POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (Call for Applications)
Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science (BBCS) Program, University of
Arizona (Tucson)
Review of applications begins June 2, 2017; announcement open until all
positions filled. | Open to all qualified U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens.
The University of Arizona Office of Research, Discovery and Innovation, in
collaboration with the Institute for the Environment, invites applications for
up to four two-year research appointments in the recently established
postdoctoral cluster hire, Bridging Biodiversity and Conservation Science
(BBCS): Forecasting Future Operating Environments.
The BBCS comprises a team of core faculty, steering committee members, and
other affiliated researchers that identified several cross-cutting research
projects that use biodiversity as a focal point for interdisciplinary
investigation in public health, governance, informatics, and security.
The postdoctoral researchers will contribute to the development of: (i)
synthesis papers, (ii) pilot ("proof of concept") data, and (iii) at least one
of several planned major research proposals ($2-5M) that connect biodiversity
science with public health, governance, informatics, and security to be
submitted during FY2018 or FY2019.
Each postdoctoral researcher will be supervised by the BBCS program manager and
at least two proposal PIs (UA faculty members) from different disciplines
(i.e., Liz Baldwin, public policy & governance; Brian Enquist, biodiversity
science; Kacey Ersnt, public health & epidemiology; Laura López-Hoffman,
ecosystem services & public policy; or others as appropriate) who will lead the
proposal development with significant contributions from the postdoctoral
researchers.
The postdoctoral research associates will be situated in offices of the UA
Institute of the Environment (ENR2 Building) and will spend time in the labs or
in lab meetings of the respective faculty PIs, and in regular meetings of the
broader BBCS team.
The scientific goal of the BBCS program is to build a more robust and
predictive biodiversity and conservation science and to addresses emerging,
critical issues in human health and well-being, and in environmental, food, and
national security.
The program seeks three to four outstanding postdoctoral scholars who have (i)
an ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and create novel
synthetic research, and (ii) creative insight in biodiversity and conservation
science and expertise or interest in an additional targeted research area,
specifically public health, epidemiology and emerging diseases; public policy,
public administration, and governance; national security; or informatics.
Review of applications begins June 2, 2017; announcement open until all
positions filled. | Open to all qualified U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens.
To apply, submit materials here: https://uacareers.com/postings/17422
For more information, see:
http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/bridging-biodiversity-conservation-science
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Robert Merideth
Program Manager, Bridging Biodiversity & Conservation Research
Research Director, López-Hoffman Lab
School of Natural Resources and the Environment and
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
The University of Arizona
Environment & Natural Resources 2 (ENR2) Bldg. Rm N307
Tucson, AZ 85721
520.979.1293 (mobile)
520.626.9868 (lab)
520.626.4393 (office)
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