Employment Opportunities

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Required Qualifications: PhD completed before commencing the position. Strong analytical, statistical, and scientific writing skills. Compatibility with team-oriented work environment required. Knowledge and training in fish biology, ecology, or evolution.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience in meta-analysis and research on live organisms, especially fishes.

Brief Description of Duties:

  • Field studies using nets such as trawls or beach seines to collect near-shore marine fish in the wild. Some of this field sampling will take place on the west coast and some of it takes place on the east coast.
  • Experiments involve rearing eggs, larvae, and juvenile fish under controlled conditions in captivity and determining their responses to variation in environmental factors like temperature. The experiments will take place at the Flax Pond Lab in Old Field or at our other lab in Bluepoints, NY.
  • Data analysis.
  • Meta analysis.
  • Maintenance of lab fish stock.
  • Manuscript preparation.
  • Assisting in overall lab activities.

Special Notes: This is a full time position. 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. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Night and weekends work may be required. Travel when needed for research purposes is required. **Review of applications will begin September 10, 2007 and the position will remain open until filled.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure: To apply send: CVitae, statement of research interests, copy(s) of publications, and the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of three references to:


Katerina Panagiotakopoulou
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000
Fax: 631-632-8915

The State University of New York is an equal opportunity/affirmative action educator and employer.

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