POSITION 1: Post-Doctoral Research Associate -Ecology & Evolutionary Biology-Pay
Grade 00, - Salary DOE&Q - Full Time -Postdoctoral research Associate in biodiversity
conservation. A 12 month position beginning January 1, 2011. The PDRA will help collate
and analyze spatial data on conservation investment patterns in the US. The project aims to
determine the relative effectiveness of different conservation investment strategies in
different ecological and socioeconomic contexts. The PDRA will be expected to contribute to
grant development and writing, writing papers or reports, giving presentation and other duties
required by the Department or Principal Investigator. Ph.D. in Biology or related field is
required. Proficiency in English required. Experience with GIS and analysis of spatial
ecological data, strong quantitative skills required. Relevant scientific publication experience
desired. Relevant grant-writing experience is also desired. To apply: Please send CV and
references to Dr. Paul Armsworth, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1610
POSITION 2: Post-Doctoral Research Associate -Ecology & Evolutionary Biology-Pay
Grade 00, - Salary DOE&Q - Full Time -Postdoctoral research Associate in biodiversity
conservation. A 12 month position beginning February 1, 2011. The PDRA will contribute to
the development of mathematical models of animal movement and /or models of community
dynamics of plant-pollinator networks. The PDRA will be expected to contribute to grant
development and writing, writing papers or reports, giving presentations and other duties
required by the Department or Principal Investigator. Ph.D. in Biology, Mathematics or
related field is required. Proficiency in English required. Must be able to program in
mathematical programming languages. Research experience applying models to examine
dispersal behavior and/or community ecology is required. Relevant scientific publication
experience desired. Relevant grant-writing experience is also desired. To apply: Please send
CV and references to Dr. Paul Armsworth, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1610.
Dr. Paul R. Armsworth
Assistant Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
569 Dabney Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-1610
office: +1 (865) 974-9748
fax: +1 (865) 974-3067
p.armsworth@utk.edu
http://web.utk.edu/~parmswor/