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Field season 2017 is...
...a wrap.
...a wrap. We had a great group of fellows (undergraduate and high school) conducting research on our team this summer. Lexie, Leslie, Hanna, Aaron, and Delilah all completed independent research projects, in addition to collecting data on our broader projects. Among other things, we completed our second season of tick collections in burned and unburned forest plots and wrapped up season one of our urban-rural albopictus project. We found some interesting preliminary results on the albopictus project that we included in our NSF proposal. Stay tuned...
Solny accepts new position at Tyson
Solny has recently accepted a new role at Tyson as our Staff Scientist.
Solny has recently accepted a new role at Tyson as our Staff Scientist. In addition to conducting research in her area of expertise, Solny will be developing new long-term research and developing new ways to contribute to national and international data networks (among a host of other duties). Congrats Solny!
New postdoctoral associate
Solny Adalsteinsson has accepted the post-doc position in our lab and will be joining us in July 2016.
Solny Adalsteinsson has accepted the postdoc position in our lab and will be joining us in July 2016. Solny is finishing up her PhD at the University of Delaware, where she examined the cascading impacts of invasive species and forest fragmentation on interactions among hosts, vectors, and pathogens. Welcome Solny!
Seeking postdoctoral associate
The Medley Lab is searching for post-doc in disease or vector ecology.
The Medley Lab is searching for postdoc in disease or vector ecology. Full posting below:
postdoctoral research associate position is available in the research group of Dr. Kim Medley at Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis. The candidate will have the opportunity to develop a research program in collaboration with current members of the lab group examining the ecology of vectors of wildlife and/or human disease. In addition, the candidate will be encouraged to develop and teach a course in their area of expertise to complement current courses at Washington University and Tyson Research Center. Candidates with strong quantitative skills and/or expertise in parasitology, disease ecology, mathematical modeling, geospatial analysis, or molecular tools are preferred.
The successful candidate will be based at Washington University's Tyson Research Center (TRC), an 800-ha field station located 20 miles from the main campus. TRC boasts a rapidly growing research infrastructure, including a 25-ha forest-dynamics plot that is part of a global network of plots coordinated through the Smithsonian Center for Tropical Forest Science and Global Earth Observatory (CTFS-ForestGEO), a new ~4000 ft2 laboratory facility, a newly constructed research garden, and opportunities for experimental and observational studies in forest, glade, prairie, and aquatic habitats.
The successful candidate will join a growing and interactive community of ecologists and evolutionary biologists at Washington University, TRC, and the St. Louis Ecology, Evolution and Conservation consortium of local partner institutions (http://www.sleec.weebly.com). In addition to developing a collaborative research program, candidates should have an expressed interest in mentoring undergraduate and high school research fellows at TRC, and being an active and contributing member of a dynamic field station.
Funding for salary is available for one year with the possibility of extension. Review of applications will begin March 14, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled. However, candidates are encouraged to e-mail Kim Medley (kim.medley@wustl.edu) to indicate interest in the position as soon as possible. The start date is flexible, but ideally the candidate will start summer 2016. To apply, please combine into a single PDF file your CV, a one-page statement of research interests focusing on potential projects that would complement existing research in the Medley lab (medleylab.weebly.com), and the names and contact information of three references. Application materials must be submitted electronically through https://jobs.wustl.edu by entering the job ID number 32760 as a keyword under “Basic Job Search.”
Urban work in north St. Louis begins with a community event
Victims of chronic flooding, dozens of homes in the Baden neighborhood will be demolished this summer. But a team of Washington University in St. Louis researchers, together with the City of St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Missouri Department of Conservation, are determined to help the community create something better in the neighborhood.
Victims of chronic flooding, dozens of homes in the Baden neighborhood will be demolished this summer. But a team of Washington University in St. Louis researchers, together with the City of St. Louis, the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Missouri Department of Conservation, are determined to help the community create something better in the neighborhood. More.
Paper on agricultural wetlands in press
Our paper with colleagues at the University of Central Florida is in press at Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.
Our paper with colleagues at the University of Central Florida is in press at Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Our work in agricultural wetlands embedded in two types of pasture management regimes (intense management and semi-natural) showed that land management results in different wetland communities (not surprising), but can also influence the relative role of local, niche-based factors and regional, dispersal-based factors that drive local biodiversity. Interestingly, this modulating influence of pasture management on local diversity differs by taxonomic group (insects, vertebrates, plants), an important consideration when restoring wetland communities in disturbed landscapes.
New postdoctoral associate
Dr. Katie Westby recently joined the Tyson team. She came to us from Dr. Steve Juliano's lab at Illinois State, so she obviously has world-class mossie skills. Welcome Katie!
Dr. Katie Westby recently joined the Tyson team. She came to us from Dr. Steve Juliano's lab at Illinois State, so she obviously has world-class mossie skills. Welcome Katie!
Hot on the trail of the Asian tiger mosquito
Our work using landscape genetics to asses range-wide gene flow for the invasive Asian tiger mosquito in the US is featured in the Record.
Our work using landscape genetics to asses range-wide gene flow for the invasive Asian tiger mosquito in the US is featured in the Record.