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Senior Research Scientist: Technology and Data Sciences

EcoHealth Alliance is seeking a scientist to lead engineering and research programs related to infectious disease data analysis and public health risk assessment.   Details Coordinate development of disease identification and modeling technologies Develop and manage scientific research related to the mission Ensure projects are performed in a timely, efficient manner commensurate with funding source regulations Minimum of M.S. and…

#ESA2016 Forest Shreve Student Research Fund awarded to Nameer Baker and Camila Medeiros

The Shreve award supplies $1,000-2,000 to support ecological research by graduate or undergraduate student members of ESA in the hot deserts of North America (Sonora, Mohave, Chihuahua, and Vizcaino). Nameer Baker, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Irvine, works on the effects of climate on microbial decomposition and carbon cycling in desert systems.   Camila Medeiros, who is…

Etienne Laliberté, Graham Zemunik, and Benjamin L. Turner presented with the Cooper Award for an outstanding research publication in the field of geobotany

The W.S. Cooper Award honors the authors of an outstanding publication in the field of geobotany, physiographic ecology, plant succession or the distribution of plants along environmental gradients. Etienne Laliberté, Graham Zemunik, and Benjamin L. Turner (2014) Environmental filtering explains variation in plant diversity along resource gradients. Science 345: 1602–1605. DOI: 10.1126/science.1256330 William S. Cooper was a pioneer of physiographic ecology…

Oregon State University Post-Doctoral Research Associate in regional modeling of forest ecosystem response to climate change and management.

The Law Lab of the Terra-PNW research group in the College of Forestry’s Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month, fixed-term Research Associate (Post-Doctoral) position. Reappointment is at the discretion of the Department Head. The Research Associate (Post-Doc) will develop, test and apply the Community Land Model (CLM), in conjunction with field observations…

Expanding the reach of environmental research with Citizen Science

“Investing in Citizen Science can improve natural resource management and environmental protection” is Ecological Society of America’s guide to deciding if citizen science is right for your organization, and the best design to meet your organization’s goals. Number 19 in ESA’s series Issues in Ecology, the report is included as a resource in the Federal Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing Toolkit, released by the White House OSTP this morning in conjunction with a Citizen Science Forum webcast live from the White House and a memo mandating the incorporation of citizen science into all federal agency programming.

Palomarin Field Station Research Internships

Palomarin Field Station Research Internships Interns needed at PRBO Conservation Science’s Palomarin Field Station on the California coast, north of San Francisco. We have been studying songbirds at the Palomarin Field Station since 1965, with special focus on the breeding ecology of Wrentits and Song Sparrows. Fieldwork includes some combination of mist-netting, banding adults and nestlings, nest searching, habitat assessment,…

Inaugural cross-disciplinary Public Participation in Scientific Research conference gathers at the 97th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America

Special “Citizen Science” issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment accompanies the event   Media Advisory For immediate release: 20 July 2012 Contact: Liza Lester (202) 833-8773 x 211; gro.asenull@retsell   Though public participation in scientific research has deep roots in the history of science, in the last few years it has taken off spectacularly from launch pads across…

ESA 2024 Graduate Student Policy Award Cohort Named

The Ecological Society of America is pleased to announce the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) 2024 cohort. The GSPA provides graduate students with science policy training and the opportunity to meet with congressional policymakers on Capitol Hill.

Diversity in STEM Addressed

A recent publication in ESA’s Bulletin uses faculty hiring data and practices to examine how a lack of diverse representation impacts STEM disciplines.