Postdoctoral Research Associate I (Multiple Positions)

Postdoctoral positions are available immediately in the area of Quantitative Ecology in the Li lab in the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Our research projects center on investigating how environmental changes, such as climate change, and land use changes, such as urbanization, have affected the biodiversity and/or phenology of multiple taxonomic groups using both field research and data science approaches (e.g., statistics, and machine learning).

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Potential projects for
postdocs include (but are not limited to):

1) investigating the eco-evo drivers of
symbiosis between nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes;

2) integrating
different types of phenological data to study patterns and drivers of plant phenology
across large spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scales;

3) studying biodiversity
patterns within major urban areas across the world;

4) developing and/or applying advanced methods (statistical models or machine learning methods) to study
biodiversity change.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills

• A Ph.D. degree in ecology, mathematics,
  statistics, biology, or a related field upon hire.

• Excellent programming experience (e.g. R, Python, Julia, or C++)
  
• Experience devolving research proposals.