ATTENTION: Post-docs and Ph.D. candidates... INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL MONTANE ECOSYSTEMS, a Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) funded by the National Science Foundation.
This PASI will bring together ecologists, ecosystem scientists, climatologists, physiologists, paleoecologists, hydrologists and others with an expertise in tropical montane ecosystems for a 8-day workshop from March 6th-14th, 2010 in the Madre de las Aguas protected region in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. The PASI workshop will combine talks, labs, and field excursions with established researchers (see below), and post-doctoral and graduate student participants. Applicants will be selected from several criteria, including an established commitment to the field of tropical montane ecology. Pan-American Advanced Study Institutes (PASIs) are designed to disseminate cutting edge knowledge to an audience of young scientists (post-docs and graduate students) from across the Americas. The Madre de las Aguas region in Dominican Republic encompasses over 2000 km2 of pristine and managed tropical montane forest, and includes the highest point in the Caribbean, Pico Duarte (3098 m). For more site information and publications on the region: http://landscapeecology.agsci.colostate.edu/research/tropical_ecology/tropical_ecology.html HOW TO APPLY: This PASI is open to post-doctoral and graduate student scientists working in tropical montane ecosystems. Please email your current CV including publications, a list of three references with contact information, and a 2-page letter of interest detailing your research and experience in tropical montane ecosystem to Patrick Martin at [email protected]. All participants will be required to present their research in poster sessions. Individuals from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. The application deadline is November 30th, 2009. Citizens of North and South American countries and researchers working in the Neotropics will be given preference. **All expenses including travel are covered for speakers and accepted applicants.** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (partial list): Heidi Asbjornsen (Iowa State University) Peter Brown (Rocky Mountain Tree Ring Research & Colorado State University) L.A. Sampurno Bruijnzeel (Free University of Amsterdam) Rosa María Román-Cuesta (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona) Timothy Fahey (Cornell University) Thomas Giambelluca (University of Hawai`i at Manoa) Hector Ricardo Grau (Universidad Nacional de Tucumán) Maarten Kappelle (The Nature Conservancy) Robert Lawton (University of Alabama in Huntsville) Patrick Martin (Colorado State University) Mark Mulligan (King's College London) Frederick Scatena (University of Pennsylvania) Maria Uriarte (Columbia University) Kenneth Young (University of Texas at Austin) Jess Zimmerman (University of Puerto Rico)
