2 Postdoctoral Positions in Population Viability Modelling and
Conservation Genomics

Posting Date: March 2, 2025

We invite applications for TWO Postdoctoral Fellows in the Department
of Ecosystem Science and Management at the University of Northern
British Columbia, Canada with a start date in Summer 2025. One
position will focus on Population Growth and Viability Modelling
and the other on Conservation Genomics. Both positions are full-time
for a term of 2 years with the possibility of extension to 3 years.
The Postdocs will work in partnership with the Marmot Recovery
Foundation (MRF), a charitable organization whose mission is to
recover the wild population of the endemic and critically endangered
Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis). MRF has been
collecting population data for over 25 years and has DNA samples
from ~1,000 individuals.

We seek candidates who will contribute novel applied research to
advance marmot conservation by studying historical population trends,
building population viability models to directly guide in-the-wild
recovery efforts, sequencing genomes to estimate
diversity/inbreeding/relatedness, and developing the first
genotype-informed conservation breeding program in Canada. The
successful candidates will play integral roles in shaping ongoing
conservation actions and be part of a multidisciplinary team composed
of academics, veterinarians, managers, and conservation biologists
from UNBC, Vancouver Island University, MRF, Wilder Institute/Calgary
Zoo, and Provincial and Federal Governments.

Applicants must have completed a Ph.D., within the previous four
years or will be awarded within three months of beginning the
Fellowship, in biology or a closely related discipline and have
demonstrated experience with population modelling or
population/conservation genomics. The successful candidates will
have fluency in written and verbal English and a growing record of
scholarly activity related to their field, while evidence of
collaborating with partners and implementing applied management
solutions resulting from research would be an asset.

Postdoctoral Fellows will receive annual salaries of $60,000, 4%
vacation pay, competitive health benefits, and be based at the
Prince George campus with opportunities for summer fieldwork on
Vancouver Island. For more information, including separate job
descriptions for each Postdoctoral Fellow position, please visit
the Marmot Recovery Foundation�s website at:
https://marmots.org/recovery-efforts/about-the-foundation/careers/

Applications received by April 11, 2025 will receive full consideration.

Jamie Gorrell <Jamie.Gorrell@unbc.ca>

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