Monday, December 9

post-doc support source

We (Dr. Berry Pinshow and Dr. Scott Turner of SUNY-Syracuse) seek a post-doc (and or a Ph.D. student) interested in how burrowing animals interact with their subterranean environment and how gas exchange takes place between the burrow environment and the atmosphere. At present, we are studying intensively the burrows of Sundevall’s jird, a semifossorial desert rodent, and the jirds themselves; we are expanding the study to learn about gas exchange in burrows with single entrances and of animals of other taxa. Our interests are in animals over a size range from ants to aardvarks. Interested parties should contact Dr. Berry Pinshow of the Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Email – pinshow@bgu.ac.il or Dr. J. Scott Turner - jsturner@syr.edu. Application deadlines for internal financial support are at the end of February. Starting time is flexible. Candidates should have a background in animal physiology and fluid dynamics and be computer literate. A background in ecology and a strong interest in small animals are also highly desirable. Interested candidates should visit the websites of the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies (http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Units/bidr/AKIS.htm) and the Kreitman School of Advanced Graduate Studies (http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Units/kreitman_school/)

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Professor Berry Pinshow
Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology
Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Sede Boqer Campus
84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel

Phone + 972-8-6596787
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Cell Phone + 972-528-795853
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