Tirocinio Per Il Rilievo Di Formiche Nell'Ambito

Bozen/Bolzano
internship
Institute for Alpine Environment
**Tasks**:
- Support in ant nest surveys for the season 2025.
- Support in digitalization and management of field data.
- Support in the sorting and material organization in the lab.
- Eventually, also support fieldwork for other projects, e.g.
installing pitfall traps, collecting soil samples and supporting colleagues on the survey of other taxa.
- Supporting with lab work, e.g., sample processing, identification and storage; presorting of invertebrate samples also of other projects and taxa.
**Requirements**:
- Bachelor/master's degree in biology or Environmental Sciences (or similar; degree obtained not more than one year ago).
- Interest in ant biology and ecology is advantageous.
- Willingness and availability to work outdoors also in alpine areas.
- Good faunistic knowledge and identification skills for arthropods groups (ants, spiders, beetles).
- Experiences in biodiversity monitoring programs is advantageous.
- Good English skills, additional skills in German and Italian are advantageous.
- Good interpersonal and collaborative skills to integrate in a working group.
- Efficient organization skills.
We offer:
- Internship contract for 3 to 7 months (beginning May 2024)
- Opportunity to include the gained data in a master thesis
- State-of-the-art technical facilities (soft
- and hardware, communication tools)
- Opportunity to work in a young interdisciplinary team
- Physically demanding fieldwork in astonishing landscapes
- Attractive living and working conditions (Great Place to Work©)
How to apply:
- Company: Eurac Research- Location: Bozen/Bolzano
- Contact person: Guariento Elia
Phone number: +39 0471 055 298