Michigan State University’s Department of Entomology seeks a post-doctoral research associate to study pollination in agricultural landscapes. The initial focus of this position will be on understanding and developing models for how local and landscape manipulations affect pollinators and pollination service provisioning, with plans to integrate additional ecosystem services into the framework as the research develops. This position will be based in Rufus Isaacs’ laboratory and will work closely with Doug Landis’ laboratory. The preferred candidate will hold a Ph.D in environmental biology, conservation science, entomology or ecology, and will have experience with spatial statistics, GIS, mechanistic and empirical modelling, and R and/or Python programming. Detailed knowledge of insect biology would be useful. Experience in modelling ecosystem services from a variety of domains (e.g., insect- mediated services, water quality, cultural services) would be an asset. The full position description and application information are available at: www.ent.msu.edu and application materials are due April 29.
