<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca">evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 1:33 AM<br>Subject: Other: UtahStateU_Smithsonian.Intern.LifeHistoryEvolutionBees<br>To: <<a href="mailto:mbarlow@ucmerced.edu">mbarlow@ucmerced.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><br>
I am seeking a field assistant to help with PhD research on the neotropical<br>
facultatively social sweat bee *Megalopta genalis *at the Smithsonian<br>
Tropical Research Institute (STRI) on Barro Colorado Island from Feb-Jun<br>
2019 (four months).<br>
<br>
This project will be looking at the relationships between life history<br>
traits important to the evolution of sociality while focusing on the<br>
facultatively social sweat bee *M. genalis*. Work will be conducted on the<br>
Barro Colorado Island (BCI), a research station situated in the Panama<br>
Canal, Panama operated by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. The<br>
combination of tropical fieldwork and an internationally-known research<br>
station makes this an excellent opportunity to get experience and exposure<br>
to research.<br>
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Main field duties include finding nests of *Megalopta genalis* and<br>
husbandry of bees. This requires hiking through the tropical forest on BCI<br>
both on and off trail system. Duties will also include setting up new<br>
adults in artificial nests for the purposes of tracking colony development.<br>
It’s also expected that the intern will develop an independent research<br>
project curtailed to their own interests over the course of the 4 months,<br>
ideally having to do with the study organism. The candidate will work 5-6<br>
days per week in the field depending upon the available bees. The candidate<br>
must be both able to work in a team while also being self-motivated when<br>
working alone. Further, an ideal candidate will be excited about field<br>
research and be able to live in a relatively secluded area for the four<br>
months, although there are frequent and available trips to the city as<br>
well.<br>
<br>
Volunteers/Interns will have food and housing at the field site paid for in<br>
addition to transportation to field site (up to $1000) and be given<br>
$200/month stipend over the four months.<br>
<br>
Previous experience in field work or research is helpful but not essential.<br>
<br>
Panama is a mainly Spanish-speaking country so Spanish language skills will<br>
be helpful, though they are not essential.<br>
<br>
To apply send a CV and a brief cover letter explaining why you would be<br>
interested in the job to <a href="mailto:frances.hunter@aggiemail.usu.edu" target="_blank">frances.hunter@aggiemail.usu.edu</a> with the subject<br>
heading “Field Intern Job”.<br>
<br>
Feel free to email me if you would like more information.<br>
<br>
Frances (Kate) Hunter<br>
PhD Graduate Student<br>
Ecology(Biology)<br>
Utah State University<br>
BNR 301<br>
7202332791<br>
<br>
Kate Hunter <<a href="mailto:franceskhunter@gmail.com" target="_blank">franceskhunter@gmail.com</a>><br>
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</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr">Founding Faculty and Professor<div>Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>