Opportunities in the Mordecai Lab

DECO Research and Program Manager

Job Opportunity: Research and Program Manager, Disease Ecology in a Changing World

The Disease Ecology in a Changing World (DECO) program at Stanford is housed within the Center for Human and Planetary Health co-directed by Drs. Erin Mordecai (Biology Department) and Giulio De Leo (Oceans and ESS Departments). DECO seeks a full-time Research and Program Manager to with DECO faculty leadership to build and advance a new disease ecology research program that bridges knowledge and action, scales solutions, and engages diverse stakeholders in generating new evidence and recommending solutions. The DECO Research and Program Manager will independently contribute to the research required for DECO’s current three cornerstone projects while identifying and recommending opportunities to advance the scope and scale of the DECO program. In addition to conducting research, the Manager will lead program coordination, management, fundraising and grant management tasks, and work to build strategic partnerships including within and beyond the Stanford disease ecology community. 

Reporting to the Human and Planetary Health Managing Director, with close faculty research supervision from DECO Co-Directors Mordecai and De Leo, this is a fantastic opportunity for an adaptable and team-oriented early-career researcher with a PhD in disease ecology or a related field who is looking for experience building a complex, interdisciplinary, solutions-oriented research program in an academic environment.

Read more and apply here! https://careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/research-and-program-manager-disease-ecology-in-a-changing-world-27532

Prospective Graduate Students

If you are interested in discussing PhD opportunities in my lab, please fill out this form. I plan to contact prospective students in October to discuss opportunities. I accept PhD students through the Biology Department (Eco-Evo track), the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER), and the PhD program in Epidemiology. Check out my blog post on how to apply for grad school for (hopefully) helpful explanation and tips! Also available en Español.

Contact Erin Mordecai for information about conducting research in the lab as an undergraduate, graduate student, or postdoc.

Prospective postdocs: Please send a CV and brief statement of interests and background to Erin Mordecai: emordeca@stanford.edu.

Stanford undergrads: We have positions available to work in the lab and on mathematical modeling projects. Please apply through the Biology Department’s B-SURP summer internship program or through the Major Grants program.

High school summer interns: We are no longer accepting unpaid summer interns. We accept interns through Stanford's RISE program