Alumnus Alvaro Alvarado in the news

ETOX alumnus Alvaro Alvarado is an author on a recent article published in Environmental Science & Technology which describes the decline of toxic air contaminants in California and links the declines to regulations implemented by the California Air Resources Board and others.  The ES&T article can be found here.  The article was the basis of an article in the Los Angeles Times in which Alvaro was quoted extensively.  Our congratulations to Alvaro and his colleagues for this nice piece of work. 

Talbot Research on eCigarettes Featured on Al Jazeera America

The research of Environmental Toxicology graduate students, Monique Williams and Crystal Hua, on ecigarettes as well as that of others who work in the lab of Prof. Prue Talbot was featured in a TechKnow segment that was recently broadcast on Al Jazeera America.  A link to the show can be found here.  The section on the UCR research begins at about 12:34:22 am.  Our congratulations to Monique, Crystal, Dr. Talbot and others in the Talbot lab for this nice recognition.  Below are a couple of screenshots from the program. 

Carl Cranor receives two additional teaching recognitions

Prof. Carl Cranor, member of the Department of Philosophy and Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program faculty member, recently received two additional teaching recognitions from UC Riverside.  He was selected by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences to be the Patricia McSweeny McCauley Chair in Teching Excellence for this upcoming year.  In addition, he was selected to join UCR's Academy of Distinguished Teachers.  Our congratulations to Carl for these recognitions of his excellent teaching.     

Cancer Biologist position at the EPA

The EPA will soon be advertising for a cancer biologist to work within the IRIS program.  The position announcement is still going through its human resources department but should be posted soon.  Below is the note that was forwarded to me by ETOX alumna Catherine Gibbons.

“The National Center for Environmental Assessment is planning to hire a scientist with a background in cancer biology.  We will be advertising this position shortly on the government's USAJOBS site, and I would appreciate it if you can bring this to the attention of suitable candidates who might be interested. I understand the advertisement is likely to have a very short deadline.”

Sarjeet Gill Elected Fellow of the Entomological Society of America

Prof. Sarjeet Gill, an Environmental Toxicology faculty member and former director of the ETOX Graduate Program, has recently been elected as a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America.  An news release about Dr. Gill's selection for the award can be found on the UCR Today website.  The photo above is also from the UCR Today article.  Last month, Dr. Gill was advanced to Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside.  Our congratulations to Sarjeet for these impressive and well deserved recognitions. 

Note:  Sarjeet's election was also mentioned as a note in the Press Enterprise today.  

Postdoctoral positions at Amgen

ETOX Alumnus Drew Olaharski forwarded to me information on postdoctoral fellowships at Amgen.  Unfortunately the brochure is in a pdf form and I don't think it can be posted directly.  Below are screen shots which provide the key information. 

Postdoctoral position at UC Santa Barbara

I received the following position information earlier today by email. The position is with Roger Nisbet at UC Santa Barbara. 

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral specialist to participate in systems-based research for evaluating ecological impacts of manufactured chemicals. The overarching aim is to use Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) models to inform ecological risk assessment by determining how the effects of exposure to chemical stressors are expressed across levels of biological organization.  Specific projects include: (i) determining how genomic data on two model organisms (the waterflea Daphnia and the estuarine fish Fundulus) experiencing combined food and chemical stress relate to parameters in DEB models; (ii) predicting organismal and population “tipping points” caused by failure of physiological and population regulatory processes; (iii) developing individual and population models of adaptation to stress in chronically polluted environments.  The person appointed would work on one or two of these projects.

The research is part of a recently funded project led by Dr. Roger Nisbet (UCSB), working in collaboration with Dr. Erik Muller (UCSB) and Dr. Andrew Whitehead (UC Davis). UCSB is renowned for its quantitative ecological research and has a number of faculty involved in ecotoxicological research projects. There will be opportunity to interact and collaborate with researchers in the University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (www.cein.ucla.edu).

Applicants must possess a PhD and have research experience in one or more of theoretical ecology, environmental modeling, systems biology, or closely related disciplines. The position is for 2 years, contingent on funding. Start date: 1 January 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.

If you encounter anyone at ESA (or know of anyone) who might be interested, please encourage them to email me. Dr. Nisbet's email address is:  roger.nisbet@lifesci.ucsb.edu