Postdoctoral Researcher in Human Mobility and Social-Ecological Systems
Core
Lead interdisciplinary research on human mobility and wildlife movement to understand landscape connectivity and ecological systems.
Role type
Postdoctoral Researcher (Spatial Ecology & Human Dimensions)
Builds
Peer-reviewed publications and research products on human-wildlife interactions.
Domain
Spatial ecology, wildlife conservation, landscape connectivity
Deliverable
research
Required skills
spatial ecology research, research design in field settings, quantitative analysis of spatiotemporal datasets, collaboration with academic and government scientists
Preferred skills
movement analyses, camera-based wildlife monitoring data analysis, spatial statistical modeling, GIS methods, scientific computing (R, MATLAB, Python), research on wildlife responses to human activity
Technologies
R, MATLAB, Python, GIS
Responsibilities
Develop approaches to quantify human use patterns; Integrate human mobility data with wildlife habitat data; Investigate wildlife responses to temporal variation in human activity; Determine influences of human use on wildlife behavior; Collaborate with scientists across the US to incorporate human presence measures into ecological studies
Seniority
Postdoctoral, independent researcher with supervision of volunteers
