Post-Doctoral Research Scientist position available in ecoinformatics
and trait-based ecology, in the laboratories of Daniel Bunker at New
Jersey Institute of Technology and Shahid Naeem at Columbia
University. The successful candidate will coordinate TraitNet <http://www.columbia.edu/cu/traitnet/
>, an NSF funded Research Coordination Network designed to foster
trait-based ecological and evolutionary research through the curation,
discovery and sharing of species trait data. The position will entail
work on informatics, ecology, and network coordination.
Primary responsibilities will include:
- Collaboration with TraitNet participants to identify appropriate
pilot research objectives
- Development of a plant trait ontology
- Programming (in coordination with NCEAS) to link plant trait
ontologies to semantic tools being developed at NCEAS
- Data markup to facilitate data integration
- Networking with TraitNet participants to develop online community
resources such as trait protocols and definitions.
- Administrative efforts including the coordination of workshops and
meetings
Qualifications:
- PhD in plant ecology or related field
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Java, C, python, PERL, prolog or
lisp),
- Strong scientific analysis skills (e.g., R, Matlab, Mathematica, or
SAS).
- Willingness to learn new programming, knowledge representation and
informatics skills
The post-doc will be funded through Columbia University, and will be
based at both NJIT and Columbia. The post-doc will work closely with
Dr. Shahid Naeem at Columbia and Dr. Daniel Bunker at the New Jersey
Institute of Technology, as well as Drs. Mark Schildhauer and Matt
Jones at NCEAS in Santa Barbara, California, and other TraitNet
participants.
The position is available for two years, renewable annually. Salary
will be $40,000 with excellent benefits. Position will remain open
until filled.
For more information, contact Dr. Daniel Bunker <[email protected]>.
To apply, send a brief statement of research interests, curriculum
vitae, and a list of 3 references to:
Daniel E. Bunker
email (preferred):
[email protected]
postal:
Department of Biological Sciences
433 Colton Hall
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
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Daniel E. Bunker
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Department of Mathematical Sciences
New Jersey Institute of Technology
email: [email protected]
http://web.njit.edu/~dbunker
Office: 973-642-7537
Fax: 973-596-5689
TraitNet: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/traitnet/
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