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Job date: 2014-12-14
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Company : Pennsylvania State University Country : Role : Postdoc
Job date: 2014-12-14
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Company : Pennsylvania State University Country : Role : Postdoc
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Campus/Location: University Park Campus Date Announced: 11/27/2014 Work Unit: College of Agricultural Sciences Job Number: 54802 Department: Entomology The laboratories of Drs David Hughes, Ephraim Hanks and Matt Ferrari are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar. This position is in collaboration with the lab of Dr Shweta Bansal at Georgetown University, another position is available at Georgetown University, and funded by the NSF-NIH-USDA-BBSRC Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) Program. The position is available in the Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics (www.cidd.psu.edu), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus. The Postdoctoral Scholar position at Penn State involves the development of mathematical models to understand the transmission of diverse agents inside ant colonies. These agents range from beneficial agents such as food to agnostic agents like beads to detrimental agents such as parasites. The position is a mixture of both theoretical work and empirical work (with ant colonies in a lab setting). Possibilities for both field work and molecular work exist. We are seeking expertise in compartmental models of disease spread and statistical and agent-based models of animal behavior. Candidates should demonstrate a track record of publication; have strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills; and be able to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team. For further information, please feel free to contact Dr Hughes (dph14@psu.edu; +1 814- 863-6073). Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a 1-2 page statement of research interests that explicitly describes professional qualifications for this position, and contact information for three referees. Review of applications will begin January 1st 2015, and continue until a suitable candidate is found. David Hughes: Hughes, is a behavioral ecologist who has studied social insects and their diseases in 11 countries on 5 continents. He has worked with diverse diseases as well as the behavior of healthy and infected ants under field (rain- and temperate forests) and laboratory conditions. www.hugheslab.com Ephraim Hanks: Hanks is a spatial statistician and has worked extensively in the modeling of animal movement and connectivity. He has studied the spatial spread of disease in black spruce and mule deer, and the spatial properties of random walk models on networks. http://sites.psu.edu/hanks/ Matt Ferrari: Ferrari is a computational epidemiologist and statistician who has worked extensively on the analysis of time-series surveillance data to predict epidemic dynamics and evaluate management interventions. http://theferrarilab.com/ Shweta Bansal: Bansal is a network epidemiologist and has worked extensively on the effects of immunity on network structure and disease dynamics. She is studying infectious disease-related network structure in several wildlife populations including Australian bottlenose dolphins and Mojave Desert tortoises. Bansal is based in Georgetown University which is 3.5hrs drive away. http://bansallab.com/
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Campus/Location: University Park Campus Date Announced: 11/27/2014 Work Unit: College of Agricultural Sciences Job Number: 54802 Department: Entomology The laboratories of Drs David Hughes, Ephraim Hanks and Matt Ferrari are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar. This position is in collaboration with the lab of Dr Shweta Bansal at Georgetown University, another position is available at Georgetown University, and funded by the NSF-NIH-USDA-BBSRC Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) Program. The position is available in the Centre for Infectious Disease Dynamics (www.cidd.psu.edu), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus. The Postdoctoral Scholar position at Penn State involves the development of mathematical models to understand the transmission of diverse agents inside ant colonies. These agents range from beneficial agents such as food to agnostic agents like beads to detrimental agents such as parasites. The position is a mixture of both theoretical work and empirical work (with ant colonies in a lab setting). Possibilities for both field work and molecular work exist. We are seeking expertise in compartmental models of disease spread and statistical and agent-based models of animal behavior. Candidates should demonstrate a track record of publication; have strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills; and be able to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team. For further information, please feel free to contact Dr Hughes (dph14@psu.edu; +1 814- 863-6073). Interested applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a 1-2 page statement of research interests that explicitly describes professional qualifications for this position, and contact information for three referees. Review of applications will begin January 1st 2015, and continue until a suitable candidate is found. David Hughes: Hughes, is a behavioral ecologist who has studied social insects and their diseases in 11 countries on 5 continents. He has worked with diverse diseases as well as the behavior of healthy and infected ants under field (rain- and temperate forests) and laboratory conditions. www.hugheslab.com Ephraim Hanks: Hanks is a spatial statistician and has worked extensively in the modeling of animal movement and connectivity. He has studied the spatial spread of disease in black spruce and mule deer, and the spatial properties of random walk models on networks. http://sites.psu.edu/hanks/ Matt Ferrari: Ferrari is a computational epidemiologist and statistician who has worked extensively on the analysis of time-series surveillance data to predict epidemic dynamics and evaluate management interventions. http://theferrarilab.com/ Shweta Bansal: Bansal is a network epidemiologist and has worked extensively on the effects of immunity on network structure and disease dynamics. She is studying infectious disease-related network structure in several wildlife populations including Australian bottlenose dolphins and Mojave Desert tortoises. Bansal is based in Georgetown University which is 3.5hrs drive away. http://bansallab.com/
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