Posting: Biodiversity Institute Director University of Wyoming

Biodiversity Institute Director University of Wyoming

www.uwyo.edu/acadaffairs/ad

Biodiversity Institute Description:

The newly founded University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute is dedicated to world-class biodiversity research, education and training of graduate and undergraduate students, and dissemination of scholarship to support biodiversity conservation and management. We seek an energetic Director, hired at the rank of Full Professor, to develop this new program to its full potential as one of the world’s leading biodiversity enterprises. This Institute provides an outstanding opportunity for a visionary leader to coordinate the University’s resources in its internationally recognized programs in ecology, environmental sciences, and natural resource economics, and build an innovative interdisciplinary and collaborative program addressing multiple dimensions of the globally critical field of biodiversity research. While biodiversity sciences will anchor the Institute, human interactions with the natural environment are considered a critical focus of the Institute’s work. For more information about the University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute please visit: www.uwyo.edu/acadaffairs/ad/biod.pdf.

Position Description:

The Director will establish the Institute’s curricula with opportunities for student research, field experiences and internships. The Director also will oversee outreach activities designed to serve the needs of the public and Wyoming state agencies and non-governmental organizations. The Biodiversity Institute will be housed in the University of Wyoming’s Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center: www.uwyo.edu/berrycenter.

The successful candidate will possess an internationally recognized reputation in biology, a passion for biodiversity, a commitment to the broadly inclusive mission of the Institute, proven leadership abilities, clear evidence of successful working relationships with faculty across disciplinary boundaries, and skills to represent the Institute effectively to state and national stakeholders and to the public.

Preferred qualifications include:

1. leadership experience demonstrating vision, managerial ability, and communication skills; 2. the ability to create synergy with other University programs and with stakeholders; 3. a commitment to integrating academics, research excellence, and the outreach mission of the
Institute; and 4. an internationally recognized record of teaching and research in biology, including a proven record
of external grant support.

Minimum qualifications include:

1. an earned doctorate; and 2. demonstrated excellence in research, teaching, and professional service commensurate with a
tenured appointment at the rank of Full Professor. We seek to fill this full-time, 9-month position starting 21 August 2012. Applications should include:
1. 2. 3.
a letter describing the applicant’s qualifications and experience related to the position; a curriculum vitae; and names and addresses of three references.

Review of applications will begin on April 30, 2012, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please email all application materials as pdf attachments to Ms. Wilma Varga (wilmav@uwyo.edu) and reference the position number (#4916). Inquiries about the position can be made to Dr. David G. Williams (dgw@uwyo.edu).

The University of Wyoming is committed to diversity and endorses principles of affirmative action. We acknowledge that diversity enriches and sustains our scholarship and promotes equal access to our educational mission. We seek and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

PhD position: PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION GENETICS OF SOUTH PACIFIC ANTS

Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects, Biology Center, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

We are looking for a motivated student with biology background to join our international team focused on ecology and evolution of tropical ants. The PhD candidate will study phylogeography and population history of ants from Melanesia and South Pacific. He/she will use various genomic and genetic tools to study the origin and relationship of ant faunas in New Guinea and South Pacific islands. She/he will combine traditional population genetics methods with Next Generation Sequencing tools. The project will involve repeated research stays in laboratories in the US (Harvard Univ.) and Mexico (LANGEBIO, http://www.langebio.cinvestav.mx/), where the student will develop genomic tools.

We offer 4 years grant contract (50%) at Biology Center, Czech Academy of Sciences (http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/). The student will be required to enroll into associated PhD program at Faculty of Science, Univ. of South Bohemia (http://www.prf.jcu.cz/en/). The salary and stipend are sufficient to cover living expenses in Czech Republic. The beginning of the project is between June and August 2012.

