Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Raina Plowright's Laboratory
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Position Description: This position is funded off our 2022 NSF grant “Converging on the rules of emergence for preventing land-use-induced spillover”, and internal Cornell seed grants. This position requires strong interests in system dynamics approaches to understanding drivers and causes of disease emergence, and deep interest in understanding zoonotic systems from the ecological, epidemiological, and biological mechanisms driving spillover to understanding distal anthropogenic drivers such as land use change and climate variation. Successful applicants will have a PhD in systems science, systems biology, infectious disease ecology, epidemiology or similar fields.
This postdoc position will focus on advancing research into interactions among environmental, ecological, sociological, and economic drivers of land use decisions, and the effects of such decisions on pathogen shedding from bats and zoonotic contacts between bats and spillover hosts. Our lab will develop risk communication strategies needed to change human responses from reactive to proactive to disrupt the negative cascades of land use-induced spillover networks and prevent future spillover events.
Postdoc position responsibilities will include:
Requirements:
Salary and Benefits: Salary Range: $62,232-$75,000. This position is eligible for benefits.
Offers higher than the published salary range might be considered to meet unique circumstances, qualifications, academic discipline, and experience.
Postdocs from the Plowright lab have gone on to tenure-track positions in academia and research or policy positions in government. If you any questions about the position, please email Emma Spence (es957@cornell.edu) for more details.
To apply: Visit https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31900 and submit a resume with 3 references and their contact information, as well as a paragraph on your unique experiences that would make you suitable for the position (can be formatted as a cover letter).
Pay Range:
$62,232.00 - $88,745.00
Pay Ranges:
The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
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