PhD position in “Spatial and Temporal Scaling of Biodiversity and Environment”
A PhD position is open in the highly collaborative Research Training Group “Spatial and Temporal Scaling of Biodiversity and Environment”. Environmental conditions and biodiversity both vary across a wide range of temporal and spatial scales and are tightly connected (Stein & Kreft, Biological Reviews). Understanding how environmental conditions and heterogeneity affect the distributions of individuals and […]
PhD position in “Conservation of biological diversity and ecological functions in vanilla landscapes in NE Madagascar”
The position will be based in the Department of Biodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography at the University of Göttingen. The PhD topic is “Conservation of biological diversity and ecological functions in vanilla landscapes in NE Madagascar”. The PhD candidate is supposed to (1) collect spatial information for the study region (e.g. land cover, species distributions, socioeconomic […]
Job opportunity: Director – Cape Eleuthera Institute, Bahamas
Cape Eleuthera Institute (www.ceibahamas.org) is seeking a Director to lead all research initiatives, management, development, and future expansion of this established research station with numerous ongoing projects and a team of staff, interns and graduate students. The institute, founded in 2006, is based at the The Island School (www.islandschool.org) campus situated on Cape Eleuthera, Eleuthera, […]
Job opportunity at the Field Museum: Collection Manager, Mammals
The position involves all aspects of care, maintenance, and accessibility of The Field Museum’s mammal collection. This large, actively growing collection is home to many research and education initiatives by both resident and extramural scientists. Duties include overseeing all aspects of specimen preparation, identification, care, and organization of specimens; training, supervision and coordination of staff, […]