A research assistant professor (RAP) position is available at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), a new university in Shenzhen, China. The RAP will be working with Associate Professor Luke Gibson in the School of Environmental Science and Engineering.
Preference will be given to candidates who propose research in the following areas: (1) bird migration patterns along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and responses to climate change and land-use change; (2) wildlife trade and impacts on targeted animal populations and cascading impacts in poached ecosystems; (3) China’s investment in infrastructure development in tropical countries (e.g., Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America) and associated impacts on biodiversity. The RAP will be hired on a 3-year contract and must start in early 2018 (not later than March 2018). Salary is 250,000 RMB (approximately 38,000 USD) per year. The RAP will be living in Shenzhen, the first Special Economic Zone of China immediately across the border from Hong Kong which has been described as the “Silicon Valley of China”. The quiet and green campus of SUSTech is located in Tanglang, surrounded by fruit plantations, reservoirs, and forested hills. More information is available here: http://primarilyforests.com http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B-u1rB8AAAAJ http://ese.sustc.edu.cn/en/ http://sustc.edu.cn/show/english.html Applicants must have: 1. a PhD 2. at least 1 year of postdoctoral experience 3. multiple publications in high-impact journals The RAP will be given ample funding (negotiated) to support his/her research activities, and will be expected to produce multiple high-impact publications during the contract (for a list of target journals, see http://www.primarilyforests.com/target-journals). Please send a cover letter describing a brief research plan for this position, a CV including a full list of publications, and contact information for three references to [email protected]. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.
