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 manage a major project examining forest community assembly patterns across Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
The research project will focus on how logging and/or fragmentation affect different taxonomic groups and their functions in tropical forests. Multiple sites in Asia, Africa, and the Americas will be selected, and surveys will focus on wood-boring beetles, sap-sucking bugs, woodpeckers, cavity nesting birds, and possibly more. 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 spend most time at the different research sites, hiring, training, and managing research assistants at each site. The RAP will spend part of the time (4-6 months per year) in Shenzhen. Shenzhen is 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 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 experience managing a field project in a tropical country 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.
