The Conservation Solutions Lab at the University of Northern British Columbia seeks a postdoctoral fellow for a NASA funded project mapping change in Human Footprint and Forest Integrity over time, and linking this change to biodiversity trends.
The project team involves investigators from University of Northern British Columbia (Oscar Venter), Wildlife Conservation Society (James Watson), Montana State University (Andrew Hansen), Arizona State University (Scott Goetz and Patrick Jantz, NASA (Cindy Schmidt) and the United Nations Development Program (Jamison Ervin). The results of this project will inform progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in three partner countries (Columbia, Peru, Ecuador). The postdoc will join the Conservation Solutions Lab for three years, contributing to the project by updating and downscaling the global human footprint map (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/human-footprint-map-ecological-impact/) with the latest and regional datasets, as well as investigating empirical links between biodiversity trends and measures of the Human Footprint and forest integrity. Lots of opportunities will be available for additional projects on related topics, as well as supervising graduate students with overlapping interests. Ideal candidates will have a passion for biodiversity conservation and a desire to contribute to real world conservation outcomes, as well as enjoy working as part of a team in a collaborative setting. In addition to a background in the ecological sciences, the successful candidate will have some combination of skills in: computer science, programming, statistics and R, working with big data, high level GIS. Position details: Salary is $55K CND/year, term is 3 years, based in Prince George BC, Canada. To apply, email a cover letter, CV, and contact details for three references in a single pdf file to Dr. Oscar Venter at oscar.venter@ unbc. ca. For questions, contact Dr Venter. Review of applications will begin Dec 1st 2018, and will continue until the position is filled. Keen applicants will first review our recent work here: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=Ih5f79MAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate And can check out our current people here: http://oscarventer.net/people/
