Post date: Apr 01, 2014 9:17:33 PM
A couple recent announcements for opportunities in animal behavior research: the first is a postdoc on "Understanding disease and information transmission in bottlenose dolphins" (see information below), and the second is for a PhD student on "Primate and corvid socio-cognition" (see attached flyer).
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Project title: Understanding disease and information transmission in
bottlenose dolphins
Project description:
With recent methodological and computational advances, network science
has become an invaluable tool for investigating vital environmental
questions. We will examine the dynamic processes of information and
disease transmission in bottlenose dolphin interaction networks.
Bottlenose dolphins are an excellent model species because they
exhibit high socio-behavioral heterogeneity and live in a large open
communities characterized by temporally and spatially variable
associations and strong long-term bonds. As a coastal species, they
are under extreme anthropogenic pressure and consequently have
undergone multiple mass mortality events in recent years. This
ecologically important species also garners considerable public
interest. We will use a 30-year longitudinal database with detailed
life history, behavioral, genetic, ecological, and social interaction
data on >1600 wild bottlenose dolphins based in Shark Bay, Australia.
Project mentors: Dr. Shweta Bansal, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Project collaborator: Dr. Janet Mann, Department of BIology,
Georgetown University
Project location: SESYNC (http://www.sesync.org/) and Georgetown University
How to apply: Please contact Dr. Bansal (sb753@georgetown.edu) by
April 1st with your CV and research interests. A proposal and
application needs to be submitted to SESYNC by April 15th, 2014.
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