We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Agroecology at the Pennsylvania State University. This position is part of a dynamic team of scientists assessing the ecosystem service benefits of cover cropping and the degree to which those benefits can be enhanced with multi-species mixtures. The individual in this position would deepen our teams capacity to understand plant-soil-insect interactions or some subset of these interactions (e.g. plant-soil, plant-insect, soil-insect). Two areas of particular interest are: 1) field research in ecosystem ecology and/or 2) synthetic analyses of previously collected soil, plant, and insect data. The postdoc will be encouraged to pursue their own research nested in our larger study, and help lead the data synthesis. In addition, mentoring and participation in grant writing will occur. Our team has a strong track record of placing sustainable agriculture postdocs in tenure track faculty positions throughout the country. The supervisor for this position will be Jason Kaye (jpk12 at psu dot edu) in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, and key collaborators are David Mortensen (Plant Sciences), and Mary Barbercheck (Entomology). Feel free to contact us to discuss the position.
Required qualifications include: (1) Ph.D. at the time of application in Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Plant Science, Agronomy, Entomology, Soil Science or a closely related discipline, (2) excellent writing skills and documented ability to serve as lead author in publishing papers, (3) strong quantitative ecology skills. Apply online to job # 51480 at http://psu.jobs/Search/Opportunities.html
