Research Fellow Postdoctoral Scholar – deer population modeling

Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 75th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years. We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a study focused on deer population modeling, and specifically to work on the development of an integrated population model, in California, USA. This project is funded by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley. The goal of this project is to utilize extensive, diverse datasets over decade plus-long timescales to estimate deer population size and dynamics in California, USA. This will be done by formulating an integrated population model (IPM) that ties together multiple data types that describe deer population and demographic information such as faecal capture-recap...