Job Announcement: Post Doctoral Associate
Job Summary: The Department of Entomology <https://entomology.umd.edu/>
at the University of Maryland <https://www.umd.edu/>, invites
applications for a Post Doctoral Associate in Community Ecology of
Forest Arthropods. The incumbent will work with Dr. Daniel Gruner on
several projects with theoretical and applied foci: (1) community-level
biological control by natural enemies of the emerald ash borer in
mid-Atlantic states, (2) spatio-temporal drivers of arthropod diversity
on a chronosequence of forested sites in the Hawaiian Islands. The
interdisciplinary nature of this research will provide opportunities for
the postdoc to work with collaborators from the USDA Agricultural
Research Service, the US Forest Service, and the University of
California-Berkeley, among others.
Primary responsibilities will include analysis of existing datasets,
authorship of peer-reviewed articles, communication of findings in
reports and at professional meetings, development of grant proposals,
and management of existing research projects. All data would be
available to the postdoc to develop their own analyses for publication
in peer-reviewed scientific journals consistent with project goals.
Incumbent would work out a postdoctoral research and mentoring plan in
collaboration with Dr. Gruner and partners.
Qualifications: Candidates must have a Ph.D. in biology, ecology,
entomology, forestry or a closely related field, experience and
expertise with ecological models and statistical analyses using R, and
excellent written and verbal communication skills. Preferred candidates
additionally will have some of the following strengths: experience
working with diverse arthropod taxa in the lab and field; experience
with ecological “big data” and with geospatial and computational
methods; demonstrated commitment to reproducible and open science; prior
success in working with teams and an interest in mentoring students; and
a strong track record of peer-reviewed publication.
Application Details: This position is based at the College Park campus
of the University of Maryland <https://www.umd.edu/> and includes
competitive salary (minimum $47,476/yr) and health benefits. This is a
full-time, 12-month, 1-yr position. Reappointment is available for up to
3 years, conditional on satisfactory performance and the availability of
funds. Review of applicants will begin immediately and the position will
remain open until a suitable candidate is identified. All applications
received on or before 10 August 2018 will be guaranteed consideration.
The position will begin after 1 September 2018. Interested candidates
should send (1) an email describing their research interests and
qualifications along with (2) a CV, (3) 1-2 representative publications,
and (4) a list of 3 references to Daniel Gruner (dsgruner[AT]umd.edu). A
single combined PDF file would be ideal.
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Daniel S. Gruner, Associate Professor
Department of Entomology
4112 Plant Sciences Bldg
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 U.S.A.
(o) 301-405-3957 (f) 301-314-9290
[email protected]
http://grunerlab.umd.edu
https://twitter.com/GrunerDaniel
