[ECOLOG-L] call for abstracts extended - Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council - Society for Ecological Restoration joint conference

[Norris Muth]

Juniata College is hosting a joint meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant 
Council
and the Society for Ecological Restoration - Mid–Atlantic Region August 1 & 2.
Attached is a call for abstracts (posters and talks). Abstract submissions have 
been
extended to June 12. Details about abstract submission can be found here: 
http://www.maipc.org/call-for-abstracts-2017/

Please feel free to share this announcement and to get in touch with me if you 
have
any questions. (m...@juniata.edu)

Norris Muth
Juniata College
treasurer, MAIPC

[ECOLOG-L] Acorn Woodpecker Field Assistant Position 15-Aug 2017 - 01-April 2018

[Sahas Barve]

Acorn Woodpecker Field Assistant
 
Employer: Walters Lab, Old Dominion University
 
Location: Carmel Valley, California
 
Description: Two (2) field assistants are needed for ongoing long-term
studies of the behavioral ecology of the cooperatively breeding Acorn
Woodpecker at the Hastings Reserve in upper Carmel Valley, California. We
have studied the behavioral ecology of color-banded Acorn Woodpeckers for
nearly 50 years at this site, making this one of the longest running
vertebrate studies in the world. The research focuses on both ecological and
evolutionary factors involved in the evolution of cooperative breeding, and
includes using automated radio-telemetry techniques to track cryptic movement.

Assistants will participate in monitoring group composition via color-band
resighting, documenting feeding (for any nests) and roosting behavior, and
assist in woodpecker capture and experimental manipulations. Some portions
of field work may require the ability to drive an off road vehicle or truck.
The experience is designed to be one of total immersion, six days per week,
and provides the necessary training needed for those interested in applying
to graduate school.
 
Compensation: $600/month and on-site shared housing.
 
Duration: 15 August 2017 to 01 April 2018.
 
Qualifications: This job requires frequent strenuous physical activity;
applicants must be avid hikers who are comfortable hiking up and down hills
with equipment such as spotting scopes and blinds. Prior experience with
birds (especially the ability to read color bands) is desirable but not
required. Self-motivation, enthusiasm for the research questions, a
willingness to sit in a blind for up to 3 hours per session (in hot weather
with lots of annoying face flies), and an ability to tackle the rigors of
field work are a must. We especially encourage those applicants that plan to
attend graduate school in the near future and who are interested in
conducting an independent study during their tenure at Hastings. The reserve
is remote (about an hour from the nearest town), and therefore a good
attitude towards shared field housing situations is necessary, and having a
vehicle is highly desirable.
 
Interested applicants should submit a CV with an appropriate cover letter
and the names/affiliations of three academic references
to sahasba...@gmail.com. Please use "ACWO Field Assistant position" as the
subject of your email. More information on the project can be found at
www.ericlwalters.org

PLEASE NOTE: Field assistant positions are only available to citizens or
permanent residents of the United States or its possessions. No exceptions
can be made.
 
Contact: Sahas Barve, sahasba...@gmail.com; Subject: ACWO Field Assistant
position.

[ECOLOG-L] Early Bird Registration Now Open for the 2017 AASHE Conference & Expo

[Daita Serghi]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that early bird registration for the 2017 AASHE 
Conference & Expo  is now open!

This is a vital time for the sustainability movement. Recent actions by the 
Trump administration have left many groups on campus and beyond feeling 
insecure and concerned for their future. With a theme of “Stronger in 
Solidarity,” attendees will come together to discuss how the higher education 
sustainability community can break down walls, build bridges and continue to 
make progress toward a healthy and equitable future for all.

Join us Oct. 15 - 18 in San Antonio, Texas for an inspirational exploration of 
the value of community, the power of empathy and the importance of diversity.

Register  by May 
31 to take advantage of early bird rates! Prices increase on June 1. Register 
early to get best pricing and use up your fiscal year funds.

