Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

Hello Kay, My first job out of grad school (ecology and evolution) was advising biology majors at a large public university. The vast majority were pre-med or otherwise health focused. They had a requirement to take at least one ecology course, and for those that were focused on health careers,

[ECOLOG-L] AASHE webinar: Biodiversity-friendly campuses

Dear All, Please join us for the third webinar of the year, next Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET. Speakers of "Biodiversity-friendly campuses" will explore different approaches to creating naturalized areas to protect and increase the local biodiversity including using long grasses,

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

Create an innovative and highly engaging course that combines the two disciplines and then get support from an existing degree program at your institution. Once it is approved by the curriculum committee, promote it widely. After a couple of years, make it available online through your

[ECOLOG-L] Volunteer Environmental Coordinator in Somaliland

Hello ECOLOG community! Candlelight for Environment, Education, and Health, a local Somaliland nonprofit is looking for a volunteer environmental coordinator to help expand our environment program! *About:* We are a non-profit organization based in Somaliland. We strive to bring about positive

[ECOLOG-L] Ecology Field Research Interns

Positions Available: Ecology Field Research Interns B4Warmed Overview: Northern Minnesota is a focal point of potential climate warming impacts bec because it sits at the transition between boreal and temperate forest bio biomes. B4WARMED (Boreal Forest Warming at an Ecotone in Danger) is a uni

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

One idea for engaging students who are more medically oriented is to leverage current events. If you can flex enough in your class, you can "ride the waves" of current events to good effect in most semesters. Sadly enough, there are enough ongoing crises with Ecological underpinnings that

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

I tried to address your point in an editorial I wrote in Science a few months ago, mentioning "Early ecologists who thought about principles governing plant and animal communities never imagined that their ideas would provide the foundation for understanding the human microbiome, affecting

[ECOLOG-L] TAships at U. Nevada Reno: geography, ecology, and more...

The Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno (http://www.unr.edu/geography) invites applications for Masters and PhD degree programs and teaching assistantships beginning in Fall 2016. Teaching assistantships include a competitive stipend, tuition remission, and health and

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Special Issue: "Land and Food Policy"

Hi Ecologers. After passing long this note it has been suggested by some colleagues not to submit articles to journals published by MDPI. They directed me to the following reviews, which question MDPI's business practices.

[ECOLOG-L] Seeking Mentors for Early Career Mentoring Program, ESA 2016

The Early Career Ecologist Section is now accepting nominations mentors to potentially work 1-on-1 with early career mentees in the Early Career Mentoring Program to take place during the ESA 2016 Annual Meeting. If you are interested and excited about mentoring, please consider volunteering!

[ECOLOG-L] 3 postdoc positions in ecology/ biodiversity research

These positions are advertised within the framework of the BMBF-funded project “Bridging in Biodiversity Science” (BIBS), a joint project at the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB; www.bbib.org), more details on which can be found online at

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

Hi Kay, We have requirements for several categories of courses. Two options for Genetics, several for organismal, for example, and 4 courses that meet the population, evolution requirement. Ecology is one of the latter. The students have a choice of Ecology, Evolution, Natural History of the

[ECOLOG-L] Accepting Applications for Early Career Mentoring Program, ESA 2016

The Early Career Ecologist Section is now accepting applications for the Early Career Mentoring Program to take place during the ESA 2016 Annual Meeting. If you are an advanced graduate student or within 3 years post-grad, please consider applying! More information below and on our website:

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

If the question is “how do we get more students to see ecology as an interesting career path” rather than “how to we get premeds to take ecology classes”, the key seems to be to expose them to interesting uses of ecology and interesting ecological careers as early as possible. In most schools,

[ECOLOG-L] Registration now open for MEEC 2016

Dear colleagues, MEEC 2016 will be held at Miami University in Oxford, OH on March 19-20. Registration and abstract submission for the conference are now open and can be completed here . Please note that you must fill out two forms in order for your registration

[ECOLOG-L] Job opening: Research Assistant Professor (ecohydrological modeler)

Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research Program (Jornada LTER) at New Mexico State University (NMSU) is hiring a Research Assistant Professor as an ecohydrological modeler. Jornada LTER (http://jornada.nmsu.edu/lter) is an interdisciplinary team of investigators from seven major

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

Having taught an Ecology lab that was the companion to an Ecology lecture for majors and non-majors, I can tell you that the two most engaging things we did were: 1) undertook multiple field trips to learn about different habitats - I have found that most undergrads have rarely been on such trips

[ECOLOG-L] summer job: crew leader Biological Science Technician (Forest Ecology)

Summer Employment Opportunity! Come backpacking in the Southern Sierra! Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station (USGS) is currently searching for interested applicants for a summer crew leader Biological Science Technician (Forest Ecology) position. Pay: GG-6 (approx. $17.26/hour) Location:

[ECOLOG-L] PhD OPPORTUNITY: nitrogen cycling in Australian forest under elevated CO2

The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) is one of four institutes within Western Sydney University. HIE is a research leader in ecosystem function and environmental responses to changing climate. HIE holds a unique suite of world-class research facilities and houses a team of over

