POST-DOC: FOOD-WEB MODELER “The Jefferson Project” at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) is searching for a post- doc with expertise in food-web modeling.
The Jefferson Project is an exciting and ambitious research endeavor devised to study lake ecosystems by using “smart sensor” technology, leading-edge experiments, and coupled computer models of the weather, runoff, lake circulation, and food webs. This is an unprecedented collaboration between Rensselaer, IBM, and the FUND for Lake George that is intended to serve as a global example for understanding and protecting freshwater ecosystems. The post-doc will collaborate with researchers who are collecting traditional food-web data, high-frequency sensor data on lake chemistry and phytoplankton, and experimental data that are identifying the impacts of human activities on lake and stream food webs. For more information: http://jeffersonproject.rpi.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=M0OU9hfyZqU http://www.pnas.org/content/115/5/828 https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59378x/take-a-dip-into-the-internet-of- lakes https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/road-salt-can-disrupt-ecosystems- and-endanger-humans-180963393/ Applicants should send (as pdf) a cover letter, CV, research statement, and a list of 3 references to Dr. Rick Relyea ([email protected]). Applications will be reviewed as they arrive. The desired start date is Summer 2018. -------------------------------------- Dr. Rick Relyea Director, Darrin Fresh Water Institute Director, The Jefferson Project David M. Darrin ’40 Senior Endowed Chair Dept. of Biological Sciences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute http://relyealab.wix.com/relyea-lab
