Position Title: Ph.D. Assistantship in Quantitative Spatial Ecology, Avian Ecology, Urbanization
PhD position is available beginning summer/fall 2008 for a highly motivated and qualified individual to study the relationships between landscape patterns and ecosystem function at the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources (www.warnell.uga.edu) at the University of Georgia. Student will have access to a long-term dataset of songbirds in an urbanizing region and will participate in field work in the southeastern U.S. to develop species and community response models. An interest and background in GIS and spatial modeling is required; and in land use and land cover change modeling, wildlife species habitat models, Bayesian hierarchical models, cellular automata, and urban ecology is desired. Field identification experience with southeastern U.S. bird species is also desired. Expected enrollment is Fall 2008. Twelve month funding includes serving as a teaching assistant in 1 class per year. Interested students should email a cover letter stating your research interests, names and contact information for three references, and CurriculumVitae to Jeffrey Hepinstall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before January 31st, 2008. Location: Athens, Georgia, USA Qualifications: Prospective applicants should have a B.S. and a Master's degree in biology, zoology, wildlife management, conservation biology, or related field. Additional qualifications include a minimum GPA of 3.0 for the B.S. degree and a minimum GPA of 3.5 for the Master's degree, and a minimum of 1200 on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Applicants also should have solid analytical and writing skills. Desirable qualifications of applicants include experience with GIS (ArcGIS preferred), experience with statistics and spatial modeling, a high degree of motivation, good people-skills with an ability to work as part of a research team, and an interest in interdisciplinary research and applied landscape ecology. Salary and Benefits: $17,888/year plus full tuition waiver and supplemented health insurance. Additional salary may be available for additional research efforts, pending funding.