Requirements:
- fluent English and ability to communicate with an international team
- Master degree in biology
- experience with laboratory techniques used in molecular biology (e.g. Sanger sequencing, microsatellite genotyping)
- highly independent
- experience with work in R, and/or basic programming skills (Perl, Python) is preferred
- experience with genetic, bioinformatics, phylogenetic or biogeography research is advantageous

We offer:
- participation in cutting-edge research
- access to unique ecological and biological data and original research topics
- research stays at collaborting institutions in USA and Mexico
- opportunity to learn novel methods of data gathering and processing (NGS)

Interested candidates should send a short statement of interest, a CV, and the addresses of two potential referees to Milan Janda. mjanda@oeb.harvard.edu

Closing date for applications is April 5th 2011.

Starting date for the position is flexible between June and September 2012.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Dr. Milan Janda
Biology Center, Czech Academy of Sciences
Branisovska 31, 37005, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
email: mjanda@oeb.harvard.edu

more information:
www.newguineants.org
www.entu.cas.cz/en/
http://www.entu.cas.cz/en/departments/department-of-ecology-and-conservation-biology/

Job opportunity: Biodiversity Postdoctoral Associate

NatureServe, an international nonprofit conservation organization, in collaboration with Stony Brook University, is seeking a Biodiversity Postdoctoral Associate to join its team of scientists. The Biodiversity Postdoc will collaborate with a multi-institutional team on a project titled: "Integrating genetic, taxonomic, and functional diversity of tetrapods across the Americas and through extinction risk." The postdoc will compile databases of tetrapod distribution and trait data, perform data analyses using R, model distributions in GIS, and write manuscripts.

A Ph.D. is required for the position. The ideal candidate will have a strong theoretical and analytical background in biodiversity science with a proven track record of senior-authored publications, proficiency at biodiversity data analysis, and experience with GIS/RS and spatial analyses.
Applications from candidates with an interest in NGO conservation organizations are encouraged.

The successful candidate will be an employee of NatureServe (located in Arlington, Virginia) but based in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY (under the guidance of Dr. Catherine Graham). NatureServe offers a competitive nonprofit benefits package that includes a 401(k) savings and retirement plan with matching contributions; health and dental insurance; short and long-term disability; annual and sick
leave; and life insurance.

Review of applications will begin Friday, 9 March 2012, and the starting date for the one-year (with possibility of renewal for 2 additional years contingent upon performance) position is 1 June 2012. Please click on this link [http://natureserve.iapplicants.com/searchjobs.php] for detailed Pinformation about this job, the organization, and how to apply.

Ebbe Nielsen Prize

The Ebbe Nielsen Prize was established by the GBIF Governing Board to honour the memory of Dr Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen, who was an inspirational leader in the fields of biosystematics and biodiveristy informatics.

The prize is awarded annually to a promising researcher, usually in the early stages of his/her career, who is combining biosystematics and biodiversity informatics research in an exciting and novel way.

The nominations are submitted by GBIF Participants to the GBIF Science Committe which decides upon the recipient. The prize is awarded each year at the GBIF Governing Board meeting. The prize consists of 30,000 Euro to be used by the recipient to furhter his/her research.

For further details, please download the full call for nominations.
http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/call-for-nominations-for-the-2012-ebbe-nielsen-prize/

GBIF Young Researcher Award

The Young Researchers Award (YRA) in an annual award aimed at graduate students in a masters or doctoral programme at universities in countries participating in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) network.

The main objective of the award is to foster innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics.  The award has been put in place to stimulate use of GBIF enabled data by graduate students developing new research in biodiversity informatics and also to serve as an outreach mechanism to universities.

Please notice that all nominations for the award cannot be sent directly to GBIF, All nominations are to be sent to the GBIF Secretariat by the national Heads of Delegation. Se call for nomination for more information.

For further details, please download the full call for proposals.
http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/call-for-proposals-for-the-2012-young-researchers-award/

FAPESP postdoc awards

FAPESP, the Sao Paulo Research Foundcation is one of the main research funding agencies in Brazil, supporting more than 11,000 fellowships and 8,000 research awards.  Highlighted research areas include biodiversity, and climate change. Post-Doctoral Fellowships are available.

www.fapesp.br/en/postdoc

from an advertisement in 23 February issue of Nature.

