<p>Postdoctoral Fellow: NSF funded-Ecosystem Ecologist position. The University of Alaska<br>
Anchorage (UAA) is seeking an Ecosystem Ecologist for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship. The<br>
research will quantify the biogeochemical and feedback consequences of changes in the interactions<br>
between geese and wet sedge ecosystems that are occurring as a result of shifts in the timing of<br>
migration and vegetation phenology and is focused in the Y-K Delta of western Alaska. He/she will<br>
undertake summer-long measurements of carbon cycling in a manipulated field study to characterize<br>
how the timing of goose grazing affects carbon exchange, plant growth, soil and plant mineral<br>
nutrition, and biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks. He/she will use a suite of measurement packages<br>
including in situ CO2 exchange system (LiCor 8100a), stable isotopes of plants, soils, geese (δ13C and<br>
δ15N), and micrometerological stations. The successful candidate will also work with collaborators to<br>
parameterize the SAVANNA model in an effort to expand the spatial and temporal resolution of<br>
research findings. The project team consists of faculty, students and scientists from: University of<br>
Alaska-Anchorage, Utah State University, University of Nevada Reno, Colorado State University, and<br>
the USGS Alaska Science Center.<br>
We seek individuals with training in ecosystem ecology, field-based C exchange measurements, and<br>
ecosystem process modeling. Additional interests in plant-animal interactions, food web ecology, bird<br>
migration studies, diet ecology, or climate change in arctic systems is desirable. The postdoctoral<br>
scientist will be supervising graduate and undergraduate students and will have some intellectual<br>
flexibility to pursue associated studies.<br>
The successful individual will be based at UAA in Anchorage and will be a member of the J Welker<br>
lab (<a href="http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/biology/facultyandstaff/WelkerLab/index.cfm">http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/biology/facultyandstaff/WelkerLab/index.cfm</a>), and stationed at a<br>
remote field camp from May to August. The appointment is expected to begin February 2014.<br>
Screening of applicants will begin September 1, 2013 and continue until filled. To be considered<br>
please apply to the CAS Postdoctoral pool posting #0066898 at <a href="http://www.uakjobs.com/">http://www.uakjobs.com/</a>. If you have<br>
questions, you may contact Jeff Welker at <a href="mailto:jmwelker@uaa.alaska.edu">jmwelker@uaa.alaska.edu</a>. Salary will be ~$4,000 per<br>
month depending on experience and includes benefits.<br>
Anchorage is a coastal city nestled against the Chugach Mountain Range that rises to over 6,000 feet<br>
along Cook Inlet, adjoining the Gulf of Alaska. Anchorage is the environmental research center of<br>
Alaska with academic (University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Pacific University), Federal (US<br>
Geological Survey & Climate Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service, & National Park Service), state<br>
(Department of Environmental Conservation & Department of Natural Resources), and Conservation<br>
(Wilderness Society, The Nature Conservancy, & the Audubon Society) research, outreach and<br>
education programs with local to global reach.<br>
Anchorage is the epicenter of the finest outdoor adventures in the US. This includes deep powder<br>
skiing at Alyeska (30 min from town-home of the Extreme Skiing Championships), thousands of acres<br>
of backcountry skiing, and championship skate and x-country skiing trails throughout the city, 50 miles<br>
that are lit all winter. Anchorage is a mere 60 minutes from Prince William Sound and the picturesque<br>
scenery of dozens of glaciers calving into the ocean, orcas and sea birds, and is within 1 hr of worldfamous<br>
salmon fishing on the Kenai Peninsula.<br></p>
<p>Jeff Welker<br>
Fulbright Distinguished US Arctic Chair<br>
Professor of Ecology<br>
Department of Biological Sciences<br>
University of Alaska Anchorage<br>
<a href="mailto:jmwelker@uaa.alaska.edu">jmwelker@uaa.alaska.edu</a><br>
907-244-7785<br>
<a href="http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/biology/facultyandstaff/WelkerLab/index.cfm">http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/biology/facultyandstaff/WelkerLab/index.cfm</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></p>