Dear Colleagues,
We have a postdoctoral scholar position to study native bee ecology in
grasslands and riparian areas available at Oregon State University
through the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife. The full-time position
is located in eastern Oregon at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and
Extension Center. The project focuses on the effects of non-native
annual grasses, ungulate grazing (including cattle, deer, and elk), and
fire on native bee communities in the Zumwalt Prairie and in riparian
areas in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon, primarily within the
USFS Starkey Experimental Forest & Range. Two years of funding are
currently available, but the postdoctoral researcher will be hired on an
annual basis and extended pending appropriate progress and continued
funding.
The position requires a combination of expertise in project management,
fieldwork, data management and analysis, and publication preparation.
The successful candidate will be conducting fieldwork, supervising
graduate and undergraduate students in the field and laboratory,
interacting and coordinating projects with collaborators, and working
with large, long-term datasets.
*/Required qualifications/**:*PhD in biology, ecology, entomology or
related field (attained within the last three years) and research
experience with native bees and flowering plants. The candidate must
have experience conducting and supervising fieldwork, sampling native
bees, and designing, implementing, and analyzing field experiments. A
demonstrated record of research productivity is expected.
*/Desired qualifications/*: Experience in native bee identification,
plant identification, molecular ecology techniques, quantitative
methods, geographic information systems, and/or soils is desirable.
Interested candidates should send an e-mail to
sandy.deb...@oregonstate.edu <mailto:sandy.deb...@oregonstate.edu>with
1) a cover letter describing their experiences, how they meet the
required and desired qualifications, and potential research
interests/career goals, 2) a current CV, 3) reprints of any relevant
publications, and 4) names/contact information of three references.
Please indicate your availability in the cover letter. The project
begins in April 2018; applications will be reviewed as they are received.
A full description of the position can be found at:
https://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/postdocs/open-positions
Thank you for your help in sharing this opportunity.
Sandy
Sandra J. DeBano
Associate Professor
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Oregon State University
Hermiston Agricultural Research Center
2121 S. First Street
Hermiston, OR 97838
Ph: (541) 567-6337 extension 116
FAX: (541) 567-2240
e-mail: sandy.deb...@oregonstate.edu <mailto:sandy.deb...@oregonstate.edu>