Right Whale Conservation Opportunity for Post-Doctoral Researcher

WWF-Canada, in collaboration with oceanographic and statistics researchers at Dalhousie University, is seeking a highly qualified Post Doctoral Fellow (PDF) to participate in a 2.5 year quantitative North Atlantic right whale conservation initiative based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

We are seeking a PDF to lead advanced research in quantitative spatial and temporal oceanographic habitat determination and analyses related to right whale migration and habitat occupancy in relation to vessel strike and fishing-gear entanglement issues. The successful applicant would work in collaboration with Drs C.T. Taggart (Dalhousie, Oceanography) and R. Rangeley (WWF-Canada) and their colleagues.

Qualifications: 1) a strong PhD in statistics, quantitative biological oceanography and/or quantitative marine ecology; 2) a credible publication record relative to peer-group; 3) a demonstrated expertise in spatial statistics and analyses and spatial/temporal modelling. Experience with Bayesian statistics and use of large and small, complex and discordant data will be considered a discriminating asset, as would be computational skills involving e.g. MATLAB, R, S-Plus, WinBUGS, secondarily GIS, and their analogues.

The position is to be filled immediately. Anticipated duration is 30 months and the competition will be open until a successful applicant is secured. Annual salary is $45,000 and applicants must be eligible for an Industrial NSERC Post-Doc (Canadian or Landed Immigrant status required).

Applicants should immediately forward by email a letter of interest, curriculum vitae (including a publication list), copies of graduate and undergraduate transcripts, reprints, names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of three referees to: