[Pollinator] Postdoctoral opportunity: Pollinator behavior/floral rewards

[Anne Leonard]

Postdoctoral opportunity studying bumblebee learning and pollen foraging
behavior with Anne Leonard (University of Nevada, Reno), Daniel Papaj
(University of Arizona) and Stephen Buchmann (University of Arizona).

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: We anticipate hiring a postdoctoral researcher for a
NSF-funded project focusing on the ecology and evolution of nutritionally
complex floral rewards. Bumblebees will be used to test hypotheses relating
to the cognitive ecology of nectar vs. pollen-based reward systems. The
research will involve use of both pollen-rewarding plant species and floral
surrogates to determine how bees learn associations involving different
kinds of rewards, and how reward diversity itself affects plant fitness.

QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in animal behavior or allied field. Training in the
area of animal learning or pollination biology is preferred, but not
required. Ability to think independently and well-developed skills in oral
and written communication are essential.

START DATE: As early as July 15, but negotiable. Starting salary
commensurate with experience and includes medical insurance/benefits. The
initial appointment will be for one year, with extension to a second year
anticipated, contingent upon satisfactory progress.

ACADEMIC SETTING: The Biology Department at UNR (
http://www.unr.edu/biology/about-us) has particular strengths in
plant-insect interactions and the neural mechanisms of learning and memory.
The interdisciplinary program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Biology (http://environment.unr.edu/eecb/) sponsors a colloquium series and
discussion groups on plant-animal interactions. Although based at UNR, the
postdoc would interact with collaborators at the University of Arizona
(Drs. Papaj, Buchmann, and Gronenberg).

DAILY LIFE: Reno is situated in the high desert on the eastern side of the
Sierra Nevada mountain range, 30 minutes from scenic Lake Tahoe and 3.5
hours from the San Francisco Bay Area. It offers a high quality of life, a
low cost of living, and close proximity to a wide variety of potential
field sites.

 For additional information, please email Anne Leonard (anneleonard at unr.edu
).

 Interested candidates should email anneleonard at unr.edu with PDFs: (1)
Cover letter indicating relevant experiences and interests (2) CV (3) Names
and contact information for three references. Please also attach up to
three reprints or preprints as PDFs. Review of applications will begin on
June 19th.

For more information on labs and research programs, please visit the
following links:

            Anne Leonard http://www.anneleonard.com

            Daniel Papaj http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/papaj/

            Stephen Buchmann http://ag.arizona.edu/ento/faculty/buchmann.htm

            Wulfila Gronenberg http://web.neurobio.arizona.edu/gronenberg/


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Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno, NV 89557-0314
(775) 784-1932
Website <https://sites.google.com/site/anneleonard79/>


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