A graduate Research Assistantship will potentially become available with Don Wallers research group at University of Wisconsin-Madison in Summer or Fall 2010. The RA will participate in developing a state-wide native plant monitoring program aimed at quantifying deer impacts and abundances and assessing the impacts of climate change, pervasive habitat modification, and shifts in forest and land management. She/he should be familiar with plant identification and ecological survey methods and interested in statistics. The Research Assistant will work closely with a deer impacts research consortium whose members include local, state, and federal agencies, NGOs, and researchers from multiple institutions and departments. In addition to research duties, the RA will work closely with these partners and citizen scientists to foster this collaborative effort including creating a web page to share protocols, data, maps, and results.
Those interested should familiarize themselves with the groups research described at: http://www.botany.wisc.edu/waller/ and consider which UW graduate program is most attractive among Botany, Zoology, and Environment and Resources: http://botany.wisc.edu/graduate_study_and_research/ http://www.zoology.wisc.edu/grad/Prospective.html http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/education/programs/graduate-degrees/ They may also be interested in the research proposal submitted to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that may support this position: http://www.botany.wisc.edu/waller/Researchpages/deerimpacts.html Funding of this position is contingent on receiving grant support. To inquire about this opportunity, please send an e-mail and curriculum vitae to Don Waller at: [email protected]
