Re: [ECOLOG-L] Finding insect ID professional development?

2017-12-29 Thread Donald Yee
Hi Audrey, I've not come across many, but I know of two that may or may not be useful. 1. The Florida Medical Entomology lab offers a 2 week intense course for mosquito identification (both adults and larvae). It's $500 and you have to stay near the site during the course (so factor in those

[ECOLOG-L] Closing Soon - Tom Alberg & Judith Beck Endowed Chair of Native Plant Regeneration - University of Idaho

2017-12-29 Thread Charles Goebel
Alberg and Beck Endowed Chair - Native Plant Regeneration The Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences (FRFS) at the University of Idaho invites applications for an academic year (nine-month), tenure track faculty position as assistant or associate professor in native plant

[ECOLOG-L] Mongabay's top 10 positive environmental/science stories of 2017

2017-12-29 Thread Erik Hoffner
Looking for some optimism for the New Year? Have a look, here: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/12/top-10-happy-environmental-stories-of-2017/ - *Throughout 2017, scientists discovered new populations of rare wildlife, and rediscovered some species that were previously thought to be

[ECOLOG-L] Job Opportunity - Shipboard Education/Crew

2017-12-29 Thread Rachel Nichols
I thought this might be of interest to recent graduates within the ecology field - Living Classrooms - National Capital Region (LC-NCR) is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions aboard the M/V Mildred Belle: Captain, Mate, Educational Coordinator, Educator/Deckhand Based

[ECOLOG-L] Finding insect ID professional development?

2017-12-29 Thread Audrey Maran
Dear Colleagues, My PhD research involves invertebrate identification. I'm almost entirely self-taught using keys and BugGuide.net and would like to improve my ID confidence, particularly in Araneae, Coleoptera and Diptera. I've had no luck searching for workshops--can anyone recommend a method

[ECOLOG-L] Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environmental Statistics

2017-12-29 Thread Andrew Finley
Dr. Andrew Finley in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University (http://blue.for.msu.edu) seeks two highly motivated postdoctoral researchers to join his lab group. Successful candidates will be expected to develop/implement novel Bayesian statistical models for analysis of large