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.
The default position for all new public sector appointments is the 1st point of the salary scale. This may be reviewed, and consideration afforded to appointment at a higher point on the payscale (subject to the project's funding limitations), where evidence of prior years' equivalent experience is accepted in determining placement on the scale above point 1, subject to the maximum of the scale.
(Research Salary Scales - University of Galway)
Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 05-Jul-2026. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.
Please review full job description for further details and essential requirements.
