A research assistant professor (RAP) position is available at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), a new university in Shenzhen, China. The RAP will be working with Associate Professor Luke Gibson in the School of Environmental Science and Engineering. The RAP will study bird migration patterns along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
The research project will focus on how migrating bird species respond to pollution and/or climate change and/or land-use change along different migration routes. Multiple closely related species or multiple populations of the same species will be selected, and will be studied using geolocators and/or ICARUS satellite tags. Funding has already been secured for this project. The RAP will be hired on a 3-year contract and must start by early 2019. Salary is approximately 330,000 RMB (~49,000 USD) per year. The RAP will be living in Shenzhen, the first Special Economic Zone of China immediately across the border from Hong Kong which has been described as the “Silicon Valley of China”. The RAP will have his or her own private office at SUSTech. The quiet and green campus of SUSTech is located in Tanglang, surrounded by fruit plantations, reservoirs, and forested hills. More information is available here: http://primarilyforests.com http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=B-u1rB8AAAAJ http://ese.sustc.edu.cn/en/ http://sustc.edu.cn/show/english.html Applicants must have: 1. a PhD 2. previous field experience surveying birds (e.g., mist-netting, individual marking) 3. strong quantitative and statistical skills 4. at least 2 publications in journals with IF > 4.0 The RAP will be expected to produce multiple high-impact publications during the contract (for a list of target journals, see http://www.primarilyforests.com/target- journals). Please send a cover letter describing a brief research plan, a CV including a full list of publications, and contact information for three references to [email protected]. Application deadline is September 15, 2018. Additionally, I will be attending the IOC meeting in Vancouver, but only for August 21- 23. For those attending the meeting and interested in this position, it might be possible to meet and discuss this opportunity in person.
