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Postdoctoral RA – Modeling and Monitoring for Conservation
Job Description
- Agency
- University of Georgia
- Location
- Athens, GA
- Job Category
- Post Doctoral Appointments
- Salary
- approximately $52,000 / year, plus benefits, with potential for continuation contingent upon performance and funding
- Start Date
- 09/01/2023
- Last Date to Apply
- 08/25/2023
- Website
- https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/333269
- Description
- Provide statistical and technical assistance to the National Park Service’s Inventory and Monitoring Division, with a focus on analyzing monitoring data for a variety of resources (including but not limited to vegetation and water). Prepare and provide statistical-support reports; develop methods and tools for quality-control review, analysis, and visualization of data; assist with the review of monitoring protocols (such as power analyses and evaluating data variability and recommending changes to reduce variability); present research results to partners and at scientific conferences; publish in peer-reviewed literature; assist with development of research proposals; and interact with scientists at the National Park Service and the Georgia Cooperative Research Unit and our partners. Other related duties may also be assigned as needs arise (e.g., required training, contribution to general operation of the research unit). Further, lab members are expected to help maintain a supportive collegiate environment. POSITION IS OPEN UNTIL FILLED, APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED FIRST COME-FIRST SERVE.
- Qualifications
- Required – PhD in Statistics, Ecology, Natural Resources, or related field; experience with managing data, generalized linear mixed models, and developing data visualizations; proficiency with R; ability to work independently and collaboratively; written and oral communication skills corresponding to quantitative analyses. Preferred – record of scholarship and demonstration of expertise with statistical analyses and modeling of monitoring data collected from natural habitats and wild populations (e.g., GAMs, occupancy modeling).
- Contact Person
- Dr. Brian Irwin
- Contact eMail
- irwin@uga.edu
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