A two-year NSF-funded postdoctoral position is available to work with Judie Bronstein (University of Arizona) and Becky Irwin (Dartmouth College) on ecological causes and consequences of behavioral switches between pollination and nectar-robbing in a Colorado bumblebee community. This position will be based in the Bronstein lab at the University of Arizona (http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/bronstein/Bronstein_Lab/HOME.html) and (from June-September) at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Salary is approximately $36,000/year. The position will start on or before 1 June 2015.
We are seeking a highly motivated, intellectually independent individual with an exemplary research record and a background in insect behavior and/or pollination ecology. The ideal candidate will already have experience studying pollinator foraging ecology in the field. The postdoctoral fellow will assume intellectual leadership of observations, experiments, and models that focus on bee foraging energetics and decision-making. He/she will also lead the field team and have primary responsibility for data analysis on this component of the project. There is also the opportunity for an appropriately qualified postdoc to spend a month each year at the Université de Neuchatel, Switzerland, collaborating on theoretical models of conflict and cooperation in pollination/nectar-robbing systems. Interested individuals should contact Judie Bronstein if they have any questions ([email protected]). To learn more and to apply, go to hr.arizona.edu/jobs and search for job # 56603.
