Postdoctoral Research Associate

Job description

We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join a collaborative, NSF-funded project investigating the mechanisms underlying the persistence of tundra plant relicts in Northeast alpine zones since regional deglaciation ~13,000 years ago. We seek a question-driven, big-picture thinker who works well in collaborative groups, and ideally has a background in either paleoecology or plant population genetics. The postdoc will lead the analysis of ancient DNA reconstructions of long-term vegetation records from alpine lakes in the Adirondacks (NY), the White Mountains (NH), the Green Mountains (VT), and Maine. The chosen candidate will have the opportunity to develop and pursue questions of interest related to project themes and to contribute collaboratively with other team members, such as population genomic analyses of demographic history and adaptation. Our project not only has applications for understanding contemporary biodiversity patterns, but will also improve our understanding of how small, isolated populations persist in the face of global change. This position will be based in the BEAST Lab (Biodiversity and Environments Across Space and Time) in the Climate Change Institute...