Postdoc opportunity in macroecology, quantitative ecology and ecoinformatics:
Ethan White's lab at Utah State University (http://whitelab.weecology.org) is looking for a postdoc to collaborate on research studying approaches for unifying macroecological patterns (e.g., species abundance distributions and species-area relationships) and predicting variation in these patterns using ecological and environmental variables. The project aims to 1) evaluate the performance of models that link ecological patterns by using broad scale data on at least three major taxonomic groups (birds, plants, and mammals); and 2) combine models with ecological and environmental factors to explain continental scale variation in community structure. Models to be explored include maximum entropy models, neutral models, fractal based models, and statistical models. The postdoc will also be involved in an ecoinformatics initiative developing tools to facilitate the use of existing ecological data. There will be ample opportunity for independent and collaborative research in related areas of macroecology, community ecology, theoretical ecology, and ecoinformatics. The postdoc will benefit from interactions with researchers in Dr. White's lab, the Weecology Interdisciplinary Research Group, and with Dr. John Harte's lab at the University of California Berkeley. Applicants from a variety of backgrounds including ecology, mathematics, statistics, physics and computer science are encouraged to apply. The position is available for 1 year with the possibility for renewal depending on performance. The start date is flexible. Applications will be considered starting on March 7th, 2011. Go to the USU job page ( http://jobs.usu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55788) to see the full advertisement and to apply. Feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the position. ------------------------------------------- Dr. Ethan P. White Dept. of Biology and The Ecology Center Utah State University Website <http://whitelab.weecology.org/> | Blog<http://jabberwocky.weecology.org/> | Wiki <http://wiki.weecology.org/> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/weecology>