Workshop Announcement: Climate Refugia

Climate Refugia
Joint Inference from Fossils, Genetics, and Models
August 1-3, 2012, Eugene, Oregon
Workshop Organizers: Dan Gavin (University of Oregon), Feng Sheng Hu (University of Illinois) and Solomon Dobrowski (University of Montana)

http://geography.uoregon.edu/envchange/refugia/

This workshop will bring together scientists for three days of presentations and discussion on the topic of the persistence of plant and animal populations through periods of significant climate change. The most recent 20,000 years provides several instances of rapid climate change, and yet little extinction, fully independent of impacts by humans, has occurred through these climate changes. How did populations persist through abrupt climate change? What can be learned from this history to gauge extinction risk from ongoing climate changes? Results from distinctly different fields must be simultaneously considered to understand the complex histories of any species. Genetics, paleoecological records, and modeling past climates and species distributions each provide insight into this question. How to obtain a true "joint inference" from these fields remains elusive, but recent advances within each field may allow for more explicit interactions between scientists.

The workshop is aimed at scientists who have, or wish to, work across at least two of the three disciplines (paleoecology, phylogeography, and species distribution modeling/paleoclimatology). Space for attending this workshop is very limited. A limited amount of funding is available for early-career and international participants. See the web page for additional information.

Multiple research positions: Craig Moritz lab @ ANU

Several positions (two 5yr Postdocs, one Lab manager, one 4 yr PhD scholarship) are available in a new lab being established by Craig Moritz at the Australian National University (http://biology.anu.edu.au/Craig_Moritz/). The project, supported by the Australian Research Council, aims to develop and apply novel approaches to prediction and disco...very of biodiversity hotspots, with emphasis on the poorly known vertebrate (especially reptile) diversity of the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia. The overall project will integrate environmental modeling over space and time with use of next-gen sequencing, coalescent analyses and phenotype to provide robust estimates of lineage and phylogenetic endemism and to improve understanding of biodiversity dynamics in response to past climate change. The appointees will benefit from interactions across multiple labs in the Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics of the Research School of Biology (http://biology.anu.edu.au/eeg/) as well as geographically adjacent groups in CSIRO.

All positions are available from July 1, 2012. Details of positions and instructions for applying can be found as follows:

Postdoctoral Associates (spatial modeling and genomics): http://jobs.anu.edu.au/PositionDetail.aspx?P=2557

Laboratory Manager (Research Officer 6): http://jobs.anu.edu.au/PositionDetail.aspx?P=2566

Graduate (PhD) scholarship:
PhD scholarship in Evolutionary Biogeography (4 years @ AUD27,222, commencing July 1, 2012).
A 4 year PhD scholarship, funded by the Australian Research Council, is available in the Moritz Lab of the Division of Ecology, Evolution and Genetics, Research School of Biology, Australian National University (http://biology.anu.edu.au/Craig_Moritz/). The student will undertake comparative phylogeographic and phenotypic analyses of lizards from the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia to investigate biogeographic and speciation processes underlying the high diversity of this, as yet underexplored region. There is considerable scope for independent development of the project. The appointee should have a strong background in evolutionary biology and/or molecular ecology and enthusiasm for both field and molecular analyses. Prior research and or field experience is an advantage, but is not required. The position is open to both Australian and International applicants. For further details or to send applications, please contact Craig Moritz (craig.moritz@anu.edu.au). Review of applications will commence on March 18, 2012.

