<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: "Diffendorfer, James" <</span><a href="mailto:jediffendorfer@USGS.GOV" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">jediffendorfer@USGS.GOV</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: USGS Postdoct =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=93?= Land transformation and ecosystem service modeling related to energy development and wildfire. Denver, CO</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The United States Geological Survey is recruiting a postdoctoral scientist</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in ecosystem service and geospatial modeling. The post-doc will play a key</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">role in the project =E2=80=9CProbabilistic Integrated Resource Assessment T=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ool for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ecosystem Services=E2=80=9D (PIRATES). This effort will integrate forecas=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ts of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">land transformation and assessments of other biophysical resources to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">evaluate the interplay between management, landscape change, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">environmental/economic costs and benefits. It endeavors to address the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">question of how landscape change impacts a suite of resources and how those</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">impacts may be limited by alternative management activities. The current</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">focus of the project is the development of energy resources and wildfire as</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">drivers of land transformation.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Funding for the fellowship is for 2 years and is subject to renewal for 2</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">additional years, pending the availability of funding. Remuneration is US</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">$73,848, plus benefits. The post-doc will work with the following project</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">co-leads at the USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Denver, CO (</span><a href="http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">):</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=C2=B7 Ken Bagstad (Research Economist), Jay Diffendorfer (Research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ecologist), Steve Garman (Research Ecologist), Todd Hawbaker (Research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ecologist), Darius Semmens (Research Physical Scientist).</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In addition, strong collaborations exist with geologists and geophysicists</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">working on energy resource assessments and assessments of produced waters,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">as well as with two postdoc=E2=80=99s being hired for modeling fire histori=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">es and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">dynamics.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Candidates will support the project by taking lead and collaborative roles</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in: 1) Developing approaches to link land transformation caused by energy</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">development or wildfire to impact analyses with the ARIES (</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://www.ariesonline.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.ariesonline.org/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) modeling platform; 2) Writing computer code to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">implement the tool; 3) Developing methods and performing analyses to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">understand and summarize complex geospatial and temporal patterns of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ecosystem services; and 4) Publishing the work as journal articles. As</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">part of the development, we will investigate the role of energy development</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and wildfire on ecosystem services in southwest Wyoming, where existing</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">research and geospatial data are extensive (</span><a href="http://www.wlci.gov/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.wlci.gov/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">). The</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">candidate will have latitude to pursue novel approaches and work with a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">broad set of researchers across fields of geology, economics, ecology, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biophysical modeling.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Applicants should have demonstrated advanced skills in computer science,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biophysical modeling, statistics, ecosystem services, and experience</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">publishing in peer-reviewed journals. Coding expertise in R, Python, Java</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and/or C++, and strong geospatial expertise are desirable. Experience</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">modeling ecosystem services with ARIES or other software is not required,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">though useful. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">is found.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To apply, please prepare a cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">contact information for three references. Please send your application via</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">email, subject line =E2=80=9CPIRATES Post-doc=E2=80=9D to </span><a href="mailto:dsemmens@usgs.gov" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">dsemmens@usgs.gov</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. Applicants</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">must have received their doctoral or equivalent graduate degree within the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">past five years. The degree must be in hand by the selectees starting date.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Any questions should be directed to:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Darius Semmens or Jay Diffendorfer</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">United States Geological Survey</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Denver Federal Center, Bldg 25, MS 980</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Denver, CO 80225</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="mailto:dsemmens@usgs.gov" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">dsemmens@usgs.gov</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, </span><a href="mailto:jediffendorfer@usgs.gov" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">jediffendorfer@usgs.gov</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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