Postdoctoral Associate / Senior Postdoctoral Associate

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences invites applications for the Postdoctoral Associate/Senior Postdoctoral position. The title/rank will be contingent upon the selected candidate's skills and experience in their area of expertise.

Postdoctoral Associate

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume): 
Ph.D. (or foreign equivalent) in hand by September 1, 2025. Experience using advanced statistics to answer ecological questions, programming in R, Matlab or other statistical languages.

Preferred Qualifications:
Ph.D. (or foreign equivalent) ecology, biology, marine sciences or a related field in hand by September 1, 2025. Experience working with animal movement data or seabird data. Experience working with accelerometer data. Experience working with remote sensing data. Two years of experience using advanced statistics. Excellence in the field as demonstrated by relevant publications, or a fellowship in quantitative ecology or statistics. Strong written communication skills as demonstrated by prior peer-reviewed publications.

Brief Description of Duties:
The Postdoctoral Associate will conduct research in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences under the supervision of Principal Investigator, Dr. Lesley Thorne . The selected candidate will work with ecologists at Stony Brook University and with Dr. Richard Phillips at the British Antarctic Survey. We seek an enthusiastic and quantitative researcher to develop a mechanistic model integrating foraging energetics and movement data to assess how wind and sea ice influence giant petrel diet, habitat use, population trends and predation pressure on avian species.

Postdoctoral Associate duties will include:

●     Within the predetermined research scope and methodology, analyze data, assess giant petrel energetics, diet, breeding success relative to wind and ice.

●     Prepare manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.

●     Work collaboratively with project and lab members on relevant research, participate in lab meetings and lab data management.

●     Present at scientific conferences and prepare reports for funders.

●     Other duties as assigned.

Senior Postdoctoral Associate

Required Qualifications (as evidenced by an attached resume): 
Ph.D. (or foreign equivalent) in hand by September 1, 2025. Three (3) years of related research experience. Experience using advanced statistics to answer ecological questions, programming in R, Matlab or other statistical languages.

Preferred Qualifications:
Ph.D. (or foreign equivalent) ecology, biology, marine sciences or a related field in hand by September 1, 2025. Experience working with animal movement data or seabird data. Experience working with accelerometer data. Experience working with remote sensing data. Two years of experience using advanced statistics. Excellence in the field as demonstrated by relevant publications, or a fellowship in quantitative ecology or statistics. Strong written communication skills as demonstrated by prior peer-reviewed publications.

Brief Description of Duties (Senior Postdoctoral Associate): 
The Senior Postdoctoral Associate will conduct research in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences under the supervision of Principal Investigator, Dr. Lesley Thorne . The selected candidate will work on highly complex and technically broad challenges with ecologists at Stony Brook University and with Dr. Richard Phillips at the British Antarctic Survey. We seek an enthusiastic and quantitative researcher to develop a mechanistic model integrating foraging energetics and movement data to assess how wind and sea ice influence giant petrel diet, habitat use, population trends and predation pressure on avian species.

 Senior Postdoctoral Associate duties will include:

●     Independently analyze data, assess giant petrel energetics, diet, breeding success relative to wind and ice.

●     Prepare manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.

●     Work collaboratively with project and lab members on relevant research, participate in lab meetings and lab data management.

●     Present at scientific conferences and prepare reports for funders.

●     Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

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Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

 
Job Number:
 2502361
Official Job Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Job Field
: Post Doctoral
Primary Location
: US-NY-Stony Brook
Department/Hiring Area: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Schedule
: Full-time 
Shift
 :Day Shift Shift Hours: 8:30-5pm 
 
Posting Start Date
: Jun 18, 2025
Posting End Date
: Jul 17, 2025, 11:59:00 PM
Salary:$50,000-$73,000
Appointment Type: Regular
Salary Grade:E89
SBU Area:The Research Foundation for The State University of New York at Stony Brook