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<div align="center"><b>Post-doctoral Researcher, Modeling Crop
Pollination Services<br><br>
Gund Institute, The University of Vermont<br><br>
Position</b>: The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics seeks a
postdoctoral researcher to develop rigorous and practical models that
predict crop pollination services across agricultural landscapes. The
position is part of a new collaborative project funded by the USDA,
“Developing Sustainable Pollination Strategies for U.S. Specialty Crops.”
We aim to understand how farm management practices affect pollinators,
and to develop recommendations for harnessing native bees for crop
pollination. The 3-year position will be directed by Taylor Ricketts at
The University of Vermont and co-advised by Eric Lonsdorf, Research
Scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden.<br><br>
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<b>Responsibilities</b>: The postdoctoral researcher will: develop a
spatially-explicit statistical model integrating the ecology and
economics of crop pollination services (building on our initial modeling
efforts); work closely with project field teams to apply this model to
several agricultural landscapes and crops within the US; use the fitted
models to predict impacts of habitat enhancements on pollinator
communities and crop productivity. The post-doctoral researcher will work
closely with both Dr. Ricketts and Dr. Lonsdorf, and will interact
continuously with the broader project team
(<a href="http://www.icpbees.org">www.icpbees.org</a>).<br><br>
<b>Qualifications</b>: Applicants must have a doctoral degree in ecology,
economics, agricultural science, or related fields. Successful candidates
will have strong quantitative and statistical modeling skills, expertise
in pollination or landscape ecology, successful experience with
interdisciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to connecting research
to real-world land management.<br><br>
<b>Application:</b> Applicants should send a letter of interest,
curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references to Taylor
Ricketts, Director, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, at
<a href="mailto:taylor.ricketts@uvm.edu">taylor.ricketts@uvm.edu</a>.<b>
</b>Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2012 and we
anticipate a start date of March 1, 2013. <br><br>
<b>Setting: </b>The University of Vermont is located in Burlington,
between the Green and Adirondack Mountains and on the shores of Lake
Champlain. The Gund Institute is a transdisciplinary environmental
research center involving 20 Faculty Fellows, visiting scholars, and
graduate students
(<a href="http://www.uvm.edu/giee/">www.uvm.edu/giee/</a>). Related
efforts at UVM include a university-wide research initiative in Food
Systems. <br><br>
<div align="center">The University of Vermont is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications from women and
people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are
encouraged<br>
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