[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD Position in Remote Sensing and Climate Modeling at Cornell, University

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

Position Announcement: PhD Position in Remote Sensing and Climate 
Modeling at Cornell
University

Position:
The School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University is seeking 
a highly
motivated PhD student to conduct interdisciplinary studies in land 
surface processes. The
position is located in the Section of Soil and Crop Science. The 
successful applicant is expected
to learn and apply advanced observational, modeling and geospatial 
approaches to integrate eco-physiological, biophysical, biogeochemical 
and hydrological processes to understand and
forecast complex land surface dynamics at different spatial and temporal 
scales in the context of
climate change. The successful applicant will have opportunities to gain 
experience in
developing and applying regional/global land surface models (e.g., 
NCAR’s CESM), analyzing
remote sensing datasets (e.g., solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, 
Lidar, etc), conducting
field measurements at Cornell research farms, and presenting original 
scientific results at
meetings and in publications.

Qualification:
Requirements include background in an ecology-, agriculture-, climate-, 
remote
sensing-, or computation-related field, strong interests in big-data 
analysis, data mining, statistics,
and programing experience in at least one of Fortran, C, Matlab, NCL, R 
or Python. Preferences
are given to those with some knowledge in remote sensing, CESM/CLM, or 
field sensors and
data acquisition.

Application: Please submit application materials to Cornell graduate school
at http://gradschool.cornell.edu/admissions/applying/apply-now. 
Information of application
procedure for Section of Soil and Crop Science can be found at
http://gradschool.cornell.edu/academics/fields-of-study/subject/332. 
Candidates are encouraged
to submit a curriculum vitae to Dr. Ying Sun (ys776 at cornell.edu or 
Ying.Sun at jpl.nasa.gov).

About School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell: The Cornell 
University houses a large
internationally renowned group of academics with many collaborative 
projects in the area of
environmental sciences and engineering. Incoming students will join a 
collaborative
and interdisciplinary community on the main campus located in Ithaca, 
NY. The Section of Soil
and Crop Sciences (http://scs.cals.cornell.edu/) is part of Cornell’s 
School of Integrative Plant
Science (SIPS, http://sips.cals.cornell.edu/) at College of Agriculture 
and Life Sciences
(https://cals.cornell.edu ). Diversity and Inclusion are a part of 
Cornell University’s heritage. We
are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected 
Veterans, and Individuals
with Disabilities.