[ECOLOG-L] New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Conservation

New Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Conservation Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce a new post-doctoral fellowship program, the Liber Ero Fellowship Program. With funding from Canadian donors, the newly formed Liber Ero Fellowship Program supports exceptional post-doctoral fello

[ECOLOG-L] Energy & Environment REU program, Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University is proud to host a NSF-funded summer Research Experience for Undergraduate program, Operation E-Tank. The goal of this REU program is to create opportunities to engage undergraduates in interdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability concerning the environment, ene

[ECOLOG-L] Field assistant – Amphibian Ecology in Thailand

Position: Full time, seasonal field assistants Duration: Roughly July 1st – Oct 31st, 2013 (exact dates to be determined) Location: Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Northern Thailand Application deadline: March 1st, or until filled Job Description: 3-4 field assistant positions are availa

[ECOLOG-L] NSF DEB Communications Update: Blog Launched

We are pleased to announce the public launch of "DEBrief: Blog of the Division of Environmental Biology, NSF". The blog may be visited here: http://nsfdeb.wordpress.com. We encourage you to visit the blog site and to let others know about this blog. The more people

[ECOLOG-L] Jop opening: Assistant Field Botanst (CA Central Coast)

FROM: CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY DATE: 2/14/2013 CLOSING DATE: UNTIL POSITION IS FILLED APPLICATIONS REVIEWED BEGINNING 2/18/2013 POSITION TITLE: ASSISTANT FIELD BOTANIST The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is seeking a part-time to full-time Assistant Field Botanist for its Rare Pl

Re: [ECOLOG-L] faculty overtime

I suspect most faculty fall into this exempt category. http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17d_professional.pdf Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) This fact sheet provides general information on the exemption from minim

Re: [ECOLOG-L] how we lose good scientists - silence?

Doesn't a requirement that a salaried employee work more than 40 hours (literally or de-facto) violate labor laws? Maybe it's just a matter of a greater need for law enforcement, accountability and transparency? On 2/14/2013 3:08 PM, Judith S. Weis wrote: It should be strongly recommended t

Re: [ECOLOG-L] how we lose good scientists - silence?

Bjorn, I agree with a lot of this and, as usual, would take it a bit farther: I like your idea of some sort of public forum of scoring elements of academia, particularly for grad students and postdocs to use. However, I would allow the scoring of individual labs/faculty/facility (this already

Re: [ECOLOG-L] how we lose good scientists - silence?

Thanks for sharing your story, but I worry now that some out there are misunderstanding the original issue or taking Kevin's experiences as trivial. As mentioned most people have good academic mentoring experiences, but according to Kevin's blog on DSN not everyone does. The blog is long but

[ECOLOG-L] Summer internships in forest ecosystem ecology

Undergraduates seeking research experience in forest ecology are invited to apply for an expense-paid summer internship at Bartlett, Jeffers Brook, and Hubbard Brook Experimental Forests, New Hampshire. About the Project: Multiple Element Limitation in Northern Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE) is an

Re: [ECOLOG-L] how we lose good scientists - silence?

It should be strongly recommended to all grad school applicants to learn about their potential advisors ahead of time by talking to grad students in that lab and in other labs. That way you can find out about the person's attitudes towards grad students having a life, having a family etc. and wheth

Re: [ECOLOG-L] how we lose good scientists - silence?

OK, after a couple of days of thought, I'll take up the gauntlet. Academia is extremely competitive. That's because there are a lot of really smart people out there who want to do this work and not a lot of positions available for them. That's a fact we can't get around. If you want to survive

[ECOLOG-L] ISEM Best Young Researcher Paper Prize

*ANNOUNCING:*** ** *INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ECOLOGICAL MODELLING* *3^rd biennial * *BEST YOUNG RESEARCHER PAPER PRIZE* ** *WIN* *REGISTRATION and $1500 for travel expenses* to attend the upcoming ISEM meeting in Toulouse, France. Plus you'll have a speaking slot to present your paper.

[ECOLOG-L] MBL Job Posting

Position: Summer Field Assistant - TIDE Date: February 14, 2013 Position Summary: A temporary Summer Field Assistant position is available for the Ecosystems Center TIDE project from May – September. Additional Information: Duties include participating

[ECOLOG-L] Teaching Assistant needed for field course in WI/MI

Teaching Assistant needed for 10-week summer course at the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC) in northern Wisconsin and the Michigan Upper Peninsula. This undergraduate course, Practicum in Environmental Field Biology, runs from May 20 – July 26, 2013. The course inclu

[ECOLOG-L] MBL Job Posting

Position: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) - PIE LTER Date: February 14, 2013 Position Summary: The MBL Ecosystems Center is seeking undergraduate applicants for summer research fellowships (REU) in watershed and estuarine ecosystems in Massachusetts. Fellowshi

Re: [ECOLOG-L] statistical advice on quantile regressions etc.

Mikaela - The package quantreg in R is a great resource for conducting quantile regression. Also, Brian Cade with USGS in Ft. Collins, CO has published some papers dealing with quantile regression of ecological data. I've linked to his USGS page below. You can scroll through the publications

[ECOLOG-L] FINAL Call for Abstracts 2013 FLEPPC /SE-EPPC Joint Annual Symposium

FINAL Call for Abstracts DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15th 2013 We invite abstract submissions for contributed oral or poster presentations at the 2013 the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council / Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council's Joint Annual Conference registration is now open! This year’s theme is Plan

[ECOLOG-L] MBL Summer RA Wanted-TIDE Project Plum Island, MA

The TIDE project is looking for a Summer research assistant to help manage field operations. The TIDE Project is an NSF-funded research project in the Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts. The overarching goal of this project is to understand how nutrient enrichment from upland watersheds and al

[ECOLOG-L] teaching in ecology

Dear ecologgers & those involved with higher education in ecology, Please take a few moments to fill out this survey on teaching in ecology. I am interested in assessing the current practices and opinions of ecological education. Hopefully the information gathered will also help direct efforts in