JOB SUMMARY

The Spatial Ecology & Paleontology Lab at Georgia Tech would like to invite applicants for a postdoctoral position. We are seeking a new member of our research community to be jointly supervised by Jenny McGuire (Georgia Tech) and Michelle Lawing (Texas A&M). This postdoctoral research associate would join a vibrant team of international researchers investigating global change ecology.
If aspects of this position sound interesting to you, even if you do not possess all the skills listed, we strongly encourage you to apply. Reviewing of applications will begin ASAP and continue until the position is filled. Start date as early as Summer 2025, but flexible. Postdoc must be a resident at Georgia Tech. The position is for one year with the opportunity to extend for an additional year (currently two years of funding in total) and several options for further expansion on upcoming grant submissions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

An earned doctorate in PhD is required by the start of the appointment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The ideal candidate would have strong interpersonal, R programming, spatial analysis, database analysis, and paleontological skills. Adequate knowledge of skeletal morphology of mammals or reptiles would benefit the candidate.

Depending on the postdoc¿s expertise and interests, tasks will include a combination of the following:

• Computational analysis to evaluate the climate tracking and climate fidelity of mammal and plant taxa.
• Mentorship and research facilitation of graduate students examining the effects of arid conditions various aspects of taxonomic variety of fossils from Natural Trap Cave, Wyoming.
• Participation in a large international collaboration examining trait-environment relationships.
• Participation in grant writing and collaborative papers. It is our utmost priority to ensure that postdocs in the lab take on projects that will allow them to achieve scientific visibility that will make them as competitive as possible in this difficult job market.