The RMBL is pleased to announce the RMBL Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellowship for Synthesis and Long-term Data. We seek applicants for this fellowship with interests in climate effects on phenology, plant-insect or plant-pollinator interactions, ecosystem processes, or related ecological or evolutionary questions, and strong skills in data analysis and synthesis. RMBL is an internationally-renowned field station in the Colorado Rockies, with a diverse and interactive summer population of researchers from across the US and abroad. This postdoctoral fellow will work with a team of five PIs (David Inouye (RMBL), Rebecca Irwin (NC State), Brian Inouye (Florida State), Nora Underwood (Florida State) and Aimée Classen (University of Vermont), and postdoc Jane Ogilvie (Florida State) on research involving unique long-term datasets on flowering phenology, bee phenology and climate from the Colorado Rockies. The postdoctoral fellow will assist with continued collection of data, develop their own research direction within the context of the project, and lead the development of one or more papers synthesizing these and other long-term datasets from the RMBL to answer key ecological or evolutionary questions. The fellow will be in residence at the RMBL during the summer research season and at one of the PI's home institutions during the academic year.
This 2-year position is open to individuals who have completed their Ph.D. (or will have completed their Ph.D. by the time the position begins) and who have not had a previous postdoctoral position. Successful applicants will have strong skills in field research (particularly plant identification and/or bee biology), data analysis (in particular multivariate statistics, time-series analysis, demography, and/or SEM), collaboration and manuscript preparation. Compensation includes salary (starting at $41,000), health benefits, and station fees and housing at the RMBL during the field season. Target start date is late spring 2018, but start date is flexible in order to accommodate the best applicants. Applications accepted beginning October 15 2017 and continuing until the position is filled. To apply, send a CV, names of three references, and a cover letter summarizing your background, career goals and why this position is of interest to you to Nora Underwood ([email protected]). We will then invite individuals whose interests and skills are closest to this project to submit a 1-page (single- spaced) proposal for research and/or synthetic work you would conduct if chosen for this fellowship. For more information about the RMBL, this project and the collaborating labs see the following websites. Questions can be directed to the PI whose interests are closest to your own. The RMBL Flowering Phenology Project: http://www.bio.fsu.edu/~nunderwood/homepage/RMBLphenologyproject.html The RMBL Bee Phenology Project: https://irwinbees.com RMBL: http://www.rmbl.org/ David Inouye ([email protected]): http://biology.umd.edu/david-inouye.html Rebecca Irwin ([email protected]): http://irwinlab.weebly.com/ Nora Underwood ([email protected]): http://www.bio.fsu.edu/~nunderwood/homepage/index.html Brian Inouye ([email protected]): http://www.bio.fsu.edu/~binouye/, [email protected] Aimiée Classen ([email protected]): http://classenlab.com/ RMBL provides equal opportunities in science and education and is committed to a policy of non- discrimination in relation to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status or disability in admissions, access to, treatment, or employment in educational programs or activities which it operates.
