Seeking a post-doctoral researcher (Research Associate/Instructor) to participate in a NSF-funded global meta-analysis of marine benthic assemblages, to assess and develop new quantitative approaches to using skeletal remains as proxies of live communities for conservation biology, marine ecology, and paleoecological analysis. Associate will take the lead in completing a live-dead analysis of already-collected molluscan samples from coastal US waters, and, depending on expertise, participate in multivariate analysis and modeling of either taphonomic processes or macroecological patterns. Experience in marine benthos required and mollusks preferred, from either a neontologic or paleontologic perspective. 1 year appointment, starting Fall 2006. Requires either a PhD in hand or dissertation submitted and approved for degree. Please send an application letter, CV, and names of 2 persons who can write recommendations to Professor Susan Kidwell, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
Susan Kidwell William Rainey Harper Professor Department of Geophysical Sciences University of Chicago 5734 South Ellis Avenue Chicago IL 60637 773-702-3008 fax 773-702-9505
