PostDoc offers
As a Federal Research Institute and independent higher Federal Authority under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture, research at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) focusses on the health, nutrition, housing, genetic diversity, and welfare of farm animals. The Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry in Celle offers a full (39 h/week) tenure track position as a PostDoc in Animal Welfare Science („wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in“) for three years starting at the soonest possible date.
- PostDoc in Animal Welfare Science
The applicant will be responsible for
- planning and leading research projects on the behaviour and housing of farm animals, in particular pigs
- acquiring funding for research
- publishing of results in international scientific journals
- joining international and national expert panels
- preparing scientific reports and statements
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- PostDoc in Animal Welfare Science
The applicant will be responsible for proposing, planning and leading research projects in the in-stitute department for “Animal Welfare during transport and at the point of slaughter or killing”. A second task area will be the participation in national and international committees for Animal Welfare.
Key aspects of the work are:
- acquiring funding for research and supervision of scientific projects of the department
- coordination of national and international joint research projects
- evaluation and statistical analysis of scientific data, reporting of results
- supervision of postgraduates and technical staff
- publishing of results in international scientific and national sectoral journals
- joining international and national expert panels
- preparing scientific reports and statements to the government
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