Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Farrior Lab of the Integrative Biology Department at the University of Texas at Austin. We are seeking an innovative scientist interested in better understanding the evolutionary ecology of plant traits. In the Farrior Lab we work to understand how plant strategies and syndromes of strategies arise out of the fundamental constraints of resource limitation, environmental variability, and competitive biotic environments. The work is aimed to forward both basic mechanistic understanding of plant communities as well as applied and predictive models of the global carbon cycle.
Candidates should have experience with both theoretical and empirical ecology. The specific project will be driven by the candidate’s interests which may align with ongoing projects in the lab including: understanding variation among plant hydraulic strategies, liana-tree coexistence and dynamics, and mechanistic drivers of forest tree-size distributions. Please see the following website for greater detail: https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/cfarrior. The start date for the position is flexible but should be no earlier than Sept. 1, 2016. To apply, send a single pdf to [email protected]. The pdf should include a short cover letter, research statement, CV, and the names and contact information of three references. The research statement should be no more than two pages and include descriptions of both past research and specific directions of interest for the proposed postdoc. Review of applications will begin May 1st. For any questions contact Caroline Farrior by email at [email protected] or by phone at (918)853-1401.
