Postdoctoral Fellow - Lake Baikal: Dimensions of Biodiversity
A two-year postdoctoral fellowship position is available at the Dept of
Biological Sciences at Wellesley College to co-lead a NSF-funded project
on plankton biodiversity at Lake Baikal, Siberia. The goal of this
multidisciplinary, multi-institutional project is to determine if the
genetic and functional diversity of endemic plankton species will allow
them to adapt and persist in a changing climate or whether they will be
replaced by cosmopolitan species, which could have dramatic consequences
for the entire ecosystem. Research on-site at Lake Baikal and at Wellesley
College will quantify functional and taxonomic diversity of Baikal's
zooplankton. This project will be carried out in collaboration with Dr.
Marianne V. Moore, Wellesley College, and other participating faculty and
students at UC-Santa Barbara, Michigan State University, University of
Texas, and East Tennessee State University. In addition to pursuing the
project's core research questions, the candidate will also have the
flexibility to develop his or her own independent research project and the
opportunity to form national and international collaborations.
Requirements:
• Ph.D. in aquatic ecology or limnology
• Strong quantitative skills
• Experience culturing zooplankton and conducting field and laboratory
experiments with plankton
• Excellent scholarly achievement (publications)
• Ability & motivation to work both independently and in an
interdisciplinary team of USA & Russian scientists
• Fluency in Russian is strongly encouraged.
A starting salary of $50,000 per year plus health and dental insurance
will be provided. Applicants should send a CV, a short statement of
research interests and career goals, starting date availability, and the
names and email addresses of three referees to Ms. Karin Thomason at
[email protected]. Additional materials related to the candidate's
research skills and experiences as well as samples of scholarly
publications may also be submitted, but are not required. Review of
applications will begin November 16, 2011 and continue until the position
is filled. Preferred start date is January 1, 2012, but the start date is
negotiable. Inquiries about this position may be sent to
[email protected].
For a project abstract, see: [
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=113665
]http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1136657
For more information about the history of this Russian-American
collaboration, see: [
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/science/earth/06lake.htm
]http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/science/earth/06lake.html
Several papers authored by members of this US-Russian collaboration: [
http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Faculty/Mmoore/publications.htm
]http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Faculty/Mmoore/publications.html
Dr. Marianne Moore
Dept Biological Sciences
106 Central St
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA 02481-8203
Office: 781-283-3098 Lab: 781-283-3063
