We warmly welcome applications from students or postdocs who would like to work in our group. If you are interested in any of the research topics described on our website or have your own ideas for related projects, please feel free to contact Joe Hoffman at: joseph.hoffman[at]uni-bielefeld.de.

Opportunties for undergraduates and Masters students

We are always running or planning various projects that you could get involved in as a bachelors or masters student.  Please contact Joe Hoffman for further details.

 Opportunties for prospective PhD students

From time to time, we are able to offer fully funded PhD studentships, which are posted on our website and advertised on relevant mailing lists such as EVOLDIR and MARMAM as they become available.   However, interested students may also be eligible to apply for PhD scholarships from a number of different organisations.  For an overview of German science funding structures, see and for details of some organisations known to us that fund PhD studentships, see .  There are furthermore a number of funding opportunities available specifically for women .  If you would like to discuss these or other options further, please contact Joe Hoffman.

Postdoc opportunties

From time to time, we are able to offer fully funded postdocs, which are posted on our website and advertised on relevant mailing lists such as EVOLDIR and MARMAM as they become available.   However, we are also actively seeking recent PhD graduates with relevant research backgrounds and strong publication records who are interested in applying for postoctoral fellowships to come to Bielefeld.  For an overview of German science funding structures, see and for details of postdoctoral fellowship schemes, many of which have comparably high success rates in the order of 30% or more, see .  There are furthermore a number of funding opportunities available specifically for women .  If you would like to discuss these or other options further, please contact Joe Hoffman.

Previous advertised opportunties

December 2017: Postdoc on the ecological and evolutionary genomics of fur seals 
February 2016: Research position in marine population genomics
September 2015: Postdoc on pinniped population genomics
July 2015: PhD studentship on the natural history of inbreeding in a cooperative mammal
March 2015: PhD studentship in marine population genomics
December 2013: PhD studentship in marine mammal evolutionary genomics
December 2012: PhD studentship on the social behaviour of shorebird populations in Madagascar