Ecolog colleagues:
These two positions are available at UC-Santa Barbara for a newly funded
Lake Baikal Dimensions of Biodiversity research project. More postdoc
and student positions soon will be advertised at the collaborating
institutions listed below...
Postdoctoral Fellow
We seek a postdoctoral research associate to primarily focus on
identifying the biotic and abiotic drivers of temporally shifting
community dynamics in plankton assemblages, through the analysis of
long-term data from Lake Baikal. The postdoc also will collaborate more
generally on multiple themes of biodiversity research at the lake.
The postdoc will be based at the National Center for Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis (http://nceas.ucsb.edu) at the University of California,
Santa Barbara, working under the supervision of Stephanie Hampton
(http://nceas.ucsb.edu/~hampton), and collaborating with faculty and
students at Wellesley College, Michigan State University, University of
Texas, and East Tennessee State University.
The successful candidate ideally will have (or soon have) a Ph.D. in
ecology or a related discipline, a strong background in freshwater
ecology, a record of peer-reviewed publication, a solid background in
statistics, and a willingness to learn Russian and to spend two weeks
each summer at Lake Baikal with colleagues.
Start date is negotiable, ideally 1 January 2012. Please feel free to
ask questions about your fit to the position before applying
(hamp...@nceas.ucsb.edu). To apply, attach your CV to an email that
describes your interest in the position and gives the name and contact
information for three references; send this email to
hamp...@nceas.ucsb.edu with the subject line: Baikal postdoc application.
Review of applicants will begin 14 November 2011.
Information Manager
We seek an environmental Information Manager for a 3-yr project focused
on biodiversity in Lake Baikal. The Information Manager will interact
with environmental informatics experts at UCSB and distributed project
personnel to ensure that data are managed in accordance with best
practices, training all project personnel in quality assurance and
quality control protocols for data and metadata entry and management.
The Information Manager will be based at the National Center for
Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (http://nceas.ucsb.edu) at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. The Information Manager will
work under the supervision of Dr. Stephanie Hampton
(http://nceas.ucsb.edu/~hampton), in close collaboration with
researchers at Wellesley College, Michigan State University, University
of Texas, and East Tennessee State University.
While the focus of the position is on data management and maintaining
excellent communication among data users, ideally the Information
Manager also will be meaningfully engaged with the science and logistics
of working on Lake Baikal in Siberia.
The successful candidate likely will have at least a bachelor's degree,
willingness to learn some basic Russian, excellent interpersonal
communication skills, and experience working with large environmental
data sets. Ideally the Information Manager would also have a background
in aquatic ecology, experience managing scientific logistics (field or
lab), and proficiency in Plone web site maintenance.
Start date is negotiable, but ideally 1 January 2012. Salary and
benefits are expected to be consistent with appointment at the level of
Junior Specialist 1 at UCSB:
http://ap.ucsb.edu/compensation.and.benefits/ucsb.salary.scales
To apply, attach your CV to an email that describes your interest in the
position and gives the name and contact information for three
references; send this email to hamp...@nceas.ucsb.edu with the subject
line: Baikal information manager application.
Review of applicants will begin 14 November 2011.
Lake Baikal - Spanning more than 4 degrees of latitude and obtaining a
maximum depth greater than 1.6 km, Siberia's Lake Baikal is the world's
deepest and most ancient lake. Biological diversity of this ancient lake
is extraordinary, strongly influencing UNESCO's 1996 decision to
designate Lake Baikal a World Heritage Site. Many of these species are
endemic and adapted to Lake Baikal's unique environment, a comparatively
cold and extreme lake. The unusual endemic fauna include the world's
only exclusively freshwater pinniped species (the Baikal seal Phoca
sibirica), 344 species of amphipods, and 33 species of sculpin fishes,
including the deep-dwelling translucent golomyanka (Comephorus
baicalensis and C. dybowskii).
For a project abstract, see:
http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1136637
For more information about the history of this Russian-American
collaboration, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/science/earth/06lake.html
Several papers describing work to date on one of the primary Baikal data
sets can be found here:
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~hampton/Site/Hampton_Publications.html
The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute
to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through
research, teaching and service.
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, or An EO/AA Employer.
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Stephanie E. Hampton
Deputy Director
National Center for Ecological Analysis& Synthesis
University of California, Santa Barbara
735 State St., Suite 300
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3351, USA
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu
hamp...@nceas.ucsb.edu
Tel (805) 892-2505
Fax (805) 892-2510