TWO TYPES OF JOBS AVAILABLE AT THE CARY INSTITUTE - PLEASE SEE BELOW
JOB #1 TITLE: Project Assistant - up to 6 positions
DURATION: Temporary, full-time. Approximately April 20 to November
1, 2011, although applicants available during summer college break are also
welcome to apply.
DUTIES: Research the dynamics of mammalian
communities and the relationships between mammals, ticks, Lyme disease ecology,
tree seed survival, songbirds, and gypsy moths. Location is the Cary Institute
of Ecosystem Studies in New York's Hudson River Valley. Duties include
live-trapping small and medium mammals and reliably recording pertinent data,
sampling abundance of ticks, tree seed collection, and laboratory assays of
tick infection with the Lyme disease bacterium. Early morning and late
afternoon hours. On-site housing is available.
BACKGROUND: Prior experience handling small-or meso-mammals
highly desirable.
CLOSING DATE: February 10, 2011
ORIGINATOR: Dr. Richard Ostfeld
TO APPLY: To apply, please e-mail a brief cover
letter, resume, and the names and full contact information (including email
addresses) for three professional references to:
Human Resources
Cary Institute of Ecosystem
Studies
Job Ref. #11001-I
P.O. Box AB
Millbrook, New York 12545
E-mail:
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER-MIN/FEM/VET/DISAB
JOB #2 TITLE: Project Assistant - up to 6 positions
DURATION: Temporary, full-time. Approximately May 20 to August 1,
2011.
DUTIES: Research the dynamics of blacklegged
tick populations in heterogeneous landscapes of Dutchess County, in New York's
Hudson River Valley. Location is the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in
Millbrook, NY. Duties include sampling the abundance of ticks and conducting
basic vegetation analyses in forested sites throughout the county. On-site
housing is available.
BACKGROUND: Prior experience in field ecology is desirable.
CLOSING DATE: March 10, 2011
ORIGINATOR: Dr. Richard Ostfeld
TO APPLY: To apply, please e-mail a brief cover
letter, resume, and the names and full contact information (including email
addresses) for three professional references to:
Human Resources
Cary Institute of Ecosystem
Studies
Job Ref. #11001-I
P.O. Box AB
Millbrook, New York 12545
E-mail:
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER-MIN/FEM/VET/DISAB
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Richard S. Ostfeld, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Box AB, 2801 Sharon Turnpike
Millbrook, NY 12545 USA
845 677-7600, ext 136
[email protected]
http://ecostudies.org/people_sci_ostfeld.html
NEW BOOK -- LYME DISEASE: THE ECOLOGY OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM
Oxford University Press 2011
http://www.amazon.com/Lyme-Disease-Ecology-Complex-System/dp/0195388127/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278436447&sr=1-2
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