Colorado State University calls application for Postdoctoral Fellowship. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Prof. Mevin Hooten at CSU and collaborators at the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies and Oregon State University to develop statistical models that integrate several data sources and improve our understanding of Lesser Prairie-Chicken populations.

Fellowship Unit

The Unit works toward three basic objectives: research, education, and technical assistance. The Unit emphasizes research related to specific management problems where results have a high probability of being applied. The program remains flexible to reflect changing cooperator needs. The long-term fishery effort emphasizes a diversity of applied management projects having broad state-wide and regional applicability. The wildlife component of the Unit emphasizes sampling and analysis of quantitative methodologies for management. The fisheries and wildlife activities are diverse and integrated with Unit cooperators. The results of the research are transferred through formal graduate teaching and technical extension.

Duties

Candidate on Postdoctoral Fellowship will serve the two areas at Colorado State University; Research and Project Management

Research

• Prepare existing data for analysis.
• Formulate mathematical and statistical models.
• Develop statistical algorithms to fit models.
• Perform data analysis.
• Prepare and submit scientific publications.

Project Management

• Organize research meetings with collaborators.
• Coordinate the integration of data sources.
• Communicate with relevant agency personnel on project progress, developments, and products.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in statistics, ecology/biology, or closely related field by the start of employment.
• Demonstrated experience publishing scientific papers in the areas of statistics or quantitative ecology.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement Bayesian hierarchical statistical models.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of unix/linux computer operating systems.
• Proficiency with the R software.
• Experience with population demographic models.
• Experience developing custom software to fit Bayesian models.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with stakeholders on research.

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Colorado State University-Pueblo is a public university in Pueblo, Colorado. It is a member of the Colorado State University System.