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 contr

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