Applications close on March 18th, 2012. Please direct enquiries to Craig Moritz at craig.moritz@anu.edu.au

*Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor ¡V Quantitative Biologist JobOpening*

*ID Number: FY-5367 Closing Date: Until Filled; Applications will be reviewed starting March 1, 2012*

The Biology Department at City College of the City University of New York invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position in Quantitative Biology at the level of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor to begin Fall 2012. We seek an outstanding candidate performing cutting-edge research in landscape ecology, microbial ecology, evolutionary ecology, macroecology, or urban ecology. Candidates should have demonstrated research excellence and collaborative skills to interact with a vibrant, expanding Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior group. The candidate¡¦s research program should strengthen the current departmental research in tropical ecology, biogeography, evolutionary ecology, and conservation biology. The
successful candidate will be expected to teach in both undergraduate and doctoral program and work collaboratively within the City University of New York. For areas of departmental strengths, see www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/biology


*QUALIFICATIONS*
Junior candidates should have a Ph.D., postdoctoral experience, and a strong record of publications; senior candidates should have a strong history of federal funding, research productivity, and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level.

*COMPENSATION*
Commensurate with qualifications and experience. Competitive start-up package available.

*HOW TO APPLY*
If you are viewing this job posting in CUNYFirst, please click on "Apply Now" on the bottom of this page and follow the instructions.

If you are viewing this job posting externally, please apply as follows: - Go to www.cuny.edu and click on "Employment" - Click "Search job listings" - Click on "More options to search for CUNY jobs"- Search by Job Opening ID number - Click on the "Apply Now" button and follow the instructions.

To be considered for this position, you must include a curriculum vitae (CV), summary of past research accomplishments and future research plans, and a statement of teaching and mentoring experience in one document in any of the following formats: doc, docx, .pdf, .rtf, or text format.

Letters of recommendation from at least three referees should be sent directly to the search committee at: Quantitative Biology Search Committee Department of Biology, J526

The City College of New York 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 biosearches@sci.ccny.cuny.edu fax: 212 650-8585*EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*

We are committed to enhancing our diverse academic community by actively encouraging people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply. We take pride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence through diversity and inclusion. EO/AA Employer.

Symposium at the International Palynological Conference - Tokyo, Japan

International Palynological Conference (23-30^th of August, 2012; Tokyo, Japan); http://www.psj3.org/ipc-iopc2012/Welcome.html

Theme: Cenozoic plants and biosphere surrounding them

Symposium SS42: Neogene global tectonic and climatic change as drivers in plant evolution: linking the palynological, palaeobotanical and molecular records

The Neogene period represents the transition to our modern world, when crucial geographical features such as topographic relief, drainage patterns and oceanic currents were laid out. It also represents the run-up to the ‘icehouse’ world with final bleeps of a ‘greenhouse’ during the Middle Miocene (c. 15 Ma) and Middle Pliocene (c. 4 Ma). The combined effects of global tectonic and climatic change was critical for floral and faunal evolution, but also determined present biodiversity patterns, particularly this latter aspect was only identified by scientists in recent years. Interdisciplinary studies that include the geological history, palynology, palaeobotany and molecular phylogeny potentially can offer new insights into our understanding of plant evolution and diversification. In this session we encourage palynologists, palaeobotanists and molecular biologists who work at the interface of their disciplines to present their research on the Neogene evolution of plants and algae in geologically dynamic regions from all over the globe and from both marine and/or continental settings. The insights gained from this type of research are relevant when modeling the impact of future climatic change, but also where it concerns drafting guidelines for conservation policies in regions of high biodiversity.

Organizers:

Dr. Carina Hoorn

Palaeo-ecology and Landscape Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Email: M.C.Hoorn@uva.nl

Dr. Andre Pardo

Universidad de Caldas, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Calle 65 No. 26-10, Manizales, Colombia

Email: apardo66@yahoo.com

Dr. Alexandre Antonelli

Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Carl Skottsbergs gata 22A, 413 19 Göteborg, Sweden & University of Gothenburg, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences,Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B, 413 19 Göteborg, Sweden

Email: alexandre.antonelli@dpes.gu.se

Preliminary announcement: International Symposium on Invasive Plants and Global Change

