Let me add some information to this announcement. The description "Ocean
Science and Engineering" may discourage ecologists who view themselves
neither as ocean scientists nor engineers (and what is an ocean
scientist, anyway?). In fact, WHOI is organized into 5 departments:
Biology
Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry
Geology and Geophysics
Physical Oceanography
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
and a Marine Policy Center.
Almost everything that is done in the Biology Department could be
classified as ecological in one way or another (biochemical,
physiological, behavioral, population, community, ecosystem, etc.).
There is also a very strong contingent of microbial biogeochemists in
the both Biology and Marine Chemistry departments. There is, obviously,
a strong environmental component not only to the research of folks in
the departments, but also in the Marine Policy Center.
As David notes, previous experience not required. Check it out.
Hal Caswell
On 12/12/12 6:19 PM, David Inouye wrote:
Several Postdoctoral Awards in Ocean Science and Engineering are
available from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. It should be
noted that the Institution is "as interested in receiving applications
from persons with non-oceanographic backgrounds as those specifically
trained in the marine sciences and in ocean engineering."
Application forms and additional information can be found at
http://www.whoi.edu/postdoctoral. The deadline is January 5, 2013.
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Hal Caswell
Senior Scientist
Biology Department MS-34
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole MA 02543
USA
508-289-2751 (office)
508-457-2134 (fax)
