St. Lawrence University Geology Department

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ONEONTA Cooperstown Graduate Program Assistant Professor - Science Museum Studies... The Cooperstown Graduate Program at the State University of New York College at Oneonta invites applications for a tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor of Science Museum Studies beginning Fall 2018. The initial appointment will be for two years. Expectations include teaching, research, student advisement, leading field trips, college service, and continuing professional development. Located in the hills of Central New York, SUNY Oneonta is a mid-size, public, liberal arts and sciences college with a pre-professional focus. The College enrolls approximately 6,000 students in a wide variety of bachelor’s degree programs and a number of graduate certificates and degrees. Located on the Cooperstown campus along with the College’s Biological Field Station, the Cooperstown Graduate Program is considered the premier program for the training of museum professionals in the United States. To learn more about the College or the Program, please visit www.oneonta.edu and http://cgpmuseumstudies.org/. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience with diverse populations and/or teaching pedagogies and/or multicultural teaching experience. For a complete description of this position go to: https://oneonta.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp To apply online go to: http://oneonta.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp For other employment and regional opportunities, please visit our website at: www.oneonta.edu/employment. Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at [email protected]. SUNY Oneonta values a diverse college community. Please visit our website on diversity at: www.oneonta.edu/home/diversity.asp. Moreover, the College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Women, persons of color, persons with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

We offer a PhD position for a motivated and creative PhD candidate who wants to work at the forefront of palaeobiology integrating fossil data analyses and modelling approaches. The position is available from March 2018 for three years with salary defined according to the German E13/2 TV-L scale. The PhD candidate will be fully integrated in the successful and vivid research team of the Section Palaeontology at the GeoZentrum Nordbayern. Research in the sections aims at under...standing global change dynamics and the evolution of ecosystems on long temporal scales. We combine modern analytical methods and statistical analyses using large databases of ancient life. We have several ongoing projects on global diversity dynamics, macroevolutionary patterns and biotic consequences of temperature-related stresses and are among the main contributors and users of global biodiversity databases. The candidate will benefit from informal seminars, annual workshops and international summer schools of the Research Unit TERSANE (Temperature -related stresses as a unifying principle in ancient extinctions) that is hosted at the institution. We welcome a new PhD candidate with general interests in marine palaeobiology who is open to develop his/her project interacting with us. A possible research topic might relate to exploring intrinsic limits of diversification and/or the stability of macroecological patterns through deep time. Own project ideas are welcome. Applicants should hold a M.Sc. in palaeobiology or a related field. The successful candidate should have scientific writing skills and knowledge of advanced statistical methods and programming in R. Experience in analyses and mining of large fossil databases is required. Furthermore, the successful candidate has a strong interest and ability to work both independently and in our team. We explicitly welcome applications from abroad. There are no requirements of German language skills. For further information on the group visit https://www.gzn.fau.de/en/palaeontology/palaeoumwelt-home/ or contact Prof. Dr. Manuel Steinbauer ([email protected]) who will also receive your application in electronic form (including curriculum vitae, motivation/research statement, copy of selected publication/thesis). Please merge all documents into a single PDF, and include your name in the file name. Deadline for the application is 20th December 2017.

MS assistantship opportunity available with Dr. Jamie Roberts and Dr. Christian Cox at Georgia Southern University. The assistantship will focus on conservation genomics of freshwater mussels. M.S. Assistantship in Conservation Genomics A Masters assistantship is available in the Department of Biology at Georgia Southern University (GSU), with an intended start date in August 2018.The student will be expected to play a pivotal role and develop a thesis project on the conser...vation genomics of North American unionid mussels. Briefly, this project (funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and GSU) will develop high-throughput genomic resources (development of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci and genomic assays) to characterize the genomic diversity of imperiled mussel species in North Carolina. This research is a joint endeavor of the Cox and Roberts laboratories at GSU. The successful applicant will become enrolled in the Master’s of Biology program at GSU and complete course work and an M.S. thesis, leading to an M.S. degree in Biology. The assistantship includes a tuition waiver and stipend for two years, to be funded through a combination of teaching and research duties. The student also will assist in the field and lab activities of other members of the Cox (http://www.coxevolab.org/) and Roberts labs (http://www.southernfisheries.org). More information about the graduate program can be found at the Biology department’s web page (http://cosm.georgiasouthern.edu/biology/graduate-program-2/). GSU is a 27,000-student comprehensive research university located in one of the most biodiverse regions of the southeastern U.S. (http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/). Required qualifications include (1) a B.S. degree in Biology, Zoology, Fisheries, Ecology and Evolution, Genetics, or a related field, (2) excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, and (3) strong self-motivation and ability to work well independently and with a team. Preferred qualifications include (1) previous experience with laboratory research in genetics, (2) strong analytical skills, including statistics and bioinformatics, (3) previous experience working with freshwater mussels, and (4) demonstrated scientific writing ability, such as authorship of a scientific publication, report, or senior thesis. To apply, email the following as a single pdf file: (1) statement of research background and interests, (2) curriculum vitae or resume, (3) names and contact information for three academic or professional references, (4) GRE scores, and (5) an unofficial copy of your college transcript. Review of applications will begin on 15 December 2017 and continue until the position is filled. Inquiries can be addressed to either Dr. Jamie Roberts (email: [email protected]) or Dr. Christian Cox (email: [email protected]). See more

