Bruce (mis-typed on my iPhone)
Begin forwarded message: > From: Richard Fuller <[email protected]> > Date: July 18, 2011 12:23:39 AM PDT > To: Richard Fuller <[email protected]> > Subject: Postdoc and PhD in migration ecology and conservation at the > University of Queensland > > Hi all, > > > > We are recruiting a postdoc and a PhD student to work on migration ecology > and conservation as part of a recently funded Linkage Project at the > University of Queensland. Brief details of each post are pasted below, and > the two attachments contain more information. > > > > I’d be grateful if you could pass this email to anyone who might interested > in applying for these positions. > > > > Postdoc > > We seek a motivated postdoc to work on pure and applied questions in > conservation ecology, using as a case study the East Asian-Australasian > flyway, which links 23 countries, and supports millions of birds migrating > annually between the Arctic and Australia. However, this flyway is in rapid > decline, and we are seeking a postdoc to work on a newly funded project aimed > at understanding and reversing these declines. This project is a unique > opportunity to analyse population and habitat loss data at a continental > scale in a comprehensive analysis of one of the great animal migrations. As > well doing some interesting science, we hope that this work will help shape > conservation policy in Australia and throughout the flyway, through our > funding partners in state and federal governments as well as 15+ > non-governmental organisations who are contributing data to the project. The > successful appointee will join a productive and dynamic environment of 40+ > conservation ecologists at UQ. For more details see http://www.fullerlab.org > or go to the UQ jobs website (http://www.uq.edu.au/uqjobs/) and search for > job number 492255 > > > > PhD > > We seek a motivated PhD student to work on pure and applied questions in > migratory species monitoring and conservation. You will study the East Asian > migratory flyway, in which millions of shorebirds make annual journeys from > the Arctic to Australia and back. This project is funded by state and federal > government, and is a unique opportunity to shape policy around migratory > species conservation in Australia and beyond. Specific activities within the > PhD depend on the skills and interests of the successful applicant, but will > be focussed around optimal monitoring and management of migratory species, > emphasizing Moreton Bay as a study site. The project will provide broad > exposure across ecology and conservation science, including theory, fieldwork > and analysis of empirical data. For full details, see http://www.fullerlab.org > > > > With best wishes, > > > > Rich > > > > Dr Richard Fuller > > University of Queensland and CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > University of Queensland > St Lucia > Brisbane > QLD 4072 > Australia > > > > Web: http://www.fullerlab.org > > Tel: +61 (0)7 3346 9912 > Mob: +61 (0)4 5835 3102 > > > > <MigrationEcology_Postdoc.pdf> > <MigrationEcology_PhD.pdf>
