A collaborative research team led by Jake Vander Zanden, Stephen Carpenter
(University of Wisconsin-Madison), Andrew Rypel and Greg Sass (Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources) are offering a two-year postdoctoral position
to study the production dynamics and ecology of walleye in Wisconsin lakes. We
seek a scientist with the quantitative and creative skills to develop models of
walleye population dynamics, production, and harvest so as to advance walleye
management in a mixed recreational and tribal fishery. This study dovetails with
an ongoing study of bass-walleye interactions, which provide an opportunity for
researchers from both projects to collaborate and generate novel conservation
management strategies. The researcher would be based primarily in Jake Vander
Zanden’s lab at UW-Madison, but would be co-advised by Rypel, with extensive
interactions with Sass and Carpenter. The researcher would have the opportunity
to participate in field work related to data collection in this fishery.
Salary includes standard benefits of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
(http://www.grad.wisc.edu/research/postdocs/geninfo.html). For more information
about the Center for Limnology, please see: http://limnology.wisc.edu.
Qualifications: Applicants of particular interest will be collaborative,
quantitatively-oriented, and have some experience with fisheries models. We are
especially interested in individuals with experience modeling population
dynamics, and in those with interest in merging ecological principles with
fisheries conservation and management.
Application Process: Review of applicants will begin May 31, 2013. Positions
could begin as soon as July 1, 2013. Application packets should consist of a
single PDF that includes a cover letter (addressed to Dr. Jake Vander Zanden)
that includes names of 3 references (including telephone numbers and email
address) and a curriculum vitae. We will request reference letters for those
candidates that advance to interviews. Email the single application file, with
the subject line "walleye production post doc" to Alyssa Luckey Winters
(ajluc...@wisc.edu). The University of Wisconsin is an Equal Opportunity and
Affirmative Action Employer.
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Denise Karns
Center Assistant
UW-Madison Center for Limnology
dkka...@wisc.edu
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