[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral Fellow II, characterize and forecast climate and fire regimes, Utah State University

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

Title: Postdoctoral Fellow II
Requisition: E1800671
Open Date: 05/30/2018
Review Date: 06/29/2018
Job Category: Exempt
Department: Ecology Center
College/Unit: Quinney College of Natural Resourcs
Location: Logan Campus
Posting Duration: Open Until Filled
Position Summary:
The Postdoctoral Fellow II position is a 42-month position available in climate science applications to conservation planning.

Application:

Submit your application online. The application must include: (1) a cover letter describing your interests and qualifications for the position and how the position will advance your career objectives, (2) your CV, (3) transcripts from all universities you attended, (4) copies of representative publications, and (5) names and contact information for three professional references. Review of applications will start June 15th, 2018. The position will remain open until filled. Start date is negotiable, but ideally by 1 July 2018. Contact Chuck Hawkins (chuck.hawkins at usu.edu) for additional information. USU is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from diversity candidates.

Responsibilities:
The post-doc will participate in an interdisciplinary research project designed to develop a data-driven decision support system to improve conservation planning of several sensitive amphibian species. The post-doc will collaborate with project leaders to characterize and forecast climate and fire regimes in southern California and refine and integrate regional climate, fire risk, and land use change models. The post-doc will be responsible for preparing quarterly and annual reports summarizing progress on project objectives and writing journal articles describing project results.


Dept/College Highlights:
Utah State University is Utah's land-grant university with its main campus located in Logan, which offers the amenities of a college town within the Cache Valley metropolitan zone of 115,000 people. Cache Valley is a 90-minute freeway drive north of Salt Lake City and its international airport.  Positioned along the scenic Wasatch Mountains and Bear River Range, the region offers a bonanza of outdoor activities within minutes of campus and is within a day's drive of eight national parks, numerous national monuments, and vast areas of publicly-owned rangeland and forest.
As an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, USU is dedicated to recruiting stellar candidates from a diverse pool, including women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Post-docs at USU receive outstanding medical, retirement, and professional benefits.

Qualifications:
Required qualifications:

A PhD in climate science, atmospheric sciences, hydrology, physical geography, ecological climatology, or related disciplines
Skill in climate, hydrologic, or ecological modeling
Skill in programming in R, Linux/Unix, Fortran, C, or Matlab
Skill in manipulating large datasets
Excellent written and oral communication skills
A record of publication commensurate with career stage
Preferred experience and background:

Regional climate modeling with WRF, RegCM, or RAMS
Modeling fire and land use/cover change
Experience working with interdisciplinary teams
Opportunity Type: Full-Time w/benefits package
Percent of Time or Hours per Week: 100.00
Advertised Salary: Commensurate with experience, plus excellent benefits
Required Documents (The names and contact information of 3 references will be collected during the application process): Cover Letter, Other, Resume/CV, Transcript
Other Required document types/Special Instructions to Applicants: 1. Cover letter describing interests and qualifications for the position and how the position will advance your career objectives.
2. Please attach copies of publications under "other."
3. Transcripts from all universities attended.
4. Names and contact information for three professional references will be captured on the application.
Continuous Functional Requirements (75%+ time): Moderate lifting; 15-44 pounds,Light lifting under 15 pounds,Pushing,Reaching above shoulder,Both hands required or compensated by the use of acceptable prostheses,Walking,Standing,Repeated bending
Often Environmental Factors (25-75% time): Outside,Excessive heat,Excessive cold
Continuous Environmental Factors (75%+ time): Inside
ADA Cognitive Requirements: Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions, in books, manuals, and mathematical or diagrammatic form. Deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
ADA Math Requirements: Perform ordinary arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric procedures in standard, practical applications.
ADA Communication Requirements - Speech: Expression of a level to communicate fluently with clients/customers and others to obtain and provide complex information. Vocalize and explain detailed and problem-solve, both in-person and by telephone. Capable of interpretation of technical materials, oral presentation of reports and able to adapt vocabulary, tone and content for listener.
ADA Comm Requirements - Comprehension: Comprehension and expression of a level to routinely draft narrative information such as case histories, compose routine correspondence on own initiative, make interview notes. May involved a large volume of such composition.
ADA Travel Requirements: Moderate travel required - ability to travel frequently (i.e., weekly-monthly) for activities such as home visits, collateral contacts, transport of clients to appointments, delivering mail, auditing records, inspecting facilities, or other activities requiring frequent travel under normal conditions.
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