More than 2,000 attendees will take part in a variety of informative workshops, 
inspirational sessions and tours, as well as an expo hall with innovative 
products & services from more than 90 exhibitors. This is your opportunity to 
share new ideas, strategies and tactics on how we can take campus 
sustainability initiatives to the surrounding community and beyond!

Please send questions to confere...@aashe.org .

I look forward to seeing you this fall.

Sincerely,

Daita

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[ECOLOG-L] Announcing the 2016 Murray F. Buell and E. Lucy Braun Student Award winners

[Liza Lester]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, 22 May 2017
Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, lles...@esa.org

Awards recognize students for outstanding research presented at the 
2016 Annual Meeting

Read a photo enriched version of this release online: 
http://www.esa.org/esa/2017-buell-braun-student-awards/

The Ecological Society of America recognizes Michael J.M. McTavish and Julienne 
E. NeSmith for outstanding student research presentations at the 101st Annual 
Meeting of the Society in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in August 2016. ESA will 
present the awards during the 2017 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon. The 
awards ceremony will take place on Monday, August 7, at 8 AM in the Oregon 
Ballroom at the Oregon Convention Center.

Murray F. Buell had a long and distinguished record of service and 
accomplishment in the Ecological Society of America. Among other things, he 
ascribed great importance to the participation of students in meetings and to 
excellence in the presentation of papers. To honor his selfless dedication to 
the younger generation of ecologists, the Murray F. Buell Award for Excellence 
in Ecology is given to a student for the outstanding oral paper presented at 
the ESA Annual Meeting. 
Lucy Braun, an eminent plant ecologist and one of the charter members of the 
Society, studied and mapped the deciduous forest regions of eastern North 
America and described them in her classic book, The Deciduous Forests of 
Eastern North America. To honor her, the E. Lucy Braun Award for Excellence in 
Ecology is given to a student for the outstanding poster presentation at the 
ESA Annual Meeting. Papers and posters are judged on the significance of ideas, 
creativity, quality of methodology, validity of conclusions drawn from results, 
and clarity of presentation. 

Award panel members honored Michael J.M. McTavish with the Buell Award for his 
presentation "Selective granivory of exotic earthworms within commercial grass 
seed mixes: Implications for seeding-based restoration in invaded ecosystems." 
McTavish is a doctoral candidate working with Professor Stephen D. Murphy in 
the School of Environment, Resources & Sustainability at the University of 
Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

The invasion of earthworms into previously earthworm-free soils is instigating 
sweeping change in the ecosystems of eastern North America. This has brought 
interest in the earthworms' appetite for seeds and how they may impact 
ecological restoration projects that add seeds to soil. McTavish investigated 
the characteristics of commercial grass seeds favored by the exotic earthworm 
Lumbricus terrestris. He observed how earthworm activity affected the biomass 
of different types of grass in outdoor, enclosed experiments called mesocosms, 
which simulate natural environments under controlled conditions.  He found that 
earthworms preferred smaller seeds that had been coated to increase water 
uptake, resulting in decreased grass biomass in mesocosms planted with coated 
seeds. The judges felt that McTavish showed excellence in presenting and 
answering his experimental questions, particularly praising his distribution of 
text and pictures. His experimental results formed a comprehensive and 
important story.

Panel members honored Julienne E. NeSmith with the Braun Award for her poster 
"Interactive effects of soil moisture and plant invasion on pine tree 
survival." NeSmith is a graduate student working with Associate Professor of 
Agronomy S. Luke Flory in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at 
the University of Florida in Gainesville.

NeSmith investigated the separate and combined effects of drought and exotic 
grass invasion on the survival of native loblolly (Pinus tied) and slash (Pinus 
elliottii) pine in central Florida by manipulating environmental conditions in 
experimental garden plots. Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) is an aggressively 
invasive, highly flammable perennial grass which arrived in the southeastern 
United States in the early twentieth century. Drought and cogongrass invasion 
each separately decreased survival of both pine species, but invasion only 
exacerbated the effects of drought on the survival of loblolly pine. The 
presence of cogongrass offset the effects of drought on slash pine survival in 
the experimental garden plots. NeSmith attributed the greater survival of slash 
pine under drought conditions to higher soil moisture and humidity in invaded 
plots than non-invaded plots. Judges recognized NeSmith's ability to explain 
the experimental details and the management implications of her results and 
enjoyed her enthusiasm for the project.

