Post Doctoral Fellow - Biology

The new UNM Grand Challenges Biodiversity Nexus team seeks an enthusiastic and quantitative scientist with interest in past, present, and future biodiversity and experience with natural history collections. The successful applicant will work with a transdisciplinary group of scientists to tackle important questions such as how environmental change reshapes biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human health through time, and how UNM’s collections may be leveraged as scientific infrastructure to predict and effectively respond to such changes? Research falls under four themes: biodiversity response to environmental change; biosphere cycling of human materials; multi-temporal history of disease transmission; and Earth system succession and planetary tipping. The successful applicant will work directly with one or more of the co-conveners of Biodiversity Nexus: Drs. Felisa Smith, Cori Myers, Jason Moore, and Mike Andersen to identify and mobilize UNM collections relevant to their projects and contribute to the development of extramurally funded grant proposals emerging from the Biodiversity Nexus network. Biodiversity Nexus Vision statement: A future in which UNM's extraordinary natural history collections serve as living scientific infrastructure for New Mexico and beyond, connecting researchers, communities, and policymakers across disciplines and timescales to understand and respond to environmental change. Duties and Responsibilities Collaborate with Biodiversity Nexus personnel to further the mission of the project Engage in research activities or outreach activities such as: a) Publications that acknowledge the Postdoc's significant and meaningful contribution to the work. b) Contributing to grant writing in areas of the Postdoc’s expertise c) Active dissemination of project-related information; including through mentorship, presentations of research at regional/national meetings, and publications on which the Postdoc is an author d) Participation in appropriate professional societies and other educational and research organizations. Review research or grant proposals, journal manuscripts, and publications related to their areas of expertise. Participate in activities of committees within the department, college, campus and other UNM entities, as appropriate and with supervisory approval.