Multiple Postdoctoral Fellowships Available
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Climate Data Downscaling
Alaska Climate Science Center &
Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning
Fairbanks, AlaskaPostdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Hydrological
Analysis and Modeling
Alaska Climate Science Center & International Arctic Research Center
Fairbanks, AlaskaLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory seeks 2 Postdoctoral Fellows
Permafrost Dynamics and Associated Hydrological and
Bigeochemical Impacts
Berkeley, CaliforniaLehigh University seeks Postdoctoral Fellow
Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
Lehigh University, PA
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Climate Data Downscaling
Alaska Climate Science Center &
Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning
Fairbanks, Alaska
The Alaska Climate Science Center and the Scenarios Network for Alaska
and Arctic Planning are seeking a skilled researcher in advancing the
science and knowledge of climate data downscaling. The position will be
based in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The successful candidate will compare various downscaling techniques and
their application to specific research questions as well as develop new
statistical downscaling techniques in order to transform model outputs
and integrate them into ecosystem models of fire, vegetation, soil
carbon, and permafrost dynamics.
Ideal candidates will have a doctorate in a scientific field related to
climate science, and demonstrated exceptional capabilities in research;
expertise in working with and analyzing global climate model outputs; a
strong understanding and desire to further the science of statistical
climate data downscaling techniques; and a strong background in climate
and ecosystem modeling and quantification of uncertainty.
Application deadline: Friday, 30 September 2011.
For further information or to apply, please go to:
http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=74945.
For questions, please contact:
Scott Rupp
Email: tsrupp [at] alaska.edu
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity in Hydrological
Analysis and Modeling
Alaska Climate Science Center & International Arctic Research Center
Fairbanks, Alaska
The Alaska Climate Science Center and the International Arctic Research
Center are seeking a skilled researcher in advancing the science and
knowledge of hydrology and climate science. The position will be based
in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The successful candidate will work on characterizing and quantifying the
present surface hydrologic conditions of Alaska and developing realistic
projections of future trends in hydrologic variables and consequent
impacts to habitat and water resources. This would entail characterizing
the present water balance (rain, snow, stream and river runoff, soil
moisture, and lake storage) and developing defensible projections on how
these variables will change in the next century.
Ideal candidates will have a doctorate in a scientific field related to
hydrology and/or climate science and demonstrated exceptional
capabilities in research; expertise in working with and analyzing
hydrological and meteorological data sets; a strong understanding and
desire to further the science of hydrological analyses and modeling; and
a strong background in hydrology, climate and ecosystem modeling.
Application deadline: Friday, 30 September 2011.
For further information or to apply, please go to:
http://www.uakjobs.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=74211.
For questions, please contact:
Larry Hinzman
Email: lhinzman [at] iarc.uaf.edu
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory seeks 2 Postdoctoral Fellows
Permafrost Dynamics and Associated Hydrological and
Bigeochemical Impacts
Berkeley, California
The Earth Sciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is
seeking applications for two postdoctoral fellows to develop and
implement methodologies for monitoring complex near subsurface processes
using geophysical methods. The positions will be based in Berkeley,
California.
The successful applicants will work with a multi-disciplinary group of
scientists to quantify the geophysical signatures of coupled
hydrological-geomechanical-biogeochemical processes associated with
carbon cycling in permafrost environments that are manifested at the
pore to landscape scales. The project is part of a multi-institutional
collaboration focused on understanding terrestrial ecosystem processes
and feedbacks to climate called the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment
(NGEE-Arctic; http://ngee.ornl.gov/).
Both positions require an outstanding record of original and
high-quality research as well as demonstrated experience with and
enthusiasm for shallow subsurface characterization and monitoring using
geophysical datasets. Candidates must have a PhD in geophysics, earth
sciences, geology, or engineering and experience with laboratory or
field data acquisition and interpretation. Familiarity with
hydrogeophysical and biogeophysical approaches and an interest in
working with a multi-disciplinary team to understand complex near
subsurface processes is desired.
One position will focus on laboratory core to meso-scale experiments to
explore geomechanical, geophysical (seismic/electrical/radar),
hydrological, geochemical, and microbiological changes during
freeze-thaw induced permafrost degradation processes. The successful
candidate will play an important role in instrument and experimental
design, performing laboratory experiments, and interpreting the diverse
datasets. Essential for this position is a track record of performing
successful laboratory experiments using geological materials and
expertise in geophysics and/or geomechanics. A background in mechanical
engineering, hydrology, geochemistry, or microbiology is preferred but
not required.
The other position focuses on the use of field datasets for quantifying
the spatiotemporal distribution and nature of shallow hydrological and
biogeochemical processes associated with permafrost degradation in
arctic environments. Essential for this position is expertise in
acquisition, inversion, and interpretation of near surface geophysical
field datasets, with a particular emphasis on the use of surface ground
penetrating radar, seismic, and complex resistivity attributes.
Interpretation is expected to be based on field geophysical data
constrained by (or integrated with) point thermophysical, hydrological,
and biogeochemical field measurements as well as laboratory experimental
results.
To apply, please search job posting #73191 at:
http://jobs.lbl.gov/positions.html?jobcode=abc&jobfield=60.
For further information, please contact:
Susan Hubbard
Email: sshubbard [at] lbl.gov
- Lehigh University seeks Postdoctoral Fellow
Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
Lehigh University, PA
The Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Lehigh University has
an opening for a postdoctoral fellow as part of a joint effort with the
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. The
position is based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The project aims to improve the NCAR CLM-CN model to enable studying the
carbon consequences of land use change and recovery from disturbance.
The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to use the CLM-CN
within the NCAR CESM or the MIT Integrated Global Systems Model (IGSM)
to explore questions related to the coupled atmosphere-land systems,
particularly with regard to future land use change scenarios produced by
MIT.
Applicants should have a PhD in earth sciences or a related field.
Knowledge of Fortran, familiarity with C++ and IDL (or Matlab or grads),
and experience in scientific computing are considered assets. Funding is
available for 2 years, starting in January 2012. Future opportunities at
Lehigh or MIT may become available with additional external funding.
To apply, please send a curriculum vitae and contact information for at
least three references to Benjamin Felzer (bsf208 [at] lehigh.edu).
For additional information about the research programs, please go to:
http://www.lehigh.edu/~bsf208/bsf208.html
http://globalchange.mit.edu/
For questions, please contact:
Benjamin Felzer
Email: bsf208 [at] lehigh.edu