2017 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon

Environmental scientists from 50 U.S. states, U. S. territories, and countries 
around the world will converge on Portland, Oregon this August for the 102nd 
Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Five thousand attendees 
are expected to gather for nearly four thousand 

[ECOLOG-L] Symposium on Amphibian Conservation: July 15

[Julia Earl]

Announcing a Symposium on "The Science, Management, and Policy of Amphibian
Conservation: Extending the Legacy of Ray Semlitsch"


Symposium will take place at the Joint Meetings of Ichthyology and
Herpetology in Austin, TX on Saturday, July 15, 2017 and include talks about
cutting edge research, a panel discussion, and a poster session on Amphibian
Conservation.  Meeting registration can be found here
http://conferences.k-state.edu/JMIH-Austin-2017/registration/attendees/ 
Questions should be addressed to Julia E. Earl, julia.e...@okstate.edu.

[ECOLOG-L] seeking white pine and common buckthorn leaf litter for decomposition experiment

[Meghan Midgley]

Greetings, ecologers. 

I'm working with a Masters student on a decomposition experiment this 
summer, and we're seeking dried, senesced leaf litter from two species: 
white pine (Pinus strobus) and common buckthorn (Rhahmnus cathartica). 
We're looking for 50 grams of each litter type. If you have a supply of 
either species that you're willing to share and mail (I'll pay for 
shipping), please contact me, Meghan Midgley, off list at 
mmidg...@mortonarb.org. We're aiming to initiate the experiment the first 
week of July.

Thanks!
-Meghan

[ECOLOG-L] Nature view on weakness of current publishing trends and the impact on reviewing

[David Duffy]

"Overly broad claims push the peer-review system past its limit. Although I
am a seasoned reviewer, I find it difficult to wade through the increasing
amount of data in papers, and often encounter material where I am not an
expert. If this trend continues, it will be necessary to take
mini-sabbaticals to review papers. Editors might successfully gather
reviewers with complementary backgrounds to examine such broad papers, but
they do so at the expense of having multiple experts scrutinize the same
experiments. And I worry that the supplemental section, which reviewers
tend to inspect less thoroughly, can be used to bury weak data."


http://www.nature.com/news/publish-houses-of-brick-not-mansions-of-straw-1.22029?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20170525=54132792=MzUwNzYwMDk5OTgS1=1164061838=MTE2NDA2MTgzOAS2

-- 
David Duffy
戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi)
Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit/Makamakaʻāinana
Botany
University of Hawaii/*Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi*
3190 Maile Way
Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA
1-808-956-8218

[ECOLOG-L] Last chance to Apply for SESYNC's Bayesian Modeling Course

[Emily Cassidy]

Bayesian Modeling for Socio-Environmental Data

The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) will host a nine-day 
short course August 15 - 25, 2017 covering basic principles of using Bayesian 
models to gain insight from data. The goals of the course are to:

  *   Provide a principles-based understanding of Bayesian methods needed to 
train students, evaluate papers and proposals, and solve research problems.
  *   Communicate the statistical concepts and vocabulary needed to foster 
collaboration between ecologists, social scientists, and statisticians.
  *   Provide the conceptual foundations and quantitative confidence needed for 
self-teaching modern analytical methods.
All participants must be proficient users of R and be able to bring a laptop to 
each class meeting.