The ecology and management of invasive plants is of world-wide concern. Much research and speculation has focused on which abiotic and biotic factors promote plant invasions, including biotic factors that affect population dynamics, weather variability and climate change, and land use/disturbance regimes. The goals of this International Symposium are to: (1) assess mechanisms of plant invasions; (2) evaluate how potential global changes may influence these mechanisms and alter plant invasions; and (3) project how plant invasions may be managed as global changes occur. To achieve these goals, a distinguished group of international scientists will explore these issues through presentations and discussions. Because arid ecosystems are especially susceptible to plant invasions and global changes due to low resilience and extreme sensitivity to environmental changes, this International Symposium places special emphasis on plant invasions in dry regions of the world.

Topics:

1. Mechanisms of plant invasions – understanding the “why” of plant invasions – including: intra- and interspecific interactions, population dynamics, evolutionary processes, plant-soil-microbial feedbacks, trophic interactions, environmental variability, and human activities

2. Global changes and invasion processes – what the future holds and how will these changes influence underlying mechanisms of invasion – including: changing climate (temperature and precipitation), changing atmospheric CO₂, and changing land use and disturbance

3. Managing plant invasions in a changing world – putting it all together – including: conceptual understanding to frame strategies and policies, and predicting plant invasions with numerical models

Venue and Local Hosts

Symposium will occur in Urumqi, which is the capital city of Xinjiang Province, China. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences is the local host.

Preliminary Schedule:

June 13 (Wednesday), Registration

June 14 (Thursday), Symposium

June 15 (Friday), Symposium

June 16 & 17 (Weekend), Field trip to Junggar Basin

Important Dates:

Before March 31, 2012 Submit registration form

Before May 31, 2012 Submit abstract

For more information, contact in USA: Bob Nowak – Email: nowak@cabnr.unr.edu

To receive further announcements about this Symposium, contact Zhang Daoyuan – Email: zhangdy@ms.xjb.ac.cn

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION ON INVASIVE SPECIES, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND GLOBAL TRADE University of Notre Dame

A postdoctoral research position in conservation biology is available to develop and test trait-based models of species invasiveness, forecast potential range changes under climate change, and to combine these approaches with data on global transportation networks to forecast future invasions. These research opportunities exist on multiple externally funded projects as well as within the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative (http://environmentalchange.nd.edu/).

Applicant screening is rolling, but with a desired start in spring 2012.
Salary and benefits will be competitive. Applicants should email (in one pdf document) a letter describing prior research experience and current interests, a curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three references to Dr. David Lodge (dlodge@nd.edu), with a cc to Joanna McNulty (McNulty.9@nd.edu).  

Search Extended

Professor and Chair of Botany

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

The Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa is seeking a dynamic individual with a record of excellence in research and teaching, with administrative experience to lead the department forward as Department Chair and Professor. The Botany Department includes 15 faculty and 60 graduate students from a diverse backgrounds and offers unparalleled opportunities for botanical research in both marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The successful candidate will be appointed as Professor of Botany and have a renewable 3-year appointment as Chair. This is an 11-month tenurable position to begin August 1, 2012, pending administrative authorization to fill.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in botany or related field, demonstrated excellence in teaching and research, possess a record of successful research support, a minimum of four years of full-time college or university teaching at the rank of associate professor or equivalent, attained significant recognition by the community of scholars in his or her discipline and shown leadership skills and experience with academic administration. Desirable qualifications: A minimum of four years at the rank of professor or equivalent.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate is expected to maintain an active research program that complements the department and our unique location and to serve as Chair of the Department of Botany. Teaching responsibilities may include undergraduate and graduate courses.

To apply:

Application packets should be sent electronically as a single pdf file to botany@hawaii.edu with cc to sterling@hawaii.edu and hard copies to follow addressed to: Chair Search Committee, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, St John 101, Honolulu, HI 96822. Application packet should consist of a letter application, curriculum vitae with a complete list of publications, statements of research, teaching and administrative experience and philosophies, referee names and contacts, official transcripts (copies accepted, however official transcripts required upon hire) and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to be sent to Chair Search Committee, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3190 Maile Way, St John 101, Honolulu, HI 96822. Inquiries: Dr. Sterling Keeley, sterling@hawaii.edu.

