Opportunties for postdocs, students

Current Postdoc openings


NONLINEAR DYNAMICS & NOISE AMPLIFICATION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS

A postdoctoral associate is sought to collaborate on a project to study the interaction between nonlinearity, resonance and noise amplification in the dynamics of directly transmitted infectious diseases. The main goal of the project is to understand the relative importance of exogenous and endogenous nonlinearities and stochastic processes in the outbreak dynamics of endemic pathogens. The successful applicant should have a background in population biology of infectious diseases or epidemiology. Experience with stochastic processes and analyzing nonlinear dynamical systems is required. The project is housed at the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology and will be jointly supervised by Professors Pej Rohani and John Drake. The position will be initially appointed for one year with a starting salary of $37,000. Start date is negotiable. Potential applicants are requested to email (jdrake@uga.edu) a letter of introduction, CV, and expression of interest. The position will remain open until filled.


computational ecology and mathematical modeling of biological systems

Dr Andrew Park at the Odum School of Ecology is seeking candidates with skills and interests in computational ecology and mathematical modeling of biological systems to become involved in one or more ongoing infectious disease projects, including:

Funding (plus health and retirement benefits) is available for 18 months, with the possibility of extension. Applicants should email a statement of interest, CV, and arrange to have 3 letters of recommendation sent to Dr Park (awpark@uga.edu). Applications received before 10 May 2009 will be reviewed and the position can be taken up from July 2009, or later.

Graduate student opportunities

The members of CEESG belong to different (and often more than one) departments. If you would like to work with a specific Professor, you should contact them directly to find out which Ph.D. programs you should apply to.

Undergraduate student opportunities

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