Apply for this short course by May 26 (FRIDAY!) on SESYNC's webpage: 
sesync.us/bayes

Emily S. Cassidy
Science Communications Coordinator
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
University of Maryland
Email: ecass...@sesync.org
Phone: 410-919-4990

[ECOLOG-L] Research technician position in plant community ecology

[Nathan Kraft]

The Kraft Lab at UCLA seeks a full-time research technician in plant ecology to 
join our research 
group. The primary focus of this position will be assisting in ongoing field 
studies in annual 
plants aimed at linking functional trait variation to species coexistence at 
local and landscape 
scales. Much of this work is conducted at the Sedgwick Reserve near Santa 
Barbara, CA and 
the technician would be expected to spend multi-day stretches of time working 
at the reserve 
with members of the lab and staying in on-site researcher housing during busy 
times of the year. 
We seek someone who is detail oriented, reliable, and enthusiastic about 
working with a diverse 
group of annual plants in a beautiful but rustic field setting. This is an 
ideal position for a recent 
college graduate seeking to gain research experience before applying to 
graduate school. A 
background in plant ecology, field botany, or related fields is highly 
desirable. More details about 
the lab can be found here: http://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/eeb-kraft/. The ideal 
start date is late summer 
2017, though exact date is negotiable. Pay will be commensurate with 
experience, position provides 
health benefits. 

To apply, please send a CV, a letter of interest, and the names and contact 
details of at least two 
references to Nathan Kraft (nkr...@ucla.edu) with the subject heading of 
“research technician 
application”. Review of applications will begin in early June and continue 
until the position is filled. 

__
Nathan Kraft
Associate Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
621 Charles E. Young Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90095
tel: (310) 825-3593
http://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/eeb-kraft/

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Scholarship- Wetland Microbial Ecology/Biogeochemistry- Australia

[Stacey Trevathan-Tackett]

**Please read below for criteria and application requirements**
PhD position to study the microbiology and greenhouse gas dynamics of inland 
wetlands

Background:  Wetlands are among earth's most efficient ecosystems for carbon 
sequestration, but can also emit potent greenhouse gases depending on how they 
are managed. The overall objective of this industry-based research project is 
to devise ways to maximise carbon sequestration by inland wetlands and minimise 
release of greenhouse gases.  Specifically, this project will: 1) trial new 
techniques for monitoring wetland carbon sequestration based on protocols 
recently proposed by the Blue Carbon Lab; and 2) quantify and constrain 
seasonal and diel rates of methane and carbon dioxide emissions from inland 
wetlands while simultaneously identifying key microbial communities and genes 
involved in wetland carbon metabolism. This project will represent a major 
advance in our understanding of carbon fluxes from Australian floodplain 
freshwater wetlands. The project will enhance our capacity for accurate 
national carbon budgets and greenhouse gas accounting and build upon 
Australia's fundamental knowledge base and international research profile 
regarding wetland carbon sequestration dynamics.

Project partners: Deakin University and Murray Local Land Services

Value: AUD$26,681 per annum plus project costs. Other benefits see: 
http://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/scholarships/find-a-scholarship/australian-postgraduate-awards-apa-and-deakin-university-postgraduate-research-scholarships-duprs

Research environment: Deakin ranks in the top 3% of universities globally and 
is Australia's eighth largest university. Deakin's Blue Carbon Lab (BCL, 
bluecarbonlab.org) is emerging as a leading group in global efforts to 
establish science that underpins practical efforts to offset carbon emissions 
with blue carbon ecosystems, which includes wetlands. BCL's members include 
specialists in ecology, spatial analysis, microbiology, soil science, 
chemistry, and modelling. The project will provide an opportunity for a PhD 
student to receive valuable research training from leading scientists within 
Deakin, its collaborators (e.g. Southern Cross University), and resource 
managers at Murray Local Land Services.

Supervisory team: The supervisory team consists of Dr Peter Macreadie (Deakin 
University, Head of Blue Carbon Lab) as the Principal Supervisor, Dr Paul 
Carnell (Deakin University, Postdoctoral Fellow) as Associate Supervisor, and 
Dr Trish Bowen as Industry Supervisor.

Closing date: The position will remain open until filled. A first assessment of 
applications will be contacted in June 2017.

