.The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in five programs: Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health; Environment and Health over the Lifecourse; Global Viral and Bacterial Infections; Malaria and Neglected Parasitic Diseases and Maternal Child and Reproductive Health. ISGlobal is accredited with the Severo Ochoa distinction,a seal of excellence of the Spanish Science Ministry.TipESM is funded by the European Union, Horizon Europe Funding Programme for research and innovation under GA Nr. 101137673.VenueBarcelonaWhat We Are Looking forThe Climate and Health Group (led by ICREA Professor Xavier Rodó) invites applications for a postdoctoral position (exceptional PhD candidates may also be considered) in the area of mathematical modelling of zoonotic spillovers and the epidemiological dynamics of communicable diseases. The position is full-time available immediately and for a fixed-term period of 24 months with the possibility of extensions pending on successful evaluations.We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a degree (PhD) in mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, meteorology or theoretical ecology. A broad interest in natural sciences and more specifically in ecology is essential. We are looking for candidates motivated by science with the ability to run simulations and eventually help develop code and to integrate scientific knowledge into numerical schemes.This position is funded by TipESM, a project funded by the European Union. TipESM is funded by the European Union, Horizon Europe Funding Programme for research and innovation under GA Nr. 101137673.About the postdoctoral positionZoonotic spillovers where pathogens jump across species are responsible for major human pandemics, such as the recent SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible of COVID-19 or the influenza A(H1N1) virus responsible for the 1918 "Spanish flu" pandemic. Understanding the factors responsible for these cross-species transmissions is a current topic of intense research. Recently, it has been demonstrated how the increased human pressure on otherwise pristine tropical rainforest ecosystems through deforestation,increase urbanisation in forested areas and the rising pressure of climate change is making those potential human-animal encounters more likely, long-lasting and frequent. The overall work we are conducting within the EU-funded TipESM project is seeking to undertand how collapses in the main Earth's - biodiversity hotspots due to global warming may influence those events
