Research Associate - SE Asia Team Lead Lab of Ornithology
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Research Associate Southeast Asia Team Lead
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Johnson Center for Birds & Biodiversity
Cornell University Ithaca NY
Who We Are
Located in the beautiful Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (the Lab) is dedicated to advancing the understanding and protection of the natural world and joins with people from all walks of life to make new scientific discoveries share insights and galvanize conservation action. The Lab is a vibrant unit within Cornells College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and our management and staff are committed to the highest standards of ethics and excellence in all areas of our work.
The Southeast Asia Team Lead will join the Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics (KLYCCB; https://bioacoustics.cornell one of six programmatic centers within the Lab. KLYCCBs mission is to collect and interpret sounds in nature by developing and applying innovative technologies across multiple ecologically relevant scales to inspire and inform the conservation of wildlife and habitats. Our highly interdisciplinary team of scientists educators engineers students and research support personnel is working with many national and international collaborators on a wide variety of terrestrial aquatic and marine bioacoustic research projects tackling conservation issues worldwide.
What We Need
The position will work to integrate and expand on existing KLYCCB projects in Southeast Asia with a focus on establishing and maintaining longterm acoustic monitoring programs broadening current capacity building efforts and working towards a sustainable model of collaborating with local partners and communities. A major component of this work will be to maintain and grow collaborations with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and World Hope International (WHI) in Cambodia along with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Malaysia. The candidate is expected to have excellent quantitative skills experience designing largescale passive acoustic monitoring programs and analyzing the resulting data and a strong publication record on topics related to acoustic monitoring of Southeast Asian primates birds and their habitats. Position will be based in Ithaca but will need to travel internationally.
Applicants will be expected to:
Oversee and expand existing KLYCCB projects in Southeast Asia including those related to longterm acoustic monitoring capacity building and community engagement.
Organize regional training workshops on acoustic monitoring methods use of data collection equipment use of specialized software for data analysis and data interpretation.
Perform quantitative analysis and interpretation of acoustic data to inform conservation programs.
Publish highimpact conservation research in major peerreviewed journals.
Mentor undergraduates and supervise postdoctoral researchers.
The Southeast Asia Team Lead must be able to foster and maintain excellent working relationships with coworkers collaborators and students from very diverse cultural and educational backgrounds. This requires approaching all matters with an open mind sense of curiosity serviceminded attitude and diplomacy. KLYCCB is an inclusive community https://www.birds.cornell/ccb/ourvalues/ and we welcome anyone who has an interest in bioacoustics without consideration of age sex gender/gender identity ethnicity race skin color religion physical or mental ability sexual orientation nationality or background among others. We recognize that diverse inclusive communities create more innovative and impactful work to address global challenges and benefit humanity and nature; We will work purposefully to amplify underrepresented and marginalized voices within KLYCCB and the communities we aspire to serve. Applicants are invited to include a statement on how their experiences perspectives and aspirations can contribute to diversity and inclusion in support of KLYCCBs values.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Oversee and expand existing CCB passive acoustic monitoring projects in the Southeast Asia region. Develop direct and lead original independent conservation research in the area of terrestrial bioacoustics that is supportive of the overall mission and goals of CCB. Collaborate with nongovernmental organizations (including WCS WHI and USM) and local personnel on ongoing research in the Southeast Asia region. Perform quantitative analysis and interpretation of acoustic to explore to inform conservation programs. Synthesize data write and prepare peerreviewed publications. Work closely with the Program Director Assistant Director and KLYCCBs leadership council on developing implementing and communicating KLYCCBs vision goals and research objectives
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Facilitate outreach capacity building and community engagement in the Southeast Asia region. Organize regional training workshops on acoustic monitoring methods use of data collection equipment use of specialized software for data analysis and data interpretation. Collaborate with nongovernmental organizations and local personnel on education and community engagement projects. Work with local collaborators in Southeast Asia on the development of grant proposals project budgets technical reports and manuscripts 30.
Supervision. Mentor undergraduate students interested in bioacoustic research and conservation. Supervise postdoctoral researchers hired with internal or external funds to advance related projects. Supervise analysts field technicians and other staff hired to support related projects 20.
Other duties as assigned. Maintain and build upon relevant technical skills such as data management interface design web publishing and machine learning. Establish and maintain a safe productive and respectful working environment that fosters a culture of inclusiveness teamwork and highquality research and development results. Serve on administrative committees (e.g. hiring committees space committee) 10.
Term of position
This is a fulltime 100 FTE) position and will be located in Ithaca New York. This is a oneyear appointment with possible extension depending on available work funding and performance.
Required Qualifications
PhD in biology ecology or evolutionary anthropology with experience analyzing largescale acoustic datasets.
A strong publication record with an emphasis on acoustic monitoring of Southeast Asian primates and birds.
Experience using machine learning for ecological research and proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g. R Python MATLAB).
Experience organizing and facilitating sound analysis workshops for international participants.
Good interpersonal skills are required to engage with a variety of stakeholders and collaborators including maintaining ongoing research partnerships.
Demonstrated capacity for mentoring students at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Extensive field research experience required.
Ability to travel internationally; must obtain and maintain a valid passport.
A passion for linking rigorous scientific research with pressing conservation needs.
Selfmotivated willing to learn new skills able to work both as part of a team and independently and to regularly communicate status and progress.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with ecology and conservation issues in Southeast Asia. Prior experience with identifying and securing grant funds. Experience leading largescale multilayered projects.
What We Offer You
We hope you appreciate great benefits! Cornell receives national recognition as an awardwinning workplace for our health wellbeing sustainability and diversity initiatives.
Our benefits program includes comprehensive health care options access to wellness programs employee discounts and generous retirement contributions.
Our leave provisions include three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: including an endofyear paid winter break from December 25th through January 1st.
Cornells impressive educational benefits include tuitionfree PartTime Study and Employee Degree Program Tuition Aid for external education and Cornell Childrens Tuition Assistance program.
We invite you to follow this link to get more information about current benefit options: https://hr.cornell/summariesbenefits.
Application Instructions:
Interested applicants should submit a CV letter of interest research statement teaching statement contact information for 3 references and a statement of contribution to diversity equity and inclusion via Academic Jobs Online at the following link: https://academicjobsonline/ajo/jobs/19251.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a candidate is selected. If you have questions about this position please email Holger Klinck .
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