[JOB][Ecology][Colby College] Post-doc on consequences of species loss from coastal food webs

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Apr 3, 2021, 10:46:41 AM4/3/21
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Hi all,
This is a great full-time postdoc opportunity with a good friend and colleague using the rocky intertidal as a model system. Based at Colby College but jointly advised with University of Colorado Boulder. See message from Laura Dee for details.
Becca





Dear all,
Dr. Allie Barner and I are seeking a post-doc to work on our newly funded project. The postdoc will be based in the Barner Lab at Colby College, so it's ideal for someone who also wants more exposure to primarily undergrad institutions, while maintaining research. Applicants need not have experience working in the rocky intertidal, but some field experience is desirable. Let me know if you have any questions and please help us circulate this ad widely to get a diverse pool of applicants!


We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in ecology or marine biology to join a NSF-funded grant exploring the consequences of local extinction in the dynamic Gulf of Maine rocky intertidal food web. This collaborative project between labs at Colby College and University of Colorado Boulder asks (1) What is the impact of recent species losses on the structure and stability of the Gulf of Maine rocky intertidal food web? (2) How do both direct and secondary species losses alter multiple ecosystem functions in this food web? To address these questions, this project integrates food web modeling, field observations, data synthesis, and experimental species removals. The postdoctoral scholar will spearhead the field component of this project, testing the predictions of the food web model in a multi-year experiment that quantifies how the diversity, structure, and function of the network is affected by targeted species removal.



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Laura Dee

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 

University of Colorado
Campus Box 334
Boulder, CO 80309
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

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Dr. Becca Selden
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College
Mail: Science Center, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481
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