Hello Aaron, Could you direct me to funding opportunities for post-docs or other non-tenure tract researchers. It looks like most opportunities are either geared toward getting a post-doc scholarship or are in open competition with more experienced researchers. -Burak
-----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Aaron T. Dossey Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 9:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Looking for a postdoctoral position - career options Biogeochemistry and geochemistry are pretty popular topics. I have seen several faculty positions on these topics over the past several months (dunno how many there are currently) at "Science Careers", in the back of Science Magazine, on Chemical & Engineering News, on the American Chemical Society's jobs/careers list, etc. (URLs below). There may be chemistry, biochemistry, organic or inorganic chemistry "broadly defined" positions in which you could also pursue your biogeochemistry research: General statement for anyone looking for a postdoc position: Why not go for a faculty position? Don't worry, you're qualified - don't be afraid to apply! ALSO don't forget that there is funding out there that we (postdocs, or other non-professor scientists) can apply for and we should all be applying, especially if you haven't landed that holy grail faculty position! I am applying for some. If you get your own funding, that is good either way - either it helps you land a more stable independent research position (like faculty, etc.) or generally gives you more independence (start your own lab, company, or affiliate with an institution for lab space as a staff scientist or some other affiliation, or affiliate with one of these biotech/research incubators that many universities have)! http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/ http://chemistryjobs.acs.org/jobs Aaron T. Dossey, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology On 4/14/2011 6:44 AM, Baojing Gu wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I am a PhD candidate from Zhejiang University, China, and will get the > doctoral degree this June. During my PhD studies, I mainly focus on > human and nature coupled biogeochemistry (including nitrogen and > carbon cycling on a large scale), and urban ecology (mainly testing > the role of human in urban ecosystem). > > Our new paper about coupled human and nature nitrogen cycling in > urbanized region published in Environ. Res. Lett. (Gu et al., 2011) > has been download over 500 times in 41 days after online, which lists > top 3% of all paper published in IOP journals. > > I also interest in the connection between nitrogen cycling and human > health, and further how this connection changes global climate and > environment on the basis on socioeconomic development. > > My Short CV: > > EDUCATION > 2006-present. PhD Candidate - Institute of Ecology and Conservation > Biology, Department of Biological Science, College of Life Sciences, > Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. Research filed: "Urban Ecology& > Biogeochemistry". > > 2007-2008. Visiting PhD student - Department of Renewable Resources, > University of Alberta, Edmonton, and Global Environment and Climate > Change Center (GEC3), McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Research filed: > "Environmental Science& Ecological Modelling". > > 2002-2006. B.A. - Honors Program of Science, Chu Ko Chen Honors > College and Biological Science, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang > University, Hangzhou, China. > > SELECTED PUBLICATIONS > Gu, B., Liu, D., Wu, X., Ge, Y., Min, Y., Chang, J. Utilization of > waste nitrogen for biofuel production in China. Renew. Sust. Energ. > Rev., 2011, (Accepted). > > Li, S., Wu, X., Xue, H., Gu, B., Cheng, H., Zeng, J., Peng, C., Ge, > Y., Chang, J. Quantifying carbon storage for tea plantations in China. Agric. > Ecosys. Environ., 2011, (Accepted). > > Gu, B., Zhu, Y., Chang, J., Peng, C., Liu, D., Min, Y., Luo, W., > Howarth, R.W., Ge, Y. The role of technology and policy in mitigating > regional nitrogen pollution. Environ. Res. Lett., 2011, 6, 014011. > Insight: including humans in urban biogeochemistry research > (http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/45414) > > Wang, Y., Xu, H., Wu, X., Zhu, Y., Gu, B., Niu, X., Liu, A., Peng, C., > Ge, Y., Chang, J. Quantification of net carbon flux from plastic > greenhouse vegetable cultivation: a full carbon cycle analysis. > Environ. Pollut., 2011, 159, 1427-1434. > > Min, Y., Gong, W., Jin, X., Chang, J., Gu, B., Han, Z., Ge, Y. NCNA: > Integrated platform for constructing, visualizing, analyzing and > sharing human-mediated nitrogen biogeochemical networks. Environ. > Modell. Softw., 2011, 26, 678-679. > > Gu, B., Ge, Y., Zhu, G., Xu, H., Chang, J., Xu, Q. Terrestrial > nitrogen discharges to the ocean derived from human activities in the > Greater Hangzhou Area, China. Acta. Sci. Circum., 2010, 30(10), > 2078-2087. (In Chinese with English abstract) > > Gu, B., Chang, J., Ge, Y, Ge, H., Yuan, C., Peng, C., Jiang, H. > Anthropogenic modification of the nitrogen cycling within the Greater > Hangzhou Area system, China. Ecol. Appl., 2009, 19(4), 974-988. > > CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS > Gu, B., Ge, Y., Chang, S.X., Peng, C., Chang, J. Ecological > consequences of rapid urban development in Edmonton, Alberta. > Frontiers of Soil Science, Canadian Society of Soil Science 2008 > annual meeting. Prince George, British Columbia, July 6 - 10, 2008. > (Oral presentation) > > Gu, B., Ge, Y., Chang, J., Chang, S.X. Ecological and socioeconomic > consequences of rapid urban development in Edmonton, Alberta. > Abstracts of the 45th Annual Alberta Soil Science Workshop: Ecological > Footprint of Human Activities on Alberta's Soils. February 19-21, > 2008. Lethbridge Lodge Hotel and Conference Centre, Lethbridge, > Alberta. (Poster paper) > > See my homepage for detail information: > http://www.cls.zju.edu.cn/eae/English/BaojingGu > > Please feel free to contact me if you are interested. > > Best Regards! > > Baojing > > -- > Baojing Gu > Urban Ecology& Biogeochemistry > College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University Office Tel& Fax: > +86-571-8820 6465 Cell phone: +86-139 581 10801 > Homepage: http://www.cls.zju.edu.cn/eae/English/BaojingGu
