Collaborative consortia can boost postdoctoral workforce development

Heili E Lowman¹, Melissa DeSiervo^{2

3}, Robert O Hall Jr⁴, Joshua P Jahner², Saheed O Jimoh², Daniel C Laughlin², Amy C Patterson², Christopher Weiss-Lehman², Carolina C Barbosa^{5

6}, Katherine L Bell⁷, Joanna R Blaszczak¹, C Alex Buerkle², Alice M Carter⁴, Sarah M Collins⁵, Victoria DeLeo², Matt Dunkle⁵, Dustin Gannon^{2

8}, Eliza M Grames^{7

9}, Joshua G Harrison², S Eryn McFarlane^{2

10}, Isabella Oleksy^{5

11}, Breanna F Powers^{2

12}, Courtenay Ray², Alice Stears^{2

13}, Betsy Summers¹⁴, Christa L Torrens⁴, Matt Trentman^{4

15}, Chhaya M Werner^{2

16}, Lauren G Shoemaker²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557.
² Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.
³ Department of Biology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308.
⁴ Division of Biological Sciences, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860.
⁵ Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.
⁶ Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523.
⁷ Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557.
⁸ Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3.
¹¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.
¹² School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.
¹³ Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.
¹⁴ Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albequerque, NM 87131.
¹⁵ O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
¹⁶ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Sustainability, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 97520.

Heili E Lowman et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 9;121(28):e2401812121.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2401812121. Epub 2024 Jul 3.

¹ Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557.
² Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.
³ Department of Biology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308.
⁴ Division of Biological Sciences, Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT 59860.
⁵ Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.
⁶ Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO 80523.
⁷ Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557.
⁸ Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902.
¹⁰ Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3.
¹¹ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.
¹² School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.
¹³ Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.
¹⁴ Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albequerque, NM 87131.
¹⁵ O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812.
¹⁶ Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Sustainability, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 97520.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests statement:The authors declare no existing or potential competing interest.

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