Organisation/Company Universitat de Barcelona Department Organisation profile Research Field Biological sciences Environmental science Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 19 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37,5 Offer Starting Date 1 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description

DRY-Guadalmed is a project funded by the “Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)” that aims at developing advanced tools for the assessment of the ecological status of temporary Mediterranean rivers during the dry phase, including disconnected pools and dry riverbeds, to address existing management challenges and needs. This will be done by (1) applying the metacommunity concept into bioassessment and (2) generating biological, physico-chemical, and hydro-geomorphological metrics appropriate for the assessment of disconnected pools (i.e., using aquatic macroinvertebrates and diatoms) and dry riverbeds (i.e., using terrestrial invertebrates and terrestrial plants).



This postdoc position is aimed at addressing the first point about the implementation of the metacommunity framework into bioassessment using existint empirical data from wàter agencies. PhD in Biology or Environmental Sciences with a profile in Ecology. Specific Requirements Experience in freshwater ecology and biodiversity, in particular on metacommunities of temporary rivers. Experience in metacommunity modelling. Knowledge on river biomonitoring (biological metrics to assess the biological quality using macroinvertebrates and diatoms) and on the Water Framework Directive. Languages ENGLISH Level Good Languages SPANISH Level Good Research Field Biological sciencesEnvironmental science Additional Information

A full time contract (37,5 hours/week) Eligibility criteria A specific committee will evaluate the applications using the following criteria: PhD in the specific research field (maximum 10) Suitability of the CV for the job (maximum 50) Motivation letter (maximum 20) The award proposal will be published in the UB's electronic office and must include the total scores of the candidates that have received a total of at least 60 points. The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer

within 3 working days

from the date of notification of the selection. Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).

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📌 Postdoc position in “ Metacommunity modelling applied to aquatic biomonitoring in temporary rivers ” (Madrid)
🏢 Universitat De Barcelona
📍 Madrid