Citizenship: This position is open to domestic and international applicants.

Selection criteria:
1.A first class Honours or Masters degree with experience in 
environmental microbiology.
2.A proven track record of academic excellence. Applicants with 
first-authored publications in quality journals will score highly.
3.Experience in collecting field data and capacity to undertake 
independent fieldwork.
4.Capacity to implement research in collaboration with a range of 
stakeholders (government agencies, private landholders, conservation groups 
etc.).
5.Strong English written communication skills including the 
capacity to write research results into scientific papers.

Special requirements: Manual drivers licence

To apply: Email the following information to i...@bluecarbonlab.org:
1.A letter (2 pages max)
a.Addressing each of the selection criteria
b.A summary of your research experience
c. Your reasons for wanting to do a PhD
d.Information on how your skills will be relevant to the project
2.A copy of your academic transcript
3.An example of your written work as lead author (e.g. paper, 
manuscript, thesis)


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[ECOLOG-L] Assistant Professor Position (Non-Tenure Track) in GIS

[Jason Pither]

The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences at the University of British 
Columbia, 
Okanagan Campus, invites applications for a 12-month term appointment in 
Geographic 
Information Science (GIS) at the rank of Assistant Professor. The position is 
renewable 
for up to three years maximum, subject to performance review and budgetary 
approval. 
The position will be held in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and 
Geographic 
Sciences and is expected to start August 1, 2017. 

Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Physical Geography, Earth Sciences, 
Environmental 
Sciences, or a related discipline. We are seeking candidates with expertise in 
geographic data science and data visualization who use advanced computational 
approaches to conduct fundamental or applied research in Earth and/or 
Environmental 
Sciences. Applicants must provide proof of commitment to publishing in 
high-quality 
peer-reviewed journals, demonstrate success in securing external research 
grants or 
evidence of ability to do so, and have experience teaching at the undergraduate 
level. 

The successful applicant will teach a maximum of three GIS courses per year, 
with 
responsibility for delivery of the laboratory component of courses, as 
appropriate. This 
individual will also be expected to assist with curriculum and program 
development, 
leading to expanded offerings in geospatial science, and will be encouraged and 
supported to develop a program of research, including co-supervision of 
graduate and 
B.Sc.(Hon.) students. 

The Department offers B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Earth and 
Environmental 
Sciences (EESC), and a B.Sc. in Freshwater Sciences (FWSC), and also 
contributes to a 
B.A. degree in Geography administered by the Department of Community, Culture 
and 
Global Studies. Graduate students may also enrol in the UBC Interdisciplinary 
Graduate 
Studies (IGS) program for M.A., M.Sc. or Ph.D. degrees, with supervision 
provided by 
faculty in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences. 

UBC is one of the world's leading universities, and is consistently ranked in 
the top 40 
globally. The university has two autonomous campuses, one in Vancouver and one 
in 
Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley. The Okanagan campus has over 8,000 students in 
seven Faculties and is located in one of the most scenic regions in Canada, 
offering an 
intimate learning environment and excellent opportunities for regional, 
national, and 
international scholarly activities. 

The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences offers both discipline-based 
and 
interdisciplinary programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The 
collegial 
learning environment in the Faculty focuses on effective teaching, critical and 
creative 
scholarship, and the integration of scholarship and teaching. We are committed 
to an 
ethos of local involvement, global engagement, and intercultural awareness and 
we 
provide a positive, inclusive, and mutually supportive working and learning 
environment 
for all our students, faculty, and staff. 

More information about the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Science is 
available at: 
http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/ikbarberschool/welcome.html. 

For information about UBC resources and opportunities, please visit 
http://www.hr.ubc.ca/faculty-staff-resources/
 
Information about the surrounding community can be found at: 
http://www.hr.ubc.ca/workliferelocation/ 
Queries about the position should be directed to the Department Head, Dr. 
Edward 
Hornibrook (ed.hornibr...@ubc.ca). 