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Review of applications will begin on February 25, 2012 and continue until the position is filled.

Disease Macroecologist

Zoological Society of London


One Year Fixed-term Contract Initially
Salary: £27,106 plus London Weighting £3568

A postdoctoral position is available from 1st April 2012 to build
global spatial and temporal empirical models of the interdependence
of biodiversity and human health in Africa. The work will build on
previous publications (see Jones et al. Nature 451:990) to examine
the roles of biodiversity, land-use change, climate change and other
socio-economic, demographic and environmental drivers on disease emergence
and transmission.

The position requires an independent, enthusiastic and innovative
researcher with a PhD in a relevant discipline interested in applying
comparative macroevolutionary and macroecological approaches to
understanding disease emergence and transmission and its effect on
human wellbeing. Experience in environmental niche modelling, spatial
statistical modelling, using and compiling global biodiversity,
environmental and socioeconomic datasets would be an advantage.

The post will be based at The Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society
of London, London, but will require visits to our partners in Africa.
Starting date: 1st April 2012, end date: 31st March 2013 with the
possibility of renewing for a further 2 years. Salary: £30,674
p.a. inclusive of London weighting.

Please see www.zsl.org/jobs for a job description.

To apply please send a CV, covering letter and contact details of three
referees to: HR Dept., ZSL, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, or email
hr@zsl.org  Informal enquires can be made to kate.jones@ioz.ac.uk

Closing date for applications:  16th February 2012

MacArthur & Wilson Award

The International Biogeography Society

Announces

The MacArthur & Wilson Award

The Board of Directors of the International Biogeography Society (IBS) is pleased to open the competition for a new biennial Award.  Named after R. H. MacArthur and E. O. Wilson, it honors their seminal contributions to biogeography. The award will recognize an individual for a notable, innovative contribution to biogeography.  This award will be targeted at comparatively early career investigators and will have a guideline that recipients should have completed their PhD no more than 12 years before the deadline for nominations. The committee has some flexibility in regard to this criterion, to take account of differing life and career paths. A pair of collaborators might be considered providing both are eligible by this criterion.

The recipient should be prepared to offer a paper at the biennial meeting of the IBS and will be invited to publish a short article on their work in Frontiers of Biogeography. In return, their attendance at the meeting will be underwritten by the IBS.

The first award will be presented at the IBS biennial meeting in Miami, Florida, 10–12 January 2013.

Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the MacArthur & Wilson Award Sub-Committee (pdf’s are preferred; Robert.whittaker@ouce.ox.ac.uk) no later than Friday 23rd March, 2012. An individual can be nominated for a single paper or a ‘group of papers’ and it is anticipated that such a corpus of work will involve – in the spirit of MacArthur & Wilson’s famous monograph – scholarly collaborations with other co-workers.

 

Nominations should consist of a supporting cover letter of no more than 800 words, co-signed by two members of the IBS, plus a short cv of the nominee, plus pdfs of four key papers published by the nominee, at least two of which should have been published within the last three years.  Current members of the IBS Board are not eligible for nomination.

Current members of this IBS sub-committee include: Pauline Ladiges, Christine Maggs, Albert Phillimore, Robert E. Ricklefs, Brett R. Riddle, Robert J. Whittaker (chair).  

For further information about the IBS, see www.biogeography.org.

