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Postdoctoral Associates and Ph.D. Students
Two postdoctoral associates and two Ph.D. students are sought to participate
in an NSF-funded interdisciplinary project on complex effects of climate
change on nature reserve networks. One postdoctoral associate ("climate
postdoc") will lead the efforts in analyzing current climate conditions and
climate change scenarios, while the other postdoctoral associate ("network
postdoc") will oversee the field data collection across the giant panda
geographic range in China and lead the efforts in assessing the
effectiveness of nature reserve networks. One Ph.D. student ("plant
student") will focus on the plant component (e.g., establish current
distribution and future projections of understory bamboo and tree species),
while the other Ph.D. student ("wildlife student") will focus on the
wildlife component (e.g., analyze current and future panda habitat).
Both postdoctoral associates and Ph.D. students will collaborate and
participate in data collection, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript
writing, and other professional activities. They will have opportunities to
mentor undergraduate students and interact with leading researchers and
stakeholders in the USA, China, and some other countries. They will be based
at the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (www.csis.msu.edu)
at Michigan State University (www.msu.edu). Furthermore, the climate postdoc
will be affiliated with the Department of Geography (http://geo.msu.edu/),
while the network postdoc and two Ph.D. students will be affiliated with the
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (www.fw.msu.edu). All of them can also
be affiliated with the university-wide Environmental Science and Policy
Program (www.espp.msu.edu) and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior
Program (www.eebb.msu.edu).
More information about the project is available at
http://csis.msu.edu/research/projects/complex-effects-climate-change-nature-
reserve-networks-macroscales.
Relevant previous publications include those in Nature Climate Change
(2013), Nature (2005, 2003), PNAS (2013, 2009, and 2007), Science (2007,
2003, and 2001), and Ecology and Society (2014, 2013) (See
http://csis.msu.edu/research/publications).
Application materials include: (1) letter of application, (2) statement of
professional goals, (3) CV or resume, (4) list of 3-4 references (names and
contact information), and (5) up to three representative publications if
any. Applicants for the Ph.D. student positions also must submit (6)
transcripts,(7) GRE scores, and (8) TOEFL scores (for non-native English
speakers only.) (Unofficial copies of GRE, TOEFL and transcripts are OK
initially.) Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials
as soon as possible.
Applications for the network postdoc and Ph.D. student positions should be
emailed to Dr. Jianguo (Jack) Liu ([email protected]) and Dr. Andres Vina
([email protected]), and applications for the climate postdoc should be emailed
to Dr. Julie Winkler ([email protected]).
Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA
http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu
