POST-DOCTORAL OPPORTUNITY IN ECOLOGY at the Cedar Creek LTER, University of Minnesota
We are seeking applications for a post-doctoral associate in ecology as part of the Cedar Creek LTER program at the University of Minnesota. The appointment is for one year with potential for renewal, to begin as soon as possible. The specific research project to be conducted will depend on the interests of the successful applicant, and we are particularly interested in someone who will test hypotheses by integrating across several of the research foci of the Cedar Creek LTER (e.g., community dynamics, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, trophic dynamics). The successful applicant is expected to work as part of any one of a number of new and ongoing long-term experiments, utilize existing long-term datasets, and/or conduct cross-site syntheses. Available experiments include manipulations of fire frequency, nutrients inputs, CO2, temperature, biodiversity, and herbivore densities. In addition, the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve contains a variety of ecosystem types (prairie, old-fields, oak savanna, oak forest, pine forest, wetland, agricultural fields) appropriate for comparative studies. Visit http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/ for more information about the site and ongoing research projects. Questions should be addressed to Drs. Sarah Hobbie, [email protected] or David Tilman, [email protected], Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. To apply, send a statement of research interests, CV, and three letters of recommendation to Belinda Befort, [email protected], with the subject line: Cedar Creek Post-Doc Search. Review of applications will begin April 25, 2010, and continue until the position is filled.
