Phd - SEASOUNDS: Moving animals in a variable soundscape

26 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Aarhus University

Department

Graduate School of Technical Sciences

Research Field

Biological sciences » Other
Engineering » Sound engineering
Engineering » Maritime engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Denmark

Application Deadline

29 Feb 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Copenhagen)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37

Offer Starting Date

1 Nov 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

HE / MSCA

Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number

101119769

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Ecoscience programme. The position is available from 01 November 2024 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.

Title
SEASOUNDS: Moving animals in a variable soundscape

Research area and project description
We are inviting strong candidates for a PhD project as part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network SEASOUNDS, to start in autumn 2024. The overall aim of SEASOUNDS is to link the physical characterization of marine soundscapes with impact on marine organisms. This will be achieved by a joint effort by leading Europeans research groups and industry partners within underwater acoustics, ecoacoustics, bioacoustics and marine ecology.

The PhD project “Moving animals in a variable soundscape” at Aarhus University deals with linking noise exposure experienced by individual animals in the wild to the noise levels modelled by hindcasting soundscape models. Soundscape models are becoming the primary tool for assessment of continuous anthropogenic noise, in particular in relation to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD criterion D11C2). At the same time a large amount of recordings from animal-borne recorders (D-tags) is available from a wide range of species, such as seals, porpoises and pilot whales. For this PhD project data will be available from the Horizon2020 project SATURN project and a large number of other projects with Aarhus University as lead/participant. The goal of the PhD project is to couple the recordings with soundscape models for the same area and time in order to answer the key question: “Does the soundscape map reflect the acoustic landscape experienced by the animal?”.

The PhD student will participate in compulsory PhD courses and workshops in the SEASOUNDS network and is expected to interact actively with the other partners and students. It is likewise expected that the PhD student undertakes a number of secondments at the other partners. Planned secondments are at SHOM, France (3 months) to learn about acoustical modelling and generate model data to be used for comparison with on-animal recordings; and Technical Univ. Delft (1 month) to study modelling of sound propagation of pile driving noise.

The PhD position will be in Aarhus at Department of Ecoscience (Professor Jakob Tougaard) in close collaboration with Department of Biology (Professor Peter T. Madsen). Further information about this project from J. Tougaard ([email protected] ); about SEASOUNDS and the other nine projects at https://laboratoire-mecanique-acoustique.fr/actualites/1166-the-doctoral-network-seasounds-is-recruiting-10-highly-motivated-PhD-students .

Salary, holiday payment, pension contributions and the like include all employer and employee's taxes and contributions. Thus, figures are before taxes are paid, and taxes may differ depending on individual circumstances. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement, and salary is depending on seniority. Salary includes a non-pensionable PhD supplement. The allowances mentioned in the EU work programme (living allowance, mobility allowance and, if applicable, family allowance) will be part of the salary. Allowance rates can be found in the relevant EU Work Programme  (under MSCA doctoral network - Applicable unit contributions), and country correction coefficient can be found in the same document.

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Qualifications and specific competences
Applicants must have a relevant Master’s degree (120 ECTS) in Bioacoustics, Engineering or similar and a strong interest in acoustics and the effects of sound on marine organisms. It is an advantage to have documented experience with quantitative data analysis on large data sets with Matlab, R, Python or similar software.

Good collaborative skills are required and you are expected to contribute fully to the large, diverse and highly active bioacoustics research group that you will become part of.

We also expect you to be able to communicate eloquently in both written and oral English.

Place of employment and place of work
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work Dept. of Ecoscience, C.F. Møller’s Allé 3, building 1131, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

EU eligibility requirements in Marie Curie Doctoral Networks:

• Supported researchers must be doctoral candidates, i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment. Researchers who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree will not be considered eligible.
• Researchers must be enrolled in a doctoral programme leading to the award of a doctoral degree in at least one EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country, and for Joint Doctorates in at least two.
• Recruited researchers can be of any nationality and must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.
• Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent by the researcher as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention75 are not taken into account.
• Secondments are eligible for up to one third of the actual months spent implementing the research training activities under the action.
• In case of industrial doctorates, doctoral candidates must spend at least 50% of their fellowship duration in the non-academic sector.’

Contacts
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact:

• Professor Jakob Tougaard, [email protected]  (main supervisor)
• Professor Peter Teglberg Madsen, [email protected]  (co-supervisor)

How to apply
Please follow this link  to submit your application.

Application deadline is 29 February 2024 at 23:59 CET.

Preferred starting date is 01 November 2024.

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide .

Please note:

• Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
• Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.  

Requirements

Research Field

Biological sciences » Other

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Engineering » Maritime engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Engineering » Sound engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University

Country

Denmark

State/Province

Aarhus

City

Aarhus

Postal Code

8000

Street

Møller’s Allé 3, building 1131

Where to apply

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Contact

City

Aarhus

Website

https://laboratoire-mecanique-acoustique.fr/actualites/1166-the-doctoral-network-seasounds-is-recruiting-10-highly-motivated-PhD-students

Street

Møller’s Allé 3, building 1131

Postal Code

8000

STATUS: EXPIRED