The newly funded Cluster of Excellence NaviSense - working on the Sensory Basis, Mechanisms, and Impacts of Animal Navigation - is a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research consortium hosted at the University of Oldenburg and involving national and international partner institutions. As a diverse and international team of scientists from biology, physics, chemistry, computer sciences and social sciences we provide a thorough, interdisciplinary understanding of the senses and mechanisms used by animals to navigate, and how these mechanisms can inspire technology and impact society, ecology, and biodiversity.
At NaviSense, we believe diversity drives innovation. We are a dynamic research team exploring (1) animal navigation mechanisms and their underlying senses, (2) quantum effects at ambient temperature in model systems and biology, (3) ecological and conservation related consequences of animal navigation, and (4) links biological and technical systems through models, algorithms, and devices. The acquired knowledge can help to solve major societal questions related e.g. to the biodiversity crisis, GPS independent navigation, and quantum sensing at ambient temperature. For more information see https://navisense.org/.
We are looking for curious, motivated individuals from resource constrained countries to join us as Doctoral Researcher. If you are passionate about animal navigation research and eager to grow in a collaborative, interdisciplinary setting, we want to hear from you.
You are eligible if your nationality and highest university’s degree is from a resource constrained country (see table). You should also not have resided or conducted your main activities in a high-income country for more than approximately a year at the time of application.
Please get in touch if you are unsure about your eligibility, we are very happy to help clarifying this upfront.