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc Ecological Modelling at IGB Berlin, Germany

The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) is part of the Forschungsverbund Berlin (FVB) and the German Leibniz Association. IGB and its partners in the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute for Advanced Biodiversity Research have formed a consortium to implement a major

[ECOLOG-L] PhD positions on Global Biogeochemical Cycles in Jena, Germany

Dear all, The IMPRS for Global Biogeochemical Cycles offers open PhD positions in Jena, Germany. We are looking for well-motivated and highly-qualified students from all countries. Please see further information on the webpage. Online application will be possible until March 4, 2016. We would

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc Molecular Ecology/Bioinformatics at IGB Berlin, Germany

The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) is part of the Forschungsverbund Berlin (FVB) and the German Leibniz Association. IGB and its partners in the Berlin-Brandenburg Institute for Advanced Biodiversity Research have formed a consortium to implement a major new

[ECOLOG-L] MS and PhD opportunities in ecology at Wright State

I am seeking one MS student and one PhD student to join my laboratory in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wright State University. The general research focus of my lab is anthropogenic impacts on biogeochemical cycling at the aquatic-terrestrial interface, particularly within wetland

[ECOLOG-L] OPEN: Abstract Submission and Registration for 2016 MA-ESA Conference

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the ESA Conference: April 8-10, 2016 Boehm Science Building Kutztown University Kutztown, PA Registration and abstract submission is now open for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the ESA Conference. To register and/or submit abstracts, please navigate to the MA-ESA website:

[ECOLOG-L] New journal - Limnology and Oceanography Letters

The Association of the Sciences for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) proudly presents its newest journal: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. With Dr. Patricia Sorrano as the editor-in-Chief, LOL will publish letters, essays, and current evidence articles on any aquatic systems scaling from

[ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

Does anybody have ideas on how to promote Ecology among Biology undergraduates? We are finding that Biology majors are increasingly focused on health-care fields; many students consider Ecology “unimportant” for their future careers, and it is not addressed in the MCAT exams, so they give it a

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

I will play contrary here. maybe you should ask if these people need or desire to take this class. If not, why and how can you make the class attractive to them? Maybe, like has been done with math in many schools, you need to design a course on ecology that focuses on pre-med students and the

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoc: Biology Centre of Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic - Ant-plant interactions and tropical habitat change

A highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher is sought to join a project exploring the shifts that occur in a mutualistic ant-plant network when tropical rain forest is logged, fragmented, and converted to oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo. The successful candidate will lead a team

[ECOLOG-L] Ninth Australasian Conference of Grassland Invertebrate Ecology - Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia - 4-7 April 2016

Join us in Sydney this April for a great value grasslands conference at the historic Hawkesbury campus of Western Sydney University. The Ninth Australasian Conference of Grassland Invertebrate Ecology focuses on the biology, ecology and management of both pest and beneficial invertebrates in

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate position: University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic - Ant-plant interactions and tropical habitat change

A highly motivated postgraduate student is sought to join a project exploring the shifts that occur in a mutualistic ant-plant network when tropical rain forest is logged, fragmented, and converted to oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo. The student will conduct field surveys for

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

Don't you all think it is high time we had a text book for a course like this called why pre-health students should study ecology and evolution? We could cover every major topic taught in intro ecology and evolution courses using medical examples--human microbiome, evolution of resistance,

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Stream Ecology

Postdoctoral Scholar Position in Stream Ecology Candidates are invited to apply for a postdoctoral scholar position in stream ecology at North Carolina State University (NCSU). The postdoctoral scholar will have the opportunity to work on a project studying the causes and consequences of

Re: [ECOLOG-L] promoting Ecology course

I've been thinking for a long time now that we need an "Ecology for Citizens" type class in high school and for non-science majors in college. It could replace the current biology topics that people forget after the test is done and never use again unless it comes up in a trivia game. It would

[ECOLOG-L] Special Issue: "Land and Food Policy"

Dear colleagues, Hope you are doing well. I would be grateful if you could take a look at, and forward the following link (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/food_policy) to your network. Kind regards, Hossein -- Hossein Azadi, PhD Senior

[ECOLOG-L] Scientific/Professional Writing

Hello everyone, I have been looking into getting a 2nd job and one idea I had was scientific journalism/writing in general for freelance where I could get paid. Does anyone know of any website/organizations I could look into for this? I would prefer paid options, but I would also like to know

[ECOLOG-L] Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Seeks Applicants

Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program Seeks Applicants By Erika Zavaleta and Justin Cummings A huge opportunity for conservation is to better harness the passion, creativity and values of an increasingly diverse society. To address the challenge of the diversity gap in conservation and to

[ECOLOG-L] Stable Isotopes in Zooarch WG Meeting Program Now Available

Dear all, The Stable Isotopes in Zooarchaeology Working Group Meeting is just a little over a month away! This is a reminder that the program is now available on our new website at https://zooarchisotopes.wordpress.com/about/program-and-abstracts/. Please note that there is a block of rooms