Postdoctoral Fellows
Fellowship Opportunity
As a part of our NSERC CREATE training program in biodiversity research, we seek applicants for a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in the U.B.C.
Biodiversity
Research Centre (www.biodiversity.ubc.ca).
The Centre is made up of over 50 faculty members
with interests in ecology, evolution, systematics, biodiversity
and
conservation. Preference will be given to candidates with bold ideas,
demonstrated research ability, and strong communication skills. The
successful
candidate will be expected to conduct original research on core
problems in
biodiversity, foster interactions within the Centre, run a seminar
series, and
organize a retreat.
Postdoctoral fellows funded by the Biodiversity Research Centre typically interact with several lab groups. Candidates are welcome to contact potential collaborating labs in the Centre to inquire about current and potential research activities, but it is not necessary to apply to work with a specific faculty member.
Candidates must have completed their PhD no earlier than January 12, 2010 (exceptions may be made in cases where the candidate has had full-time relevant work experience or maternity/parental leaves).
Starting date, 1 September 2012.
Salary $43,000 per yr.
Research stipend: $7,000 per yr.
Send curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and a statement of overall scientific goals and interests (approximately 2 pages) to the address below. Reference letters will be accepted electronically, and must be sent directly by the referee.
Search Chair, Biodiversity Research Centre, U.B.C.,
6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4.
(Fax 604-822-2416, e-mail
biodiversity.centre @ubc.ca).
Closing date for application, January 12
2012.
The University of British Columbia
hires on the basis of
merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified
candidates to apply.
Current Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients
Jill Jankowski - jankowsk@biodiversity.ubc.ca
"My research examines patterns of biodiversity within and across
landscapes and the biotic and abiotic factors that reinforce species'
range boundaries. Much of my current work is focused on bird
communities along tropical elevational gradients and integrates survey
data, field experiments, distribution modeling, and community
phylogenetic approaches."
For more information, visit Dr.
Jankowski's website.
Nathan Kraft - nkraft@biodiversity.ubc.ca
"I am interested in understanding the ecological and evolutionary forces that structure communities, particularly the highly diverse forests of lowland Amazonia. In my research I use a variety of approaches derrived from community ecology, ecophysiology, and community phylogenetics."
For more information, visit Dr.
Kraft's website.
Thor Veen - veen@biodiversity.ubc.ca"My main interest lies in sexual selection and speciation. In my research I combine empirical work on birds and insects with theoretical modelling to understand the role of sexual signals in driving reproductive isolation."
For more information, visit Dr.
Veen's website.
Past Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients
Mike Barker
2009-10 |
Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona |
msbarker@email.arizona.edu
|
Will Cornwell
2007-2009 |
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
VU University Amsterdam |
will.cornwell@falw.vu.nl
|
Luke Harmon
2005-2007 |
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Idaho |
lukeh@uidaho.edu
|
Ross Thompson
2003-2005 |
School of Biological Sciences
Monash University |
ross.thompson@sci.monash.edu.au |
Jessica Hellman
2001-2003 |
Department of
Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame |
hellmann.3@nd.edu |
Lisa Manne
1999-2001 |
Department of Life Sciences
University of Toronto at Scarborough |
manne@uts.utoronto.ca |
Daniel Haydon
1997-1999 |
Department of
Environmental and Evolutionary Biology
University of Glasgow |
d.haydon@bio.gla.ac.uk |
Jennifer
Ruesink
1997-1999 |
Department of Biology
University of Washington |
ruesink@u.washington.edu
|
Diane
Srivastava
1997-1999 |
Department of
Zoology
University of British Columbia |
srivast@zoology.ubc.ca |
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