I’m sending along an announcement for a 2018 Geology Educator internship at John Boyd Thacher State Park. The park is in the Helderberg hills west of Albany. The world-renowned Thacher Park has been a classic New York Geo-Paleo locality since the early Nineteenth Century. Sir Charles Lyell is said to have called the Helderbergs a key to the geology of North America. The 2100 acre park has a new Visitors Center with geo-paleo exhibits, and extensive exposure of Early to Midd...le Devonian strata and fossils, with some Late Ordovician and Latest Silurian strata also. The position is a part of the Americorps/Student Conservation Association program. The 10 month Geology Educator position provides housing and a weekly stipend, accompanied by an educational $$ reward upon completion. See below. Americorps/Student Conservation Association Internship: Geology Educator Thacher State Park January 22, 2018 to November 16, 2018 Thacher State Park is a world renowned geologic site situated on the Helderberg Escarpment in western Albany County, NY. The park protects over 2000 acres of land and includes Thacher Nature Center and Thompson’s Lake Campground. Educational and recreational programs are offered year-round for the public and school groups. The new Thacher Visitor Center provides interpretive exhibits with a focus on the geologic history of the area. The Geology Educator Intern will assist with programming at this new facility. Duties: Prepare and present educational and recreational programs for school groups and the general public Provide staff support at the Visitor Center, interacting with visitors and answering questions Develop interpretive materials and displays Coordinate stewardship and conservation projects, including volunteer outreach and coordination Hours: 40 hours per week, variable weekly schedule includes weekends Benefits: On site housing is provided, as well as a weekly stipend of $200. An Americorps educational award of $5,920 is provided upon completion of the commitment. Required: Applicant must have completed a Geology, Earth Science, or related 4-year college program, have good communication and organizational skills, and enjoy working with children and interacting with the public. Position requires work outdoors in variable weather and terrain. For more information please contact: Nancy Engel [email protected] Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center Voorheesville, NY 12186 518.872.0800

JOB OPPORTUNITY PhD student sought for an NSF funded project to study landscape evolution and geomorphology in Antarctica. Collaborative Research: Long Term Sublimation/Preservation of Two Separate, Buried Glacier Ice Masses, Ong Valley, Southern Transantarctic Mountains; Jaakko Putkonen: University of North Dakota, Daniel Morgan: Vanderbilt University, and Greg Balco: Berkeley Geochronology Center. The graduate research requires travel and work in Antarctica for a period of... about two months. The home institution for the student will be the University of North Dakota, Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, Grand Forks, ND. However, he/she will be advised and will be collaborating with all the project leaders listed above. Also, travel between institutions may be required. The major challenge of this project is determining how old the ice is and how fast it is subliming (or accumulating). We will address this by collecting six shallow (10 m long) ice cores three from each of the two separate, buried ice bodies and applying several approaches based on cosmogenic-nuclide geochemistry to constrain the age of the ice and overburden, as well as the sublimation rate of the ice. The specific tasks of the student: will learn to process cosmogenic isotope samples and build, manipulate, and run MatLab codes. Must be eager and able to do field work in deep back country, living in a tent for an extended period of time. Any experience with these topics is beneficial for the applicant. More information on the Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering can be found: http://engineering.und.edu/geology-and-geological-engineer/ Link to applications page: http://graduateschool.und.edu/future-students/index.cfm We will start reading the applications as soon as they arrive and make our decision no sooner than 3/1/2017. After that date we will accept applications until the position is filled. For more information contact: Jaakko Putkonen, telephone 701-777-3213, [email protected] See more