PaleoNet: Opportunities: Postdoc, two PhDs and a Masters

[O'Dea, Aaron]

Good day paleonet community,

We are happy to announce the newly NSF-funded project "Energetic Controls on Marine Community Structure in Space and Time", and announce the following four opportunities for graduate students and a postdoctoral researcher.

This collaborative project aims to evaluate productivity, energetic and trophic gradients in marine communities across the Isthmus of Panama, both in modern and fossil ecosystems. It builds on 40 years of collections and research of the Panama Paleontology Project (PPP: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=V-tT6fsAAAAJ)

The following opportunities are currently available:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI):
Two-year appointment (renewable for a second year)
Start date: Mid-late 2025
Location: Naos Marine Laboratory, Panamá
Research focus: Open to a broad range of topics in paleobiology, ecology and (paleo)oceanography.
Application deadline: Reviews begin November 14th, 2024
More info: https://odealab.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/position-description-for-stri-nsf-postdoc-2025.pdf
Contact: Aaron O'Dea (odeaa at si.edu)

PhD position at the University of California, Berkeley:
Department of Integrative Biology and UC Museum of Paleontology
Start date: Autumn 2025
Research focus: Modern and fossil marine ecosystems of Central America
Application deadline: December 2, 2024
Contact: Dr. Seth Finnegan (sethf at berkeley.edu)

PhD position at the University of Alabama:
Department of Biological Sciences or Department of Geological Sciences
Start date: Autumn 2025
Research focus: Biotic interactions using fossil and modern molluscan assemblages
Application deadline: December 10, 2024
Contact: Dr. Adiël Klompmaker (aaklompmaker at ua.edu)

MS position at The Ohio State University
School of Earth Sciences
Start date: Autumn 2025
Research focus: Changes in body size of Caribbean bivalves during the Neogene
Application deadline: December 1, 2024
Contact: Dr. Jill Leonard-Pingel (leonard-Pingel.1 at osu.edu)

We encourage interested candidates to reach out to the contacts with any questions.

Jill, Seth, Adiel and Aaron

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Dr. Aaron O'Dea
Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
& Distinguished Researcher, SNI, SENACYT
@odealab
+507 2128065 (office), +507 68727486 (whatsapp)
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