Postdoctoral Scholar, Avian Ecology and Acoustics, College of William and 
Mary

The Environmental Science and Policy program at the College of William and 
Mary seeks applications for a two-year postdoctoral scholar position in 
Avian Ecology and Acoustics. The postdoctoral scholar will engage in 
projects related to using nonlinear acoustics to keep birds away from 
environmentally sensitive and economically important areas, and be mentored 
by John Swaddle (Department of Biology) and Mark Hinders (Department of 
Applied Science). The postdoctoral scholar will also teach one upper-level 
seminar course per academic year, arrange an environmental speaker series, 
and mentor undergraduate researchers (as appropriate for the projects). We 
are particularly interested in candidates who have a background in bird 
ecology and either have experience or are eager to learn signal processing 
and simulation approaches in acoustics. Matlab experience is also desired. A 
PhD in a relevant field is required by the time of appointment. 

A competitive salary will be offered. Research and travel funds are 
available. William and Mary’s extensive network of aviaries and the 
university’s heterogenous cluster computing system, SciClone, are available 
for use in this project. For more information about the PIs’ recent research 
projects please visit their respective websites.
John Swaddle: http://jpswad.people.wm.edu/research_new.htm 
Mark Hinders: http://as.wm.edu/Faculty/Hinders.html 

Review begins March 17, 2014 and will continue until an appointment is made.  
This is a 9-month academic year appointment. Start date is August 10, 2014. 
To apply, please submit online a letter of application (which must include 
brief statements of research and teaching interests), a curriculum vitae, 
and a list of courses taken relevant to the position as a single PDF 
document at https://jobs.wm.edu. Also submit separately online the names and 
email addresses of three references who may be contacted by us with 
instructions for how to submit a letter of reference. 

For full consideration, application materials must be submitted by the 
review date, March 17, 2014. Applications received after the review date 
will be considered if needed.

The College is an EEO/AA employer and actively encourages applications from 
minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

If you have questions about this position please contact John Swaddle at 
[email protected]

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