Hello: We have open opportunities for graduate students (1-2) and a post-doctoral fellow with interest/experience in the ecology of temperate and tropical drylands and savannas. Candidates will have the opportunity to engage in fieldwork and analyses at the Jornada Basin LTER site in southern New Mexico (a few miles from the NMSU campus) and in tropical savannas in Africa and elsewhere. I will be attending the ESA annual meeting in New Orleans in early August, which might be a time for further discussions/interviews. For more information, contact me ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; please consolidate any attachments into a single PDF file).
1. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: we seek a self-motivated colleague interested in exploring the dynamics of tropical savannas and temperate drylands from a mathematical biology perspective, using data collected across scales, from individual plot-based measurements, to landscape, region and global analysis using remote sensing and modeling. A strong background in mathematical biology is essential, with experience integrating theoretical ecology with GIS and remote sensing an advantage. This position has funding for 2 years, with possibility for continuation. 2. Graduate students: we are currently recruiting 1-2 exceptional Graduate Research Assistants (MSc with up to 2 y GRA support, or PhD with up to 4 y GRA support) interested in field based ecological studies of vegetation dynamics, population and community ecology in the Chihuahuan Desert and shrub-dominated systems of temperate and tropical drylands. Students will have the opportunity to work with the Jornada Basin LTER program, with potential for comparative studies in other drylands (e.g. in Africa, India, etc). A strong background in ecology, biology and/or environmental studies is essential, and students with experience and a love for fieldwork (in sometimes hot and dry conditions) are particularly encouraged. Students must have completed a masters to be eligible for a PhD position. ______________________________ Plant and Environmental Sciences/ Jornada Basin LTER New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico 88003, U.S.A. Tel: (575)-646-3405 Fax: (575)-646-6041