Positions offered at the Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya (Solsona, Spain)

Post-Doc position in conservation biology and spatial ecology in Mediterranean farmlands
http://biodiversitylandscapeecologylab.blogspot.com/2012/01/post-doc-position-conservation-biology.html

Assistant technician position in fire and landscape modelling and data analysis.
http://biodiversitylandscapeecologylab.blogspot.com/2012/01/offered-assistant-technician-position.html

Phd candidates welcome: Fire and landscape modelling in the Mediterranean
http://biodiversitylandscapeecologylab.blogspot.com/2012/01/phd-candidates-wanted-fire-and.html

IBS Awards: Call for Nominations for the Alfred Russel Wallace Award

The ARW award was established by the International Biogeography Society (IBS) in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography. Previous recipients have included Drs. Jack Briggs, Jared Diamond, John Avise and Bob Ricklefs. Preliminary nominations consist of a letter endorsing the candidate with an abbreviated copy of their curriculum vitae. The committee reviews these materials and solicits complete nomination packets (consisting of the letter of nomination, a complete CV, and three or more letters of recommendation) for selected individuals. The selected recipient will be invited to address the society at its next biennial meeting.

We are now in the process of accepting nominations for the 2013 award. Please forward preliminary nominations to Felisa Smith (fasmith@unm.edu), chair of the Awards Committee, by May 1, 2012. Current members of the IBS Board are not eligible for nomination.

First announcement for the 6th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society.

Kovens Convention Center on the campus of Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

January 9th-13th, 2013

Registration and abstract submission will open in July 2012.

The meeting will have:
Four successive symposia on broad foundational and cutting-edge topics and approaches in biogeography and macroecology, each with a suite of leading international scientists as well as openings for contributed papers.
- Beyond Bergmann: New perspectives on the biogeography of traits
- Island Biogeography: new syntheses
- Predicting species and biodiversity in a warmer world: are we doing a good job?
- Conservation paleobiology: using knowledge of past ecosystems to inform conservation priorities

12 sessions of contributed papers on key topics including and not limited to: (i) Neotropical biogeography, (ii) Climate change biogeography, (iii) Paleo-biogeography, (iv) Phylogeography, (v) Marine biogeography (vi) Disturbance regimes and biogeography, and (vii) Global biogeography

Poster sessions will occur two times per day and posters will be viewable for two full days.

Schedule:
9th January: Workshops and fieldtrips
10th – 11th January: Symposia and poster sessions
12th January: Contributed papers
13th January: Post-conference field trips

A keynote lecture will be given by the Alfred Russel Wallace Award winner, recognizing a lifetime of outstanding contributions to biogeography.

On the day just before and after the conference (9th and 13th January), there will be arranged field excursions to a number of protected natural areas including Everglades National Park. In addition, on 9 January, several workshops will be held (topics currently in development).

Preliminary information on the venue and lodging is available on the International
Biogeography website: http://www.biogeography.org/html/Meetings/2013/index.html

We hope to see you there!

Estonian Science Foundation (ETF) - Incoming Fellowships for Postdocs

Due: Wednesday 25th January 2012
WWW: www.etf.ee/index.php?page=126

Description

Co-financed by Marie Curie COFUND, the Estonian
Science Foundation (ETF) offers within the ERMOS
programme Incoming Fellowships in Estonia for Postdocs.

With a fellowship, the applicant has the possibility
to do his own research project at an Estonian research
institution for two to threeyears.

Postdoctoral candidates can apply until up to five
years after reception of their PhD certificate counted
from the date of the call deadline. The programme is
open to scientists of all nationalities.
Applicants must not have resided or carried out their
main activity in Estonia for more than 12 months in the
 three years immediately prior to the reference date.

The funding comprises the fellow’s salary, research costs
as well as a relocation support.

Freelance technical editing

Freelance technical editing: up to 8 hours a week work available, joining a small team of technical editors working for Journal of Biogeography, a leading international life-sciences journal.

Would suit someone:

· experienced in technical editing/copy-editing and publishing;

· educated to post-graduate level in biology, ecology or biogeography, preferably with a knowledge of genetics;

· with an excellent command of English and a good eye for detail; and

· preferably with experience of using ScholarOne Manuscripts.

If interested contact Robert J. Whittaker: rjwjbio@ouce.ox.ac.uk by 30^th January 2012.