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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Postdoctoral Researcher in Fisheries
Oceanography</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We seek to hire a postdoctoral researcher to
play a leading
role in a <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2049624&HistoricalAwards=false&fbclid=IwAR0AJdIoDgOguGme7dJOh4ggPSfZ1VztOhX51_1xGl4g0LtGrmTHl4S9Qfg">three-year
project</a> recently funded by the NSF Biological Oceanography
Program.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This project will
utilize six, multi-decadal
fisheries independent datasets from the Gulf of Alaska and
California Current
Ecosystem to investigate the responses of fishes to climate change
and climate
variability across multiple life history stages.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The goal of this project is
to investigate
whether there are ecological-evolutionary tradeoffs between
whether species
respond to climate change by shifting their spatial distribution
versus
changing the seasonal timing of temperature-sensitive activities,
such as
spawning.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The postdoctoral
researcher
will also work with project collaborators to develop life-history
dependent,
statistical models of 21<sup>st</sup> century shifts in species
distribution
and spawning phenology using a recently developed regional climate
model.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The selected
postdoctoral researcher will
play a key role in data analysis, model development, data
visualization, and
dissemination of project results through publications and
presentations at
scientific meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The
postdoctoral
researcher will be based at East Carolina University (ECU; located
in
Greenville, NC), but will actively collaborate with project team
members at
Oregon State University, University of California – Santa Cruz,
Rutgers
University, and multiple branches of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Optional
opportunities to participate in fieldwork and gain teaching
experience at ECU
are available for the postdoctoral researcher.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Requirements for this position include:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>A Ph.D. in biological oceanography,
marine
ecology, fisheries science, or a closely related field</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Previous experience using a scientific
computing
program (e.g., R, MATLAB, Python)</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>A track record of publishing
peer-reviewed
manuscripts</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>A strong background in statistics and
data
analysis </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Preferred qualifications for this position
include:</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Experience developing species
distribution
models, especially generalized additive models (GAMs)</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Experience utilizing earth system or
regional
climate models</p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span></span>Experience working with fisheries
independent
datasets </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Funding is available for the selected candidate
to start
work on this project immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The
initial contract for the postdoctoral researcher will be for a
one-year period,
with renewal for up to three years pending job performance.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Salaries for postdoctoral
researchers at ECU
are based on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) pay scale.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To apply for this position, applicants should
submit a cover
letter, a curriculum vitae, a two-page research statement, and
names and
contact information for three references.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Applications should be submitted through the following
website: <a href="https://ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/44706">https://ecu.peopleadmin.com/postings/44706</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Review of applications will <span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">begin on October 19,
2021, but will
continue until a suitable candidate is found.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span></span><span style="color:red"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The selected candidate will work in the Asch
Fisheries
Oceanography Lab at ECU.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The
PI of this
lab, Dr. Rebecca Asch, was selected as one of eight early career
researchers in
the US and Canada to receive a Sloan Foundation Research
Fellowship in Ocean
Sciences in 2018. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Asch Lab conducts research on the effects
of climate
change and climate variability on the early life history stages of
fishes, with
a focus on changes in spawning phenology.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>We work in a variety of geographic settings (e.g., current
projects focus
on North Carolina, the California Current, Caribbean, and North
Pacific
Subtropical Gyre) and aim to blend modeling and observational
techniques in our
work.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Recent Asch Lab
publications can
be found <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=POxW9tcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra">here.</a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>ECU is home of a growing
community of coastal
researchers who are distributed between the main campus in
Greenville, NC and
the Coastal Studies Institute in Wanchese, NC.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The ECU Department of Biology has five faculty members
whose research
focuses on fishes and fisheries and hosts an active student
subunit of the
American Fisheries Society (AFS).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Asch Lab
and East Carolina
University (ECU) seek to create an environment that fosters the
recruitment and
retention of a diverse and inclusive body of students, research
staff, and
faculty.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Questions
about this position can be addressed to Rebecca Asch (</span><a href="mailto:aschr16@ecu.edu">aschr16@ecu.edu</a><span style="color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1">).</span><span style="color:red"></span></p>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr. Rebecca G. Asch
Assistant Professor of Fisheries Biology
Sloan Foundation Research Fellow in Ocean Sciences
Pronouns: she/her/hers
East Carolina University
Department of Biology, Mail Stop 551
Howell Science Complex, Office S408
1000 East 5th Street
Greenville, NC 27858
Office phone: +1 252 328-6307
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:aschr16@ecu.edu">aschr16@ecu.edu</a></pre>
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