北京大学招聘青藏高原食肉动物保护生物学和群落生态学博士后
北京大学生命科学学院吕植实验室招聘博士后1名。该职位由美国Panthera基金会（www.panthera.org）提供资金支持。博士后将加入北京大学、山水自然保护中心（www.shanshui.org）和Panthera基金会的联合研究团队，研究青藏高原的食肉动物群落，包括雪豹、棕熊、狼、藏狐、赤狐、兔狲等动物。研究团队重点研究群落生态学，以及同域分布的食肉动物的种间关系。博士后将独立设计研究课题，并与团队中的研究生和NGO工作人员合作。研究课题需突出研究在保护濒危物种中的应用，特别是与人兽冲突和气候变化相关的物种。研究团队的主要负责人刘炎林博士和Byron Weckworth博士将协助项目的设计和野外工作。
研究的野外工作可能包括捕捉目标物种戴颈圈、追踪动物移动、捕食地点搜寻、设置并维护红外相机、痕迹调查、粪便样品收集和牧户访谈等。
工作起始日期为2014年7月1日。申请者请于2014年5月31日前提交博士后申请。
要求：
相关领域的博士学位（如生态学，动物行为学等）
流利的英语读写能力
撰写科学论文和报告的经验
愿意在条件艰苦的偏远地区工作
身体健康，适合在4000米以上的山地开展工作
掌握GIS、统计或其它分析工具和方法，能将原始数据转换为有意义的生物学信息
其它有帮助但非必需的技能：
动物捕捉和处理经验
处理和分析红外相机照片的经验
使用常用野外设备的技能（如红外相机，GIS，无线电遥测设备）
更多信息，请电邮/电话刘炎林博士（[email protected]/13810772529）
或Byron Weckworth博士（[email protected]/15910740478）。
如感兴趣，请将简历发送至刘炎林博士或Byron Weckworth博士，以及王雁小姐（wyan@ shanshui.org/13701240945。
Peking University Post-Doctoral Position in Conservation Biology and Community Ecology of Tibetan Carnivores
The International NGO, Panthera, will be funding a post-doctoral position at Peking University in the lab of Dr. Lu Zhi. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will become an integral member of the research team made up of Panthera, Shan Shui and Peking University staff and students who are studying the diverse carnivore community of the Tibetan Plateau. Research themes are particularly focused on the community ecology and interspecies relationships of carnivores with overlapping distributions. These include Tibetan Fox, Red Fox, Pallas’s Cat, Wolves, Tibetan Brown Bear and Snow Leopard. The Fellow will design their own research project within this system as well as collaborate with graduate students and NGO staff. Projects will emphasize the conservation implications of endangered and threatened species in human impacted landscapes, particularly those that relate to human-carnivore conflict and climate change. The primary investigators, Dr. Liu Yanlin and Dr. Byron Weckworth, will oversee project development and help direct field-based activities. Fellows will be acknowledged as Panthera affiliates, but will also be working closely, and on a day to day basis, with Chinese NGO, Shan Shui. This is a great opportunity to do cutting edge science and to work with leading conservation organizations.
Field work opportunities may include capture and collaring of target species, tracking animal movements, cluster searches, setting and maintaining camera traps, sign surveys, scat collection and household surveys of herders.
Start date is July 1st, 2014. Fellow must be selected in time to submit post-doctoral application by May 31st.
Minimum Qualifications:
PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. ecology, animal behavior, etc.)
Excellent spoken and written English language skills
Experience in writing scientific papers and reports
Desire to work in remote field conditions without running water or electricity
Ability to hike in rugged mountain environments at elevations above 4000m
Competency in GIS, statistics and other analytical tools and methods to translate raw data into meaningful biological information
Additional useful, but not initially necessary skills:
Animal capture and handling experience
Experience archiving and analyzing camera trap data
Skilled in the use of pertinent field equipment (e.g., camera traps, GPS, telemetry equipment)
For additional information, please e-mail/phone Dr. Liu Yanlin [email protected]/13810772529 or Dr. Byron Weckworth [email protected]/15910740478.
If interested in applying, please send CV and maximum one page cover letter to either Dr. Liu or Dr. Weckworth, and Ms. Wang Yan [email protected]/13701240945.
