SUBJECT LINE: Postdoctoral Opening in Biodiversity-Ecosystem
Services / Pollination
Creative and highly motivated candidates with strong track records of
research productivity are invited to apply for an NSF-funded Postdoctoral
Associate position. Position will involve research at the intersection of
biodiversity-ecosystem services research and pollination ecology and is
based in Rachael Winfrees lab group at Rutgers University
(winfreelab.com). The selected
applicant will lead a landscape-scale field experiment to explore the
relationship between pollinator diversity and the pollination delivered
to spring ephemeral plant communities, as well as leading the analysis
and paper-writing for the project. The project is a collaboration with
Neal Williams at UC Davis and the Postdoctoral Associate will work
collaboratively with both Winfree and Williams on multiple aspects of the
project. Applications will be evaluated based on past research
productivity, alignment of applicant experiences with the goals of the
Winfree lab, and the individuals potential to grow as a productive,
independent investigator. Target start date is April 2016 and the
position is funded for two years.
Qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D in ecology or a related
field, a strong track record of leading successful field research
projects, and excellent statistical and simulation modeling skills using
R. The successful candidate will likely have expertise in one of more of
the following fields: biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, pollination
ecology, ecosystem services, landscape ecology.
Application: Applicants should send a single pdf file consisting of a
letter of interest, CV, 2 representative publications, and contact
information for three references to Rachael Winfree
[email protected], using
NSF postdoc candidate as the subject line. Applications will be
accepted until January 15 2016, or until the position is filled.
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Rachael Winfree
Associate Professor
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources
Rutgers University
Tel 848 932 8315
winfreelab.com
