Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School GPA Question

2014-12-10 Thread John L. Koprowski
Hello Angela: Your dream is not dead but the potential pathways to the dream are more limited. The 3.0 GPA is a requirement at some schools but there are many schools that have lower requirements or at least have flexibility in accepting students with marginal grade points but with solid G

[ECOLOG-L] Two tenure track positions at Oregon State University

2014-12-10 Thread Mark Novak
The Department of Integrative Biology invites applications for two full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor positions. Posting: 0013398 Quantitative Systems Biology This individual will use and develop mathematical or statistical approaches to tackle problems in systems

[ECOLOG-L] Field Interns for Tropical Avian Ecology Project in Panama

2014-12-10 Thread Corey Tarwater
I am seeking field biologists to work on a research project in Panama. The work continues a long-term study that investigates the influence of environmental factors on demography (adult and juvenile survival, reproductive success, dispersal) and reproductive traits in an understory antbird, Thamnop

[ECOLOG-L] Job Opportunity: INTEGRATED UPLAND MONITORING FIELD CREW LEADER – JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA

2014-12-10 Thread Chris Warner
Position Objectives: The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the National Park Service Mojave Desert Network (MOJN) Inventory & Monitoring (I&M) program, is recruiting two Field Crew Leaders. The crew leaders will coordinate two field crews to conduct vegetation and soil monitoring. The

[ECOLOG-L] Position in Aquatic Ecosystem Science

2014-12-10 Thread Patricia A. Jones
Position in Aquatic Ecosystem Science As the first in an anticipated series of new hires, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (formerly the Institute of Ecosystem Studies) seeks to hire an aquatic ecologist at the level of Assistant or Associate Scientist. Candidates should have a history

[ECOLOG-L] pOSITION IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE

2014-12-10 Thread Patricia A. Jones
Position in Aquatic Ecosystem Science As the first in an anticipated series of new hires, the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (formerly the Institute of Ecosystem Studies) seeks to hire an aquatic ecologist at the level of Assistant or Associate Scientist. Candidates should have a history

[ECOLOG-L] MSC at UAEU - Soil Carbon Sequestration

2014-12-10 Thread Taoufik Ksiksi
Dear All, This is a call for an MSc. scholarship in the field of Soil Carbon Sequestration in the UAE University (Biology department). Most of the work will be in the field, so fitness and ability to work under harsh desert conditions are required. Expected start date is September 2015 (Fall 2015).

[ECOLOG-L] Multivariate Short Courses Online

2014-12-10 Thread Jeri Peck
Multivariate Analysis for Community Ecologists using PC-ORD 2.5-5 day WORKSHOPS (attend in person) or 5 half-day WEBINARS (attend online) are available for instruction in the use of ordination, classification, and group testing analyses. Several courses are offered each year; the next courses w

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate School GPA Question

2014-12-10 Thread Sarah Schmits
Hello Angela, I think a lot of that depends on what you have been doing recently, what your goals are, and how you convey them. I will give you my personal example for what it is worth. I personally got a 2.8 or 2.9 in my bachelors...I currently work at the same school, after several years in othe

[ECOLOG-L] Fisheries Biologist, Death Valley National Park

2014-12-10 Thread Mark Hausner
USAJobs link: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/388746900 The position is with the National Park Service (NPS) to help manage fishes in Death Valley National Park (California and Nevada). Based in Pahrump, Nevada (Mojave desert), this position works closely with other biologists within

[ECOLOG-L] Red Knot Podcast from the Encyclopedia of Life

2014-12-10 Thread Tracy Barbaro
The red knot is a tiny shorebird that undertakes a mind-boggling migration from the tip of South America all the way to the Arctic Circle. http://eol.org/info/behavior#podcasts Encyclopedia of Life Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 USA http://

[ECOLOG-L] Graduate School GPA Question

2014-12-10 Thread Angela Trenkle
Dear Eco-loggers, I would like to go to graduate school to eventually get my Master's. I have a lot of experience in my field, however as an undergraduate I had some setbacks so my GPA is below the 3.0 requirement that most schools look for. Is my dream dead? Or are there ways that I can move p

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Research Position

2014-12-10 Thread Samantha N. Miller
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION We are seeking to fill a Postdoctoral research position in the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society at Northern Arizona University. The fellow will assist in a project focused on the fate of permafrost carbon in a warming world. The research is field and la

[ECOLOG-L] British/French ecological societies meeting

2014-12-10 Thread David Inouye
This first joint meeting of the two societies started yesterday evening in Lille, France, with about 1,500 in attendance, including at least about 10 members of the Ecological Society of America. The social event for pollination researchers yesterday evening had participants from five contine

[ECOLOG-L] seeking DIRECTOR OF SPONSORED RESEARCH

2014-12-10 Thread {George Kraemer}
please distribute DIRECTOR OF SPONSORED RESEARCH Purchase College, State University of New York has an immediate opening for the Director of Sponsored Research. The Director of Sponsored Research is a key team member in the Office of Sponsored Funds, the Purchase College office of The Research