<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Date:    Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:23:04 -0300</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From:    &quot;Thiago S. F. Silva&quot; &lt;</span><a href="mailto:thiago@UVIC.CA" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">thiago@UVIC.CA</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&gt;</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Opportunity: Postdoctoral fellow in Remote Sensing of Amazonian Biodiversity</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to contribute to the project</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&quot;Dimensions US / Biota S=C3=A3o Paulo - Assembly and evolution of the Amazo=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nian</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biota and its environment: an integrated approach&quot;, co-funded by the S=C3=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=A3o</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP, Brazil) and the National Science</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Foundation (NSF, USA).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">We are looking for candidates of any nationality, with a doctorate in Earth</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">or Environmental Sciences (Ecology, Geography, Geology, Remote Sensing and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">other related fields) and extensive experience in the processing and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">analysis of remote sensing data, as well as a solid knowledge on the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ecology and natural history of tropical ecosystems. A good publication</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">record and proficiency in oral and written English are essential, and the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ability to communicate in Portuguese or Spanish is highly desirable.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The fellowship has a duration of three years, and the candidate will be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">expected to be spend equal amounts of time in Brazil, at Dr. Thiago Silva&#39;s</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">lab (Department of Geography, S=C3=A3o Paulo State University, Rio Claro, S=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">P,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Brazil) and Dr. Kyle McDonald&#39;s lab (Department of Earth &amp; Atmospheric</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Science, City University of New York, New York , USA).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dr. Kyle McDonald - CUNY</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://crest.ccny.cuny.edu/people/faculty-and-scientists/dr.-kyle-c.-mcdona=" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://crest.ccny.cuny.edu/people/faculty-and-scientists/dr.-kyle-c.-mcdona=</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ld</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dr. Thiago Silva - UNESP</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ecosystemobservation/people/thiagosilva" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">https://sites.google.com/site/ecosystemobservation/people/thiagosilva</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&lt;</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ecosystemobservation/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">https://sites.google.com/site/ecosystemobservation/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&gt;)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Detailed information on the position and application instructions are</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">available at:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/675" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.fapesp.br/oportunidades/675</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(English version available by clicking on the top right corner)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please share!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">--</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">*Thiago Sanna Freire Silva*</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Assistant Professor</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ecosystem Dynamics Observatory</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&lt;</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ecosystemobservation/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">https://sites.google.com/site/ecosystemobservation/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&gt;</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Department of Geography</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">S=C3=A3o Paulo State University (UNESP)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Rio Claro, SP - Brazil</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Google Scholar Citations</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&lt;</span><a href="http://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=3DhpPTEmcAAAAJ" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=3DhpPTEmcAAAAJ</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&gt;</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Curr=C3=ADculo Lattes</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&lt;</span><a href="http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=3DP315543" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=3DP315543</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">&gt;</span><br>
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