Synthesis Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Rocky Mountain Biological
Laboratory (RMBL)
The RMBL is pleased to announce the first RMBL Collaborative
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Synthesis and Long-term Data.
This post-doc will have access to exciting long-term datasets
documenting both local climate and the biology of mountain organisms and
ecosystems. The core datasets for this project are detailed phenological
data on flowering in plant communities for over 40 years and on bee
communities for ~10 years, with other data potentially including records
of stream and terrestrial insects, the behavior and physiology of
mammals, plant distributions and other datasets. We seek applicants
interested in using these datasets to answer ecological or evolutionary
questions, particularly (but not limited to) questions about the
relationship of climate to phenology, plant-insect or plant-pollinator
interactions, or ecosystem processes. Strong skills in data analysis and
synthesis are required. This postdoctoral fellow will collaborate 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 topics such as flowering phenology, bee phenology and
climate from the Colorado Rockies. The postdoctoral fellow will have two
roles: (1) assist with continued collection of data by leading a dynamic
group of summer field researchers (2) lead the development of papers
analyzing and synthesizing long-term RMBL datasets. The fellow will be
in residence in Colorado at the RMBL during the summer research season
and at one of the PI's home institutions during the academic year.
This position, currently funded for at least two years, is open to
individuals who have completed their Ph.D. (or will have completed their
Ph.D. by the time the position begins). Preference will be given to
applicants with no or minimal post-doctoral experience, but we encourage
inquiries from anyone interested in the position. Successful applicants
will have strong skills in field research, 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. 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. We
encourage applications from a diverse applicant pool and we welcome
applicants regardless of race, color, gender, sexual orientation,
religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status or disability.
Target start date is late spring or summer 2018, but start date is
flexible in order to accommodate the best applicants. Applications
accepted beginning April 1 2018 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]). 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://bit.ly/RMBLphenology
The RMBL Bee Phenology Project: http://bit.ly/IrwinBeeProject
RMBL: http://bit.ly/2G6jxZF
David Inouye ([email protected]): http://bit.ly/DavidInouyeUMCP
Rebecca Irwin ([email protected]): http://irwinlab.weebly.com/
Nora Underwood ([email protected]): http://bit.ly/NoraUnderwood
Brian Inouye ([email protected]): https://fla.st/2DTapFS
Aimée Classen ([email protected]): http://bit.ly/ClassenLab
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Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
[email protected]
Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224
