[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral Associate: Quantifying the emerging risks of wildfire smoke for birds | Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY

[Olivia Sanderfoot]

Hello ESWN community!

My name is Olivia, and I am a research scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I am currently hiring for a postdoctoral associate to join an exciting, interdisciplinary project quantifying the emerging risks of wildfire smoke for birds of North America. This is a one-year appointment, renewable for up to three years, contingent upon satisfactory work. Funding has already been secured to support this position for three years.


We seek a creative, collaborative Postdoctoral Associate with experience in large spatial datasets. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in quantitative ecology, applied statistics, or a related field within earth science, with a strong background in statistics and model development. You do NOT need to know anything about birds to apply. :)


The successful candidate will lead interdisciplinary research leveraging the Cornell Lab’s extensive participatory science and migration datasets to advance knowledge of the emerging risks of wildfire smoke for North American birds. The Postdoctoral Associate will use data products from eBird Status and Trends, Project FeederWatch, and BirdCast to quantify population-level exposure to smoke particulates and investigate how birds respond to smoke in real time. More specifically, projects will focus on (1) year-round smoke exposure, (2) impacts on migrating birds, and (3) impacts during historic wintertime fires. The successful candidate will work closely with researchers in both the Center for Avian Population Studies and the Center for Engagement in Science and Nature at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to tackle emerging questions of critical conservation importance while gaining experience working with large-scale, interdisciplinary datasets. The successful candidate will also gain skills and experience in communicating their research to different audiences via the Lab of Ornithology’s diverse platforms. This postdoctoral position will be co-advised by myself and Dr. Andrew Stillman. We encourage postdoctoral associates to explore related research questions and collaborate on projects conducted at the Cornell Lab and with partners to support their career development.


I’ve attached the job ad and folks can apply here<https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32072>. We will begin our review applications on June 30th.

Please reach out with any questions!

Sincerely,
Olivia

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Olivia V. Sanderfoot, Ph.D.
Research Scientist & Project Leader | FeederWatch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
osanderfoot at cornell.edu
607-255-5989

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