Upcoming Cohort: Future of Invasive Species
We will soon be advertising positions for the upcoming cohort, Future of Invasive Species! Submit your information in the link below if you would like to be notified when positions open.
The upcoming Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral (CAP) Fellows cohort will explore how climate change is exacerbating the effects of invasive species, including through changes to the geographic distribution and phenology of both native and invasive species.
About
Invasive species and climate change are two of today’s most pressing global change threats. Between 1960 and 2020, invasive species cost the United States at least \$1.22 trillion in damages, resource losses, and management costs (Fantle-Lepczyk, Jean E., et al 2022). Invasive species outcompete and displace native species, interfering with ecosystem function and threatening the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. Effects of invasive species on human communities include more frequent wildfires, disruption to nutrients and water, and the spread of diseases. Climate change is exacerbating the effects of invasive species, including through changes to the geographic distribution and phenology of both native and invasive species. Climate change is also challenging invasive species management in numerous ways, including through changes to the efficacy and optimal timing of treatment practices. Collectively, these changes point to the need for proactive planning and management practices that incorporate climate change. Climate change also affords novel opportunities for successful invasive species prevention and management, although evaluation and implementation of these opportunities has yet to be fully realized.
Although it is increasingly apparent that climate change is influencing invasive species’ spread, distribution, and management, natural resource managers lack the information that they need to effectively manage invasive species in the face of climate change. The fourth cohort of the CAP Fellows program seeks to meet this need by developing regionally-tailored and national-level actionable science on the compounding effects of invasive species and climate change.
Learn more about the CAP Fellows Program >>
Interested in applying to be a postdoctoral researcher?
Please add your information to this listserv form! We will advertise positions in late 2026- early 2027 and onboard in late Spring/Summer 2027. There will be nine positions available, coinciding with the nine CASC regions. Projects are to be announced later this year. Interested applicants can apply to as many open positions as they see fit. Note that postdoctoral researchers are hired directly by the PIs of the regional projects, which are typically members of a CASC Consortium University Institution, and are not employees of USGS.
Madeleine Rubenstein
National Science Lead, National CASC
Jackson Valler
Research Coordinator, National CASC
The upcoming Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral (CAP) Fellows cohort will explore how climate change is exacerbating the effects of invasive species, including through changes to the geographic distribution and phenology of both native and invasive species.
About
Invasive species and climate change are two of today’s most pressing global change threats. Between 1960 and 2020, invasive species cost the United States at least \$1.22 trillion in damages, resource losses, and management costs (Fantle-Lepczyk, Jean E., et al 2022). Invasive species outcompete and displace native species, interfering with ecosystem function and threatening the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems. Effects of invasive species on human communities include more frequent wildfires, disruption to nutrients and water, and the spread of diseases. Climate change is exacerbating the effects of invasive species, including through changes to the geographic distribution and phenology of both native and invasive species. Climate change is also challenging invasive species management in numerous ways, including through changes to the efficacy and optimal timing of treatment practices. Collectively, these changes point to the need for proactive planning and management practices that incorporate climate change. Climate change also affords novel opportunities for successful invasive species prevention and management, although evaluation and implementation of these opportunities has yet to be fully realized.
Although it is increasingly apparent that climate change is influencing invasive species’ spread, distribution, and management, natural resource managers lack the information that they need to effectively manage invasive species in the face of climate change. The fourth cohort of the CAP Fellows program seeks to meet this need by developing regionally-tailored and national-level actionable science on the compounding effects of invasive species and climate change.
Learn more about the CAP Fellows Program >>
Interested in applying to be a postdoctoral researcher?
Please add your information to this listserv form! We will advertise positions in late 2026- early 2027 and onboard in late Spring/Summer 2027. There will be nine positions available, coinciding with the nine CASC regions. Projects are to be announced later this year. Interested applicants can apply to as many open positions as they see fit. Note that postdoctoral researchers are hired directly by the PIs of the regional projects, which are typically members of a CASC Consortium University Institution, and are not employees of USGS.