Postdoctoral
Associate Lab of Ornithology Center
for Avian Population Studies College
of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell
University Ithaca,
New York
Who We Are
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 six world-class,
mission-driven centers. 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 people 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. 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.
The
Cornell Lab is currently home to a vibrant community of several dozen
postdoctoral associates working across all six centers, and we strive to
provide a supportive and collaborative environment for this community that
fosters personal growth and career advancement.
The
North American continent is supporting 3 billion fewer birds today than in 1970;
however, the demographic mechanisms underlying these declines remain poorly
understood. Within
this NSF project, we aim to develop a methodological framework to understand
current population declines and point towards a roadmap for the recovery and
conservation of the mass migration of birds. We seek to gain mechanistic
insights into how climate extremes are driving population changes and how to
assess macro-scale demographic patterns scale down to individual ecoregions and
local sites.
What You Will
Do
You will work with a dynamic
interdisciplinary group of ecologists and data analysts within the Center for
Avian Population Studies. You will examine population change from a large-scale
demographic perspective, relying on âbig dataâ resources that can be readily
generalized across many species. You will
collaborate with Cornell Labâs quantitative team to develop macro-demographic
indices of avian recruitment and mortality. This is based on continent-wide
radar data (NEXRAD), broad-scale citizen-science data (eBird), and fine-scale data
from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and Phenocam.
Specific
duties include:
- Developing
and validating novel tools and approaches for estimating macro-demographic
indices of abundance, recruitment, and mortality in a large-scale avian
migration system, based on radar and eBird data.
- Describing the primary macro-scale demographic patterns and
characteristics of the North-American migration system, and testing
hypothesized mechanisms for these patterns by quantifying the associations
between the macro-demographic indices and extreme climatic events.
- Presenting results at professional meetings, conferences, and popular
seminars.
- Preparing peer-reviewed papers and other research products.
What We Need
We are looking for an individual that enjoys participating in general project management and
working directly with internal and external project collaborators. We need someone who enjoys engaging in ongoing
academic and intellectual life. Additionally, we need someone who has:
- Ph.D. in (quantitative) ecology, applied statistics,
or a related field with a strong background in data science, statistics, and
model development.
- Ability to apply quantitative methods to ecological
hypotheses and questions.
- Multi-disciplinary skills to effectively bridge
fields, including population ecology, movement ecology, and geospatial
statistics.
- Strong record of success conducting research and
scholarly activities, including publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- Experience with R and/or other programming
languages.
- Experience working with large datasets and cloud
computing.
If you possess these
experiences and skills, this may be the role for you! There are a few
other qualifications that we would view as incredibly helpful in this role, to
include:
- Experience in ornithology and affinity with birds
are a bonus, but not required.
This is a full-time (40
hours/week) position and will be located in Ithaca, New York. This is a
one-year appointment with possible extension for a second year, depending on funding
and performance.
Rewards
and Benefits
We hope
you appreciate great benefits. Cornell receives national recognition as an
award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and
diversity initiatives.
- Our
benefits program includes comprehensive health care options, employee discounts
with local and national retail brands, and generous retirement contributions.
- Our
leave provisions include three weeks of vacation and 12 holidays: e.g., an
end-of-year winter break, from December 25th through January 1st.
- Cornell's
impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Part-time Study and
Employee Degree Program, Tuition Aid for external education, and Cornell
Children's Tuition Assistance program.
- We invite you to follow
this link to get more information: https://hr.cornell.edu/summaries-benefits.
To apply:
Please apply via Academic Jobs On-line (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16732).
Qualified candidates should submit a letter
of application
outlining qualifications, curriculum vitae, contact information for
three references, one example publication with appendix code, and a statement
of contribution to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion via the website.
Review of
applications will begin on October 1st and continue until a suitable
applicant is identified. For more information, please contact Dr. Adriaan Dokter (amd427@cornell.edu).
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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