[ECOLOG-L] Assistant needed for paper wasp research in Pennsylvania (PAID POSITION)
Job Description: The University of California at Santa Barbara is currently taking applications for a field assistant to help with a paper wasp study in northwestern Pennsylvania at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. This is a large field study that involves monitoring paper wasp colonies in nature for growth and survival over several months. Previous work has demonstrated strong behavioral variation among queens in this species, and that queen personality can be used to predict the subsequent behavior of their colonies, as well as their fitness in the wild. This study is done completely in the field and involved testing queen behavior and monitoring their colonies over the course of the season for survival, growth, and parasite load. The behavioral aspect of the study will be complete prior to the assistant arriving. The assistant will need to monitor the colonies daily, which involves noting whether the colony is still active, the size of the colony, number of workers, and queen survival. This will need to be performed from early June through October. Assistants will stay at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, and their lodging and gas will be fully covered. Compensation: Assistants will be paid $500 per month, and stay for free at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. Gas will be covered. Assistants will also be included as a coauthor on the manuscript resulting from this research, and we can provide assistants with glowing letters of recommendation in the future. Duration: 5 months (June through October). We are accepting applications now. Requirements: 1. Seriously interested in pursuing a career in ecology 2. Need to have your own transportation (car) 3. Preferably live in or near Pennsylvania, as we cannot fly assistants in, since assistants need their own car (remember, gas will be compensated). 4. Excellent academic performance 5. Undergraduate or recent graduate 6. Must be able to stay for the entire 5 month duration 7. *Must not be overly afraid of wasps*. *Apply for this position*: If this position interests you, please send your CV, unofficial academic records including current GPA, and two personal references that we may contact to *Colin Wright *(colinunivers...@gmail.com). *We are accepting applications NOW*. Additionally, if you have any questions regarding us, our lab, or the project, please don't hesitate to email me and ask!
[ECOLOG-L] Assistant needed for paper wasp research in Pennsylvania (PAID POSITION)
Job Description: The University of California at Santa Barbara is currently taking applications for a field assistant to help with a paper wasp study in northwestern Pennsylvania at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. This is a large field study that involves monitoring paper wasp colonies in nature for growth and survival over several months. Previous work has demonstrated strong behavioral variation among queens in this species, and that queen personality can be used to predict the subsequent behavior of their colonies, as well as their fitness in the wild. This study is done completely in the field and involved testing queen behavior and monitoring their colonies over the course of the season for survival, growth, and parasite load. The behavioral aspect of the study will be complete prior to the assistant arriving. The assistant will need to monitor the colonies daily, which involves noting whether the colony is still active, the size of the colony, number of workers, and queen survival. This will need to be performed from early June through October. Assistants will stay at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, and their lodging and gas will be fully covered. Compensation: Assistants will be paid $500 per month, and stay for free at the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. Gas will be covered. Assistants will also be included as a coauthor on the manuscript resulting from this research, and we can provide assistants with glowing letters of recommendation in the future. Duration: 5 months (June through October). *We are accepting applications now through May 20th*. Requirements: 1. Seriously interested in pursuing a career in ecology 2. Need to have your own transportation (car) 3. Preferably live in or near Pennsylvania, as we cannot fly assistants in, since assistants need their own car (remember, gas will be compensated). 4. Excellent academic performance 5. Undergraduate or recent graduate 6. Must be able to stay for the entire 5 month duration 7. *Must not be overly afraid of wasps*. *Apply for this position*: If this position interests you, please send your CV, short cover letter, unofficial academic records including current GPA, and two personal references that we may contact to *Colin Wright *(colinunivers...@gmail.com). *We are accepting applications NOW*. Additionally, if you have any questions regarding us, our lab, or the project, please don't hesitate to email me and ask!
[ECOLOG-L] African Social Spiders Field Assistants Needed! (January - April 2017)
*Job Description:* We (Pruitt Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara) are looking for two field assistants to join us in South Africa and Namibia for *3 months* to help perform and set up various short- and long-term experiments with the African desert social spider *Stegodyphus dumicola*. We will be investigating how intracolony behavioral variation leads to success in the field, its role in defending the colony against ant raids, and the role that keystone individuals play in this system. This job will require spending a lot of time both inside performing behavioral assays on spiders, and outside setting up and recording survival data on colonies in the field. There will also be a lot of driving, as we will likely be setting up studies in both South Africa and Namibia. You will be expected to be up early to assist with projects, and some projects may require surveying colonies during the night as well. Expect long, 10+ hour workdays. Also, it is possible that WiFi will be unavailable during the entire 3 month stay in Africa. This position will provide you with valuable experience designing, setting up, and executing research projects in the field. There may also be the opportunity for you to design and execute your own research project, depending on our time constraints. *Compensation*: We will cover all airfare costs as well as food and lodging while in South Africa. Additionally, we will pay each assistant $600 per month. If your performance is outstanding, we will gladly provide glowing letters of recommendation for you should you need them. *Duration*: 3 months (from Early January to early April of 2017) We will be accepting applications from now until November, 2016. *Requirements*: 1. Seriously interested in pursuing a career in ecology 2. Excellent academic performance 3. Undergraduate or recent graduate 4. Be able to lift 80lbs 5. Must be able to stay for the entire 3 month duration *6. Must not be squeamish around spiders*. These are medium-sized spiders, and one colony can have sometimes over 1,000 spiders inside it. You will be required to handle them often with bare hands. They *will* sometimes try to bite you, but their fangs cannot penetrate your skin. *It does not hurt when they bite you*. Please do not apply for this position if reading that made you queasy. 7. Limited dietary restrictions: food options where we will be staying are often quite limited, and it may not be possible to accommodate severely restricting dietary requirements. Vegetarians should be fine. *Apply for this position*: If this position interests you, please send your cover letter, CV, unofficial academic records including current GPA, and two personal references that we may contact to *Colin Wright *(africaspid...@gmail.com). *We are accepting applications NOW through November of 2016*. Additionally, if you have any questions regarding us, our lab, or the project, please don't hesitate to email me and ask!
