Please pass this around. I would encourage all qualified try their chance. Malanding Jaiteh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:02:08 -0400 From: David L. Downie <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [indicators] Post-Doc opportunity with potential for work on indicators The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Postdoctoral Fellows Program in Sustainable Development (granted for 24 months). We seek candidates interested in enhancing their disciplinary research (in one of the core disciplines represented within the Earth Institute, i.e., any of the earth sciences, biological sciences, engineering sciences, social sciences, or health sciences), while at the same time acquiring the cross-disciplinary expertise and breadth needed to addresses critical issues related to sustainable development and reducing environmental degradation, poverty, hunger, and disease. Each Earth Institute postdoctoral fellow will be guided by multi-disciplinary teams of two or more senior scholars. Candidate proposals should indicate how the research will contribute to the goal of global sustainable development. Applicants should also indicate the general direction of multidisciplinary training and research opportunities that they would like to pursue at the Earth Institute. Candidates should identify their desired multi-disciplinary mentoring team, i.e., two or more senior faculty members or research scientists/scholars at Columbia with whom they would like to work during their fellowship. For a list of the Earth Institute's research units and Columbia and Barnard's departments, as well as the application form, please go to http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/postdoc/. The application form can also be obtained by contacting: Postdoctoral Fellows Selection Committee, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, 535 West 116th Street (Mail Code 4335), Columbia University, New York, NY 10027. Telephone: 212 854-3893, Fax: 212 854-1993. Applications submitted by January 17, 2003 will be considered for fellowships starting in the summer or fall of 2003, and fellowship offers will be made about in early March 2003. Columbia University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. David Leonard Downie Director of Educational Partnerships Columbia Earth Institute Columbia University, 405 Low Library, MC 4335 535 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027 212-854-5725; [log in to unmask] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/RESEARCH/bios/dd113.html http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mpabiosphere/pages/faculty.html http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/ http://www.bio2.edu/ ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom they are addressed and should not be released to any third party without the consent of the sender. While this footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses, I cannot guarantee that the message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted and amended and deny all liability for any loss and damage that may be suffered by the recipient and any person opening it. ************************************************************* ******************************************************************* - Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Discussion List -- The views expressed on this discussion list are not necessarily those of CIESIN, Columbia University, or its sponsors. If you wish to post to this list, send email messages to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] with the body text 'unsubscribe indicators'. An archive of messages can be found on the web at http://listhost.ciesin.columbia.edu/lists/public/indicators. /--------------------------------------------------------------------\ | CIESIN General Information | | * Send postings and replies to [log in to unmask] | | * Send commands (e.g. unsubscribe) [log in to unmask] | \--------------------------------------------------------------------/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~