Postdoctoral Position: Native bees, habitat restoration and pollination Neal Williams Lab, University of California, Davis
Sustainable pollination of crops in North America will likely require integrated approaches using wild pollinator communities, managed native species and managed honey bees. Strategies to support these pollinators within agricultural landscapes include planting forage resources and augmenting nesting opportunities for wild species, assessing the interactive influences of local and landscape context and developing spatially explicit predictive models of bee populations (supply) to help determine actions that will best promote pollination service (demand). Our lab is part of a national project (ICPbees.org) exploring specialty crop pollination across, crop types and regions. We are working on the above strategies using fundamental ecological research and translation of this to practical application. The successful postdoc will join this project and a vibrant research community in ecology, entomology and sustainable agriculture at University of California Davis. Requirements · Doctoral degree in ecology/biology, entomology or related disciplines. · Excellent knowledge of ecological statistics (using R) and plant- insect community ecology, field research experience, as well as a good publication record. · Excitement to initiate new research projects, collaborate in existing projects, help supervise students and contribute to an active research group in insect ecology and pollination. Salary and conditions Full-time salary and benefits included. Salary rate dependent on experience Start date: Nov 2014 (some flexibility) The position is for 1.5 years. Potential to continue will depend on ability to obtain funding through competitive grants written collaboratively with Williams lab group. Applications Applicants should send their formatted cover letter, CV, a 1 page summary of research interests, and the names (with email address) of at least two references to the email address given below (in one pdf file!) as soon as possible, but latest August 15, 2014 for full consideration. Late applications will be accepted until position is filled. For further information, please contact Neal Williams, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. [email protected] http://polleneaters.wordpress.com/ I will be at the ecological society of America meeting in Sacramento next month for those interested to discuss things further.
