quantitative post-doc | Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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quantitative post-doc | Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Postby cooch » Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:03 pm

Summary

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 and Life Sciences (CALS), where full-time faculty and other renowned professionals direct twelve world-class, mission-driven programs. Staff at the Lab teach undergraduate courses, advise graduate students, collect and disseminate world-famous digital resources on biodiversity, and engage with partner organizations and citizens around the world to conduct scientific research and conservation actions. 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.

This is a full-time one year appointment, with reappointment conditional on satisfactory performance and available funding.

BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY:

The Postdoctoral Associate will lead the development of hierarchical models that reconcile multiple data sets, to answer questions focused on the seasonal mechanisms of songbird populations. In addition to model development and validation via simulations, the postdoc will apply the model to help further conservation efforts led by the Tricolored Blackbird Working group- a multi-partner group whose members include California Audubon and U.C. Davis. This applied component of the research will be carried out in close collaboration with Dr. Marcel Holyoak and Dr. Bob Meese (Department of Environmental Science and Policy- U. C. Davis). The postdoc will use different data sets for Tricolored Blackbird populations, which include predicted abundance, mark-capture-recapture records for multiple sites, breeding observations, and other count records for California.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop models and simulate data to meet project goals. Apply developed models to data from Tricolored Blackbird populations. Provide general sampling guidelines and priority information needs to the Tricolored Blackbird Working group. Present results at professional meetings, conferences, and popular seminars. Prepare peer reviewed papers and other research products, including reports and relevant information to conservation partners (70%)

• Engage in ongoing academic and intellectual life within the Conservation Science Programs at the Lab of Ornithology and at Cornell University. (10%)

• Participate in general project management and working directly with internal and external project collaborators (15%)

• Perform related projects and special duties as assigned. (5%)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD in quantitative ecology, computer science, applied mathematics, or a related field with strong background in statistics and model development.

• Experience with R and other statistical languages.

• Ability to apply quantitative methods to answer ecological questions or hypotheses.

• Strong record of success conducting research and scholarly activities, including publication in peer-reviewed journals.

• Experience related to dynamic models in population ecology, including estimation of demographic parameters.
• Experience in ornithology is a bonus, but not required.

SALARY: Competitive, commensurate with experience


SUPERVISION: Supervised by Dr. Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez (Conservation Science Program), Dr. Daniel Fink (Information Science Program), and Dr. Evan Cooch (Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University)


APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Please send a single pdf file containing a letter of application outlining qualifications and experience for the position, curriculum vitae, 1 example publication and appendix code, and the names and contact details for two references. Email to set2@cornell.edu or in hard copy to Susan Taggart, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, 291A Johnson Center for Birds & Biodiversity, Ithaca, NY 14850. Inquiries about position specifics can be directed to Dr. Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez (vr45@cornell.edu) or Dr. Evan Cooch (evan.cooch@cornell.edu). Review of applicants will begin February 29, 2016 and continue until the position is filled.
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