How to Apply 
To apply for this position, please visit the link: http://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-
postings/faculty.php (Job Opening ID# 26387) 

Complete applications should include: 
i) a cover letter; 
ii) a curriculum vitae; 
iii) a 2-page research statement; 
iv) a 2-page statement of teaching philosophy; 
v) evidence of teaching effectiveness if available (e.g., recent teaching 
evaluations); 
and 
vi) the names of three referees who have agreed to submit letters of support 
when 
requested. Letters of support will be sought only for applicants who are 
short-listed 
for the position.  

All documents must be submitted in electronic PDF format as single continuous 
document. 

The deadline for applications is June 8, 2017. All appointments are subject to 
budgetary 
approval. 

UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. All 
qualified 
persons are encouraged to apply. We especially welcome applications from 
members 
of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with 
disabilities, 
persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with 
the skills 
and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. Government 
regulations require that Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be 
given 
priority.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Nature view on weakness of current publishing trends and the impact on reviewing

[Malcolm McCallum]

the increasingly multidisciplinary nature of many areas of biology are
causing this.  interdisciplinary studies were always supposed to be done by
multidisciplinary groups of individuals each doing their part in the
grander project.  with the increasing numbers of people who are trained in
multidiscplinary fields (e.g. environental science, bioinformatics, etc.),
many studies that once were done my multiple people can be done by one or
two.  The idea that huge datasets are a hinderance or mansions of straw is
certainly at the fringe of statistical and scientific thought.  I do,
however, feel the attempt to make a paper the "whole story" slows science.
IT is this desire that creates the scenario you had to wade through.  When
everyone is trying to publish the coplete story, some of those people die,
change jobs, get furlowed, and piles of publishable work goes unpublished
as a result.  It would be better in my opinion, if people published each
experiment as it was completed.  then, followed up the series of
experiments with a capstone review article that pulled together all those
miscellany.  This way, findings would not be lost due to the whims of life
and time that frequently become hazards for scientists in all fields.
 science moves faster when publishing is regular.  Imagine if Darwin had
published each of those observations one after another, then released his
book bringing it all together.  He might not have had to share the
limelight with the father of biogeography!

progress is difficult for everyone, and the extreme changes in data
quantity and analysis undoubtedly mirror what happened with the
introduction of genetics in the 1960s and the proliferation of molecular
methods.  I suspect that those early biologists reviewing papers with new
complicated molecular methods and ideas found themselves in much the say
quagmire you relate with the data.  In the end, molecular biology proved to
be a revolution that answered a multitude of questions and revealed things
we could never have imagined prior.  The big data problems are doing this
same kind of thing, often with genetic data, but also with piles of
environmental data that previously could not have been analyzed due to its
formidable size.

I really do think these new developments are good things, even though many
of us find the quantity of data and analyses formidable.

However, I am pretty biased in my views here because I have been working
with internet query data that is pretty voluminous, biodiversity and
paleontological calculations, and am just starting a five-year research
collaboration in environmental genomics. not quite the data volumes others
work with, but it sure is a lot of data!
:)

Malcolm

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 1:38 PM, David Duffy  wrote:

> "Overly broad claims push the peer-review system past its limit. Although
> I am a seasoned reviewer, I find it difficult to wade through the
> increasing amount of data in papers, and often encounter material where I
> am not an expert. If this trend continues, it will be necessary to take
> mini-sabbaticals to review papers. Editors might successfully gather
> reviewers with complementary backgrounds to examine such broad papers, but
> they do so at the expense of having multiple experts scrutinize the same
> experiments. And I worry that the supplemental section, which reviewers
> tend to inspect less thoroughly, can be used to bury weak data."
>
>
> http://www.nature.com/news/publish-houses-of-brick-not-
> mansions-of-straw-1.22029?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20170525&
> spMailingID=54132792=MzUwNzYwMDk5OTgS1=
> 1164061838=MTE2NDA2MTgzOAS2
>
> --
> David Duffy
> 戴大偉 (Dài Dàwěi)
> Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit/Makamakaʻāinana
> Botany
> University of Hawaii/*Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi*
> 3190 Maile Way
> Honolulu Hawaii 96822 USA
> 1-808-956-8218
>



