[Swarm-Support] Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Food Web Modeling

[Rick Riolo]

Post-Doctoral Opportunity in Food Web Modeling
(This position recently reopened)

We seek an individual to join a multidisciplinary team in the development
of food web models that incorporate phenotypic plasticity and coevolution.
Participants in this effort are ecologists and computer scientists from
Michigan State University (Scott Peacor, Eric Goodman) and the University
of Michigan (Rick Riolo, John Holland, Mercedes Pascual of the Center for
the Study of Complex Systems).
A principal challenge is to understand how interactions between individual
organisms 'scale up' to determine structural and dynamical properties of
communities. Traditional theory typically skirts two critical element of
ecological systems (1) individual organisms adapt (respond in the short
term) to environmental changes by altering their phenotypes and (2) the
magnitude and distribution of species interactions strengths are
determined, in part, by co-evolution. We will use agent based models and
evolutionary computational techniques to model food webs to examine the
origin and consequences of these properties.
  The initial appointment will be for one year with the possibility of
extending this period (Salary ~ 36,000/yr). Qualifications: PhD and
expertise in ecology, ecological theory, modeling, and/or computer
programming.

Interested individuals should contact Scott Peacor at: address@hidden

Scott Peacor
address@hidden
Tel: (734) 741-2447
FAX: (734) 741-2055

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824

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Rick Riolo                           address@hidden
Center for the Study of Complex Systems (CSCS)
4477 Randall Lab
University of Michigan         Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
Phone: 734 763 3323                  Fax: 734 763 9267
http://cscs.umich.edu/~rlr