TWO TYPES OF JOBS AVAILABLE AT THE CARY INSTITUTE - PLEASE SEE BELOW JOB #1 TITLE: Project Assistant - up to 6 positions
DURATION: Temporary, full-time. Approximately April 20 to November 1, 2011, although applicants available during summer college break are also welcome to apply. DUTIES: Research the dynamics of mammalian communities and the relationships between mammals, ticks, Lyme disease ecology, tree seed survival, songbirds, and gypsy moths. Location is the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York's Hudson River Valley. Duties include live-trapping small and medium mammals and reliably recording pertinent data, sampling abundance of ticks, tree seed collection, and laboratory assays of tick infection with the Lyme disease bacterium. Early morning and late afternoon hours. On-site housing is available. BACKGROUND: Prior experience handling small-or meso-mammals highly desirable. CLOSING DATE: February 10, 2011 ORIGINATOR: Dr. Richard Ostfeld TO APPLY: To apply, please e-mail a brief cover letter, resume, and the names and full contact information (including email addresses) for three professional references to: Human Resources Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Job Ref. #11001-I P.O. Box AB Millbrook, New York 12545 E-mail: j...@caryinstitute.org<mailto:j...@caryinstitute.org> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER-MIN/FEM/VET/DISAB JOB #2 TITLE: Project Assistant - up to 6 positions DURATION: Temporary, full-time. Approximately May 20 to August 1, 2011. DUTIES: Research the dynamics of blacklegged tick populations in heterogeneous landscapes of Dutchess County, in New York's Hudson River Valley. Location is the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY. Duties include sampling the abundance of ticks and conducting basic vegetation analyses in forested sites throughout the county. On-site housing is available. BACKGROUND: Prior experience in field ecology is desirable. CLOSING DATE: March 10, 2011 ORIGINATOR: Dr. Richard Ostfeld TO APPLY: To apply, please e-mail a brief cover letter, resume, and the names and full contact information (including email addresses) for three professional references to: Human Resources Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Job Ref. #11001-I P.O. Box AB Millbrook, New York 12545 E-mail: j...@caryinstitute.org<mailto:j...@caryinstitute.org> AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER-MIN/FEM/VET/DISAB ************************************* Richard S. Ostfeld, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Box AB, 2801 Sharon Turnpike Millbrook, NY 12545 USA 845 677-7600, ext 136 rostf...@caryinstitute.org http://ecostudies.org/people_sci_ostfeld.html NEW BOOK -- LYME DISEASE: THE ECOLOGY OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM Oxford University Press 2011 http://www.amazon.com/Lyme-Disease-Ecology-Complex-System/dp/0195388127/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278436447&sr=1-2 *************************************