-- 
Malcolm L. McCallum
Aquaculture and Water Quality Research Scientist
School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Langston University
Langston, Oklahoma


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[ECOLOG-L] UC Berkeley recruitment: LECTURER – ENERGY AND RES OURCES GROUP

[Megan Amaral]

LECTURER – ENERGY AND RESOURCES GROUP (SUMMER SESSIONS INCLUDED)

RECRUITMENT PERIOD
Open April 18, 2017 through April 16, 2018

DESCRIPTION
The Energy and Resources Group (ERG) at UC Berkeley invites applications
for a pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach courses in the areas
of energy and resources from a wide variety of disciplines. ERG has a long
and distinguished history of interdisciplinary research and teaching for a
sustainable environment and an equitable society. Further information about
ERG and courses taught can be found at http://erg.berkeley.edu.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed for Energy and Resources Group
needs, through April 16, 2018. We typically review applications for summer
course needs December to April, fall course needs in April and May, and in
October and November for spring course needs. If you wish to remain in the
pool after April 16, 2018 you will need to reapply. Appointments are part-
time and may be renewable based on need, funding, and performance.

General Duties: In addition to teaching responsibilities, general duties
include holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students,
preparing course materials (e.g., syllabus), and maintaining a course
website.

Basic Qualifications: The basic qualification for this position is the
completion of all Ph.D. or equivalent degree requirements, except the
dissertation, at the time of application. Additional Qualifications: A
Ph.D., or equivalent degree, is required by the date of hire.

Salary: commensurate with experience

REQUIREMENTS
DOCUMENTS
Cover Letter Curriculum Vitae
Statement of Research (optional) Statement of Teaching (optional)
Statement of Contributions to Diversity (optional) - Statement addressing
past and/or potential contributions to diversity through research,
teaching, and/or service.

REFERENCES
3 references required (Contact information only. Letters of reference will
only be solicited for finalists.)

To apply, please go to the following link:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01335. All letters will be treated
as confidential per University of California policy and California state
law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided
via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC
Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html)
prior to submitting their letters.

Please direct questions to Megan Amaral, meg...@berkeley.edu.

ERG welcomes candidates who will bring to their research or teaching a
perspective that comes from a non-traditional educational background or
understanding of the experiences of those underrepresented in higher
education. UC Berkeley has an excellent benefits package and a number of
policies and programs in place to support employees as they balance work
and family.

We encourage applications from individuals who will contribute to diversity
in higher education. The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
disability, age or protected veteran status.
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative
action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscriminationAffirmAct.

-- 
Megan Amaral
Manager
*Energy and Resources Group*
310 Barrows Hall #3050
University of California, Berkeley 94720
http://erg.berkeley.edu
+1.510.642.1760

[ECOLOG-L] Master's Assistantship - Forest Soil Ecology

[Zakiya Leggett]

An awesome opportunity exists for a student interested in a Master's degree
in Forestry and Environmental Resources within the College of Natural
Resources at NC State University. The successful candidate would focus on a
project evaluating the effects of coarse woody debris and forest floor
removal on soil processes and aboveground productivity. The position is
fully funded with opportunities to work with a forest industry partner. For
more information about this position please contact Dr. Zakiya Leggett,
zakiya_legg...@ncsu.edu   and to apply
please email CV and transcripts (unofficial).

 

Minimum qualifications for this position include a B.S. degree in soil
science, forestry, environmental science, ecology, or a related discipline. 

 

More information about NC State University can be found at www.ncsu.edu
   

 

 

Zakiya H. Leggett, Ph.D.

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Environmental Resources

North Carolina State University

zakiya_legg...@ncsu.edu  

https://faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu/zakiyaleggett/