Postdoctoral Research Associate in Quantitative Ecology and Data Science

This position is for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Quantitative Ecology and Data Science at Utah State University and Emory University in Atlanta, GA. The role involves leading research on climate change impacts on species range shifts and biodiversity, developing a modeling framework that integrates environmental drivers and species traits. The job is full-time and part of an interdisciplinary team, offering a significant opportunity in ecological research.
We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Ecology and Data Science to join an interdisciplinary research team spanning Emory University, Utah State University, and the U.S. Geological Survey. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to lead cutting-edge research at the intersection of spatial ecology, population modeling, and global change ecology.The successful candidate will spearhead the development of a novel modeling framework to advance our mechanistic understanding of how climate change drives species range shifts and reshapes biodiversity across landscapes. This framework will emphasize how extrinsic environmental drivers (e.g., climate and habitat) interact with species’ intrinsic traits (e.g., dispersal and demographic) to alter the population dynamics of species and communities in space and time. This work sits at a criticalfrontier in ecology: translating the wealth of available biological data into process-oriented, predictive models...