We seek to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow (PDR) specializing in compound specific and traditional (bulk) stable isotope analysis, applied to bone collagen from archaeological and historical osteological specimens of marine fish and sea mammals. The successful applicant will: (i) join a growing interdisciplinary team studying human impacts on key marine taxa globally over the last two millennia; (ii) lead their own isotope-driven research, within the overall goals of the 4-OCEANS project; (iii) collaborate with project team members specializing in ancient DNA, data science, bulk stable isotope analysis, geometric and traditional morphometrics, zooarchaeology and environmental history; and (iv) build collaborations with national and international institutions and researchers. More specifically, the successful applicant will design data-collection strategies for bulk and compound specific stable isotope analysis, to elucidate temporal shifts in ecosystem baselines and animal trophic level, and to infer (in combination with genomic evidence) long-range trade of marine resources. They will establish protocols for data collection, carry out compound specific stable isotope measurements using state-of-the-art in-house GC-IRMS equipment, conduct quantitative data analysis in cooperation with other project members, and lead the writing of research manuscripts for international journals, as well as being a co-author of other interdisciplinary papers within the 4-OCEANS project.
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