Postdoctoral Associate, Quantitative Ecologist, Cornell University
Located at the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity in the 220-acre Sapsucker Woods sanctuary, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the world's leading resource for conservation, research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. The Lab is a vibrant unit within Cornell's College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, where several full-time faculty teach undergraduate courses, advise graduate students, and manage world-class, mission-driven programs. Our management and staff are committed to the highest standards of ethics and excellence in all areas of our work, and our Board leadership includes faculty from Cornell and other universities, successful entrepreneurs and managers from the business and non-profit sectors, and conservation-minded citizens from the United States and beyond.
Conservation Science is one of eleven programmatic units that carry out the Lab's mission to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity. Conservation science is defined here as basic and/or applied research that contributes directly to the conservation of biological diversity at the population, species, or community level.
The Conservation Science Program at the Lab of Ornithology is currently seeking a Quantitative Ecologist/Postdoctoral Associate; duties include:
•Design projects and analyze data to meet project goals. Primary opportunities/responsibilities will include analyses for the projects/datasets such as:
1.)Data from our Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Initiative, including occupancy data from spatially balanced sampling, results of audio playback surveys/experiments, and habitat data tied to information on both phenotype and genotype of territorial pairs.
2.)Acoustic data (call counts) derived by analyzing long-term sound recordings for the presence of passerine nocturnal flight calls and other vocalizations.
3.)Standardized bird survey, habitat, and contaminant (Hg) data from the Lab of Ornithology's Birds in Forested Landscapes project.
4.)Avian survey data from forested islands in the upper Mississippi River drainage.
•Present results at professional meetings, conferences, and popular seminars.
•Prepare peer reviewed papers and other research and conservation products.
•Contribute to grant-writing in support of Conservation Science projects.
•Interpret results and adapt to conservation and management plans.
•Engage in ongoing academic and intellectual life within the Conservation Science Programs at the Lab of Ornithology and at Cornell University.
•Participate in general project management, including working directly with internal and external project collaborators.
One-year term with possibility of renewal
Qualifications:
•PhD in ecology, wildlife biology, statistics, or related field with strong quantitative experience and skills relevant to understanding landscape- and habitat-use patterns of birds.
•We are seeking an individual with a passion for linking rigorous basic research with pressing conservation needs.
•Familiarity with the analysis of spatially and temporally structured data, and experience with occupancy modeling or related methods is preferred, but not required.
•Familiarity with basic GIS functionality (e.g., manipulation and extraction of data from GIS data layers) is preferred.
•Basic familiarity with data management and manipulation of multi-table databases.
•Experience with R and other statistical packages commonly used in avian conservation ecology (EX: "DISTANCE" and "MARK") will be helpful.
Website: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10161/jobdetail.ftl?job=344229&src=JB-10820Conservation Science is one of eleven programmatic units that carry out the Lab's mission to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity. Conservation science is defined here as basic and/or applied research that contributes directly to the conservation of biological diversity at the population, species, or community level.
The Conservation Science Program at the Lab of Ornithology is currently seeking a Quantitative Ecologist/Postdoctoral Associate; duties include:
•Design projects and analyze data to meet project goals. Primary opportunities/responsibilities will include analyses for the projects/datasets such as:
1.)Data from our Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Initiative, including occupancy data from spatially balanced sampling, results of audio playback surveys/experiments, and habitat data tied to information on both phenotype and genotype of territorial pairs.
2.)Acoustic data (call counts) derived by analyzing long-term sound recordings for the presence of passerine nocturnal flight calls and other vocalizations.
3.)Standardized bird survey, habitat, and contaminant (Hg) data from the Lab of Ornithology's Birds in Forested Landscapes project.
4.)Avian survey data from forested islands in the upper Mississippi River drainage.
•Present results at professional meetings, conferences, and popular seminars.
•Prepare peer reviewed papers and other research and conservation products.
•Contribute to grant-writing in support of Conservation Science projects.
•Interpret results and adapt to conservation and management plans.
•Engage in ongoing academic and intellectual life within the Conservation Science Programs at the Lab of Ornithology and at Cornell University.
•Participate in general project management, including working directly with internal and external project collaborators.
One-year term with possibility of renewal
Qualifications:
•PhD in ecology, wildlife biology, statistics, or related field with strong quantitative experience and skills relevant to understanding landscape- and habitat-use patterns of birds.
•We are seeking an individual with a passion for linking rigorous basic research with pressing conservation needs.
•Familiarity with the analysis of spatially and temporally structured data, and experience with occupancy modeling or related methods is preferred, but not required.
•Familiarity with basic GIS functionality (e.g., manipulation and extraction of data from GIS data layers) is preferred.
•Basic familiarity with data management and manipulation of multi-table databases.
•Experience with R and other statistical packages commonly used in avian conservation ecology (EX: "DISTANCE" and "MARK") will be helpful.
Deadline: Saturday, June 15, 2013
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