[ECOLOG-L] African Social Spiders Field Assistants Needed! (January - April 2017)
*Job Description:* We (Pruitt Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara) are looking for two field assistants to join us in South Africa and Namibia for *3 months* to help perform and set up various short- and long-term experiments with the African desert social spider *Stegodyphus dumicola*. We will be investigating how intracolony behavioral variation leads to success in the field, its role in defending the colony against ant raids, and the role that keystone individuals play in this system. This job will require spending a lot of time both inside performing behavioral assays on spiders, and outside setting up and recording survival data on colonies in the field. There will also be a lot of driving, as we will likely be setting up studies in both South Africa and Namibia. You will be expected to be up early to assist with projects, and some projects may require surveying colonies during the night as well. Expect long, 10+ hour workdays. Also, it is possible that WiFi will be unavailable during the entire 3 month stay in Africa. This position will provide you with valuable experience designing, setting up, and executing research projects in the field. There may also be the opportunity for you to design and execute your own research project, depending on our time constraints. *Compensation*: We will cover all airfare costs as well as food and lodging while in South Africa. Additionally, we will pay each assistant $600 per month. If your performance is outstanding, we will gladly provide glowing letters of recommendation for you should you need them. *Duration*: 3 months (from Early January to early April of 2017) We will be accepting applications from now until November, 2016. *Requirements*: 1. Seriously interested in pursuing a career in ecology 2. Excellent academic performance 3. Undergraduate or recent graduate 4. Be able to lift 80lbs 5. Must be able to stay for the entire 3 month duration *6. Must not be squeamish around spiders*. These are medium-sized spiders, and one colony can have sometimes over 1,000 spiders inside it. You will be required to handle them often with bare hands. They *will* sometimes try to bite you, but their fangs cannot penetrate your skin. *It does not hurt when they bite you*. Please do not apply for this position if reading that made you queasy. 7. Limited dietary restrictions: food options where we will be staying are often quite limited, and it may not be possible to accommodate severely restricting dietary requirements. Vegetarians should be fine. *Apply for this position*: If this position interests you, please send your cover letter, CV, unofficial academic records including current GPA, and two personal references that we may contact to *Colin Wright *(africaspid...@gmail.com). *We are accepting applications NOW through November of 2016*. Additionally, if you have any questions regarding us, our lab, or the project, please don't hesitate to email me and ask!
[ECOLOG-L] African Social Spiders Field Assistants Needed! (January - April 2017)
*Job Description:* We (Pruitt Lab at the University of California, Santa Barbara) are looking for two field assistants to join us in South Africa and Namibia for *3 months* to help perform and set up various short- and long-term experiments with the African desert social spider *Stegodyphus dumicola*. We will be investigating how intracolony behavioral variation leads to success in the field, its role in defending the colony against ant raids, and the role that keystone individuals play in this system. This job will require spending a lot of time both inside performing behavioral assays on spiders, and outside setting up and recording survival data on colonies in the field. There will also be a lot of driving, as we will likely be setting up studies in both South Africa and Namibia. You will be expected to be up early to assist with projects, and some projects may require surveying colonies during the night as well. Expect long, 10+ hour workdays. Also, it is possible that WiFi will be unavailable during the entire 3 month stay in Africa. This position will provide you with valuable experience designing, setting up, and executing research projects in the field. There may also be the opportunity for you to design and execute your own research project, depending on our time constraints. *Compensation*: We will cover all airfare costs as well as food and lodging while in South Africa. Additionally, we will pay each assistant $600 per month. If your performance is outstanding, we will gladly provide glowing letters of recommendation for you should you need them. *Duration*: 3 months (from Early January to early April of 2017) We will be taking applications from now until September, 2016. In early September we will review all the applications at once and select a handful of top candidates for Skype interviews. Once the interviews are completed, we will make our final decisions. *Requirements*: 1. Seriously interested in pursuing a career in ecology 2. Excellent academic performance 3. Undergraduate or recent graduate 4. Be able to lift 80lbs 5. Must be able to stay for the entire 3 month duration *6. Must not be squeamish around spiders*. These are medium-sized spiders, and one colony can have sometimes over 1,000 spiders inside it. You will be required to handle them often with bare hands. They *will* sometimes try to bite you, but their fangs cannot penetrate your skin. *It does not hurt when they bite you*. Please do not apply for this position if reading that made you queasy. 7. Limited dietary restrictions: food options where we will be staying are often quite limited, and it may not be possible to accommodate severely restricting dietary requirements. Vegetarians should be fine. *Apply for this position*: If this position interests you, please send your cover letter, CV, unofficial academic records including current GPA, and two personal references that we may contact to *Colin Wright *(africaspid...@gmail.com). *We are accepting applications NOW through November of 2016*. Additionally, if you have any questions regarding us, our lab, or the project, please don't hesitate to email me and ask!
