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Reginald A. Daly Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences - Harvard University

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University invites applicants for the Reginald A. Daly Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. 

The Department seeks candidates in the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences including but not limited to geology, geochemistry, geobiology, geodynamics, petrology, geophysics, oceanography, atmospheric dynamics, climate science, atmospheric chemistry, Earth history, hydrology, mineralogy, mineral physics, paleomagnetism, seismology, and planetary sciences. We welcome methodological approaches that span field observations, lab-based science, theory, and computation. The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is keenly interested in diversifying its department and encourages applications from members of historically underrepresented groups.

These honorific postdoctoral fellowships are awarded for a one-year period, with an anticipated extension for a second year. Daly fellows carry out independent research and may choose to interact with one or more research groups in the department. Applicants are welcome to contact members of the department before applying. 

The annual salary is $75,000 with a research allowance of $10,000 ($5,000 per year), and $2,000 relocation cost for the first year. Information about benefits can be found here. 

Applicants should have a recent Ph.D. or should be 2024-degree candidates. Completion of the Ph.D. is required by the time of the appointment. 

Applications should include a cover letter that includes the faculty member you would like to work with, curriculum vitae and a two-page research proposal, as well as the names, affiliations, and email addresses of three referees. Applicants are responsible for contacting the referees. Referees would need to have their letters uploaded to the link provided by the application site. Applications and letters are due December 21, 2023, and should be submitted (along with reference letters) through here.

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Small-scale fisheries (SSF) are responsible for half of the world’s fish production and are critical to livelihoods and food security for hundreds of millions of people. SSF in developing countries often suffer from overexploitation, high levels of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and limited capacity for the assessment and management of stocks. The Central American nation of Belize, where SSF target a diversity of reef fish (snappers and groupers) and high value invertebrates (queen conch, spiny lobster), may be fairly representative of SSF in the region where stocks are heavily exploited, species-specific regulations are limited or outdated and where protected areas have not achieved the desired goals of population enhancement of exploited populations. The application of size at maturity focused assessments of species in the field may be a practical step towards improving the sustainability of SSF as well as broader poverty alleviation and biodiversity protection.

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