Please note below two jobs, with multiple positions each, conducting ecological field research in upstate NY. Feel free to distribute widely.
Summer Project Assistant (3 positions): Job Reference #12001-SF. Research the dynamics of mammalian communities and the relationships between mammals, ticks, Lyme disease ecology, tree seed survival, songbirds, and gypsy moths. 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. Prior experience handling small- or meso-mammals highly desirable. Desired dates of employment (35 hours/week) are approximately April 9 to November 1, 2012. On-site housing is available. Position reports to Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld. Summer Project Assistants (6 positions): Job Reference #12002-SF. Research the dynamics of blacklegged tick populations in heterogeneous landscapes of Dutchess County in New York's Hudson River Valley. Duties include sampling the abundance of ticks and conducting basic vegetation analyses in forested sites throughout the county. Prior experience in field ecology is desirable. Desired dates of employment (35 hours/week) are approximately May 20 to August 1, 2012. On-site housing is available. Position reports to Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld. To apply, send cover letter (indicating job reference number), resume with educational background and relevant course work, and the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of three references, to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. ************************************* 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 *************************************
