<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Jim Heffernan <</span><a href="mailto:james.heffernan@DUKE.EDU" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">james.heffernan@DUKE.EDU</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: Post-doc in biogeomorphic modelling at Duke</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 Heffernan Lab is seeking a post-doctoral scholar to help understand the=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> formation and distribution of depressional wetlands in karst landscapes, u=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">sing Big Cypress National Preserve<</span><a href="http://heffernanlab.weebly.com/florida-=everglades.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://heffernanlab.weebly.com/florida-=<br>
everglades.html</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> in south Florida as a case study. To read more about the =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Big Cypress Landscape, see Cohen et al. 2011<</span><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi=/abs/10.1080/10643389.2010.531224" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.tandfonline.com/doi=<br>
/abs/10.1080/10643389.2010.531224</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> and Watts et al. 2014<</span><a href="http://onlinelibra/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://onlinelibra</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://ry.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3597/abstract" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ry.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3597/abstract</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>. In collaboration with PIs Jim =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Heffernan and Brad Murray, the post-doctoral scholar will lead development =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of spatially-explicit models of interactions among hydrologic, ecological, =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">geochemical, and geomorphic processes that are hypothesized to create the d=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">istinctive, regular patterning of cypress dome wetlands and other karst fea=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">tures. The successful applicant will have a degree in the earth or ecologi=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">cal sciences; experience with the development of spatially-explicit models=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">; and demonstrated success in scholarly publication. Previous experience i=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">n collaborative projects at the interface of ecological and earth sciences,=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> and with research in karst landscapes, is preferred. Preferred start date=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> is May 2015, but can be flexible depending on the successful candidate's s=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">chedule. Review of applications will begin </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">October 15th</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> and will continue =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">until the position is filled. This 2-year position is part of a newly fund=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ed NSF project in collaboration with the University of Florida. Submit appl=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ications, and direct inquiries, to </span><a href="mailto:james.heffernan@duke.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">james.heffernan@duke.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">mailto:</span><a href="mailto:james.he" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">james.he</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="mailto:ffernan@duke.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ffernan@duke.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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