Postdoc position: Genetics and Ecology of Dispersal
Dispersal remains as one of the most important but least understood
processes in plant ecology. We seek an individual with experience and
expertise in genomics, ecology, and GIS, or at least two of these fields
to participate in an NSF-funded Macrosystems Biology project on
responses of upland prairie plant communities to climate change. The
successful candidate will have intellectual purview over the design and
implementation of experiments to analyze genomic variation for the
estimation of dispersal under contemporary and historical landscapes.
This work will be conducted in collaboration with PIs, graduate, and
undergraduate students at Portland State University (Cruzan lab) and the
University of Oregon (Roy lab).
Plant species present unique opportunities and challenges for landscape
genetic analyses, as the behavior of their associated biotic and abiotic
dispersal vectors as well as the distribution of suitable habitat may
affect the distribution of genetic variation. Understanding how
landscape features may facilitate or limit the dispersal of plants is
particularly critical as climate change affects the occurrence of
suitable habitat. We wish to recruit a postdoc interested in plant
ecological genetics and willing to participate in the development of
methods in landscape genetics for the analysis of dispersal among plant
populations. Experience with genomic and bioinformatic methods, GIS
analyses, and field ecological methods would be beneficial. Interested
individuals should send a letter of introduction to Mitch Cruzan
(cru...@pdx.edu) or Bitty Roy (b...@uoregon.edu) that includes a brief
statement of your background. Please include an essay outlining your
research interests and a recent copy of your CV.
Barbara (Bitty) Roy
Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Mitch Cruzan
Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR
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Mitch Cruzan
Professor of Biology
Portland State University
Department of Biology, SRTC rm 246, PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207 USA
http://web.pdx.edu/~cruzan/
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