Fellowship Opportunity
The next application round begins November 1, 2016. The deadline is January 13,
2017. (Applications are now under review. No late applications are accepted.)
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 60 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.
Starting date, 1 September
2017.
Salary $48,000 per yr.
Research stipend: $7,000 per yr.
Application requirements: curriculum vitae, a statement of overall
scientific goals and interests (approximately
2 pages), and the names and contact information for three references
All of the material should be submitted to biodiversity.centre@ubc.ca as a single PDF (please name your file using this format: Lastname_Firstname_PDF2017.pdf)
Closing date for application, 13 January 2017.
The University of British
Columbia
hires on the basis of
merit and is committed to employment equity.
We encourage all qualified
candidates to apply. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged.
We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.”
Current Biodiversity
Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients
Benjamin Freeman (starting October 2017) - freeman@zoology.ubc.ca
"I am fascinated by latitudinal and elevational diversity gradients: Why do some regions have many species while others have few? I study the evolutionary and ecological processes that explain how diverse communities assemble."
For more information, visit
Dr. Freeman's website.
Rachel Germain - rgermain@zoology.ubc.ca
"I seek to understand the ecological underpinnings of evolutionary divergence among populations and species, using insight from contemporary ecological theory."
For more information, visit
Dr. Germain's website.
Stilianos Louca - louca@zoology.ubc.ca
"I am interested in microbial ecology and geomicrobiology. As a naturalist by philosophy, a physicist by methodology and a biologist by heart, I'm exploring the invisible world through biogeochemical models, numerical simulations and molecular techniques."
For more information, visit
Dr. Louca's website.
Past Biodiversity
Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients
Jennifer Sunday
2013-17 |
University of Washington |
sunday@biodiversity.ubc.ca
|
Holly Moeller
2017 |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
moeller@zoology.ubc.ca
|
Anna Hargreaves
2015-17 |
McGill University |
alhargreaves@gmail.com
|
Chris Muir
2013-15 |
University of British Columbia |
cdmuir@biodiversity.ubc.ca
|
Juan Santos
2012-14 |
College of Life Sciences
Brigham Young University |
infraguttatus@gmail.com
|
Elizabeth Wolkovich
2012-13 |
Department of Organismic
& Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University |
lizzie@oeb.harvard.edu
|
Florence Débarre
2011-13 |
Collège de France
Paris, France |
florence.debarre@normalesup.org
|
Thor Veen
2010-13 |
Physical Sciences
Quest University |
thor.veen@questu.ca
|
Jill Jankowski
2010-12 |
Department of Zoology
University of British Columbia |
jankowsk@biodiversity.ubc.ca
|
Nathan Kraft
2009-11 |
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
UCLA |
nkraft@ucla.edu
|
Mike Barker
2009-10 |
Dept. Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona |
msbarker@email.arizona.edu
|
Will Cornwell
2007-2009 |
School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences
University of New South Wales |
w.cornwell@unsw.edu.au
|
Luke Harmon
2005-2007 |
Department
of Biological Sciences
University of Idaho |
lukeh@uidaho.edu
|
Ross Thompson
2003-2005 |
Institute for Applied Ecology, Director
University of Canberra |
Ross.Thompson@canberra.edu.au |
Jessica Hellman
2001-2003 |
Institute on the Environment, Director
University of Minnesota |
hellmann@umn.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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