The UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
(<http://www.environment.ucla.edu/lakretz/>http://www.environment.ucla.edu/lakretz/)
invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship in California
Conservation Science. Consistent with our mission, we seek a
postdoctoral scholar who simultaneously conducts innovative research
and interfaces with the conservation and management agencies that
direct and lead California conservation. Our emphasis is on
biological conservation, and the successful candidate could work in
any discipline that provides the scientific underpinnings for the
preservation, protection, management, or restoration of at-risk
species, environments, or ecological communities. We will consider
candidates who have recently completed their PhD, or will have
completed it by the start date for this position. We envision hiring
one Fellow each year, building a team of conservation scientists with
a passion for California and its biodiversity.
The La Kretz Fellowship is for two years, subject to review after the
first year. Our expected start date is late summer, 2014. The
successful applicant will be expected to conduct research that
bridges the interests of at least one UCLA faculty member who is also
a La Kretz affiliate
(<http://www.environment.ucla.edu/lakretz/people/affiliates.asp>http://www.environment.ucla.edu/lakretz/people/affiliates.asp)
with priority science concerns of resource management agencies in
California. Our primary partners are currently the National Park
Service, CA State Parks, and the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation
and Conservation Agency, although partnerships with other federal,
state and local resource management groups and NGOs, including
Natural History Museums, are also appropriate. We strongly encourage
applicants to contact their faculty mentor to develop a research and
agency collaboration plan, and to describe that plan in their
application. We also anticipate that the Fellow will also work with
Brad Shaffer, Director of the La Kretz Center, to help develop
collaborative research projects that further the mission of the
Center. The position has an annual salary of approximately $40,000
plus full benefits, and the Fellow will have the option to reside at
the newly renovated La Kretz Field Station
(<http://www.environment.ucla.edu/lakretz/fieldstation/>http://www.environment.ucla.edu/lakretz/fieldstation/),
located in the Santa Monica Mountains about 25 miles from campus.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, short (1-2
page) description of research and management accomplishments, short
(2 page) description of proposed research including potential faculty
and agency mentor(s), and copies of two publications, all as a single
PDF file, to Mario Colon, Administrative Assistant, at
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]. You should also
have three letters of recommendation, including one from your Ph.D.
advisor, sent under separate emails. The deadline for completed
applications is 20 January 2014. E-mail questions to Brad Shaffer
(Director of the La Kretz Center) to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
The University of California is an affirmative action/equal
opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the
development of a climate that supports equality of opportunity and
respect for differences.
