Smithsonian Intern and Fellow Morning at the National Gallery of Art
Through a special invitation, on Thursday 7/13/17, Smithsonian interns and fellows browsed through the
National Gallery of Art. During this Morning at the Museum event, attendees were able to freely explore the ground, Mezzanine, and basement floors before the museum opened the galleries to the public.
Read more about Morning at the NGA
here and click
here to see
snapshots from the event!
Chrysus and Sula and Pixe
NMNH Research Asociate Dr. Ahrenholz pictured with some collections of lepidoptera (photo by Vincent Verrecchio)
Not everyone can say that they have cut open people in an operation room and faced off a swarm of army ants in the in a rainforest, but National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Research Associate Dr. Dave Ahrenholz, MD, FACS has done both. Venturing far from the familiar surgical practices of operating on patients, Dr. Ahrenholz has trekked in Ecuadorian rainforests on a mission to photograph and identify all the rare or unknown insects of the lepidopteran order.
Dr. Ahrenholz is currently working with Instituto Ecuatoriano Forestal y de Areas Naturales (INEFAN) to document the behavior of these butterflies. The Smithsonian is preparing to publish a book with his collected data on Ecuadorian Metalmarks. Click here to read more!
A Window to the Past
NASM Intern Anne Rusher
Graduating from James Madison University (JMU) in May 2017 with a major in architectural design and a minor in art history, Anne Rusher was "very concerned" about her path after graduation. However, by drawing on her childhood memories of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Anne is well on her way.
This summer, Anne is interning with NASM's exhibits production department at the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility. Directly involved with designing and creating NASM exhibits, Anne is able to merge her passions for architectural design and art history while also leaving her own mark on the treasured museum of her childhood.
Learn more about Anne's internship in a recent The Breeze article here!
James Smithson Fellows Tour SERC!
Left to right: OFI Program Assistant Alex Capobianco and James Smithson Fellows: Dr. Jeremy Feinberg, Dr. Dara Satterfield & Dr. Karin Burghardt
On Friday 7/21/17
James Smithson Fellows Dr. Karin Burghardt, Dr. Jeremy Feinberg and Dr.Dara Satterfield, went to the
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) for a canoe tour of Muddy Creek and the Rhode River to learn about many of the on-site environmental studies being conducted.
Since 1983 SERC scientists have been catching, counting and measuring fish, crabs and other organisms at the Fish Weir in order to study migration patterns.
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Leipzig, Germany
Apply for the iDiv fellowship today!
The
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), integrated with
Leipzig University, is currently seeking applications for a two-year postdoc position in Leipzig, Germany. The project is entitled "Beyond the growth-survival trade-off: A global analysis of demographic diversity and trade-offs in species-rich forests."
This post-doctoral opportunity involves quantifying the contribution of different trade-offs to demographic diversity, identifying how demographic trade-offs are constrained by functional traits of the species, and testing predictions of several species. The project is supervised by Dr. Nadja Rüger (
Junior Leader of Forest Ecology group) and carried out in collaboration with Prof. Christian Wirth, Prof. Helge Bruelheide, Prof. Stanley Harpole, Dr. Stuart Davies, and Dr. Joseph Wright.
Applications are accepted until Tuesday
8/15/17. Click
here for more information.
Smithsonian Job Opportunities
Academic appointments (internships, fellowships, and research associate appointments) at the Smithsonian are not jobs, but sometimes they can be a gateway to them. For that reason, we offer this update about recent job openings at the Smithsonian:
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