[Pollinator] Fwd: Post-doc Opportunity in Pollination

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Post-doc position open: Modeling crop pollination services
Position: 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. 
Responsibilities: 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 
(_www.icpbees.org_ (http://www.icpbees.org/) ). 
Qualifications:  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. 
Application: 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 _taylor.ricketts at uvm.edu_ 
(mailto:taylor.ricketts at uvm.edu) .  Review of  applications will begin on April 
12, 2013 and we anticipate a start date of  July 1, 2013.  
Setting: 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 
(_www.uvm.edu/giee/_ (http://www.uvm.edu/giee/) ). Related efforts at UVM include a  
university-wide research initiative in Food Systems.  




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