<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: "Weller, Donald" <</span><a href="mailto:wellerd@SI.EDU" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">wellerd@SI.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: POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITY IN LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS OF WATERSHEDS AND ESTUARIES (review begins 15Sep2014, open until filled)</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 Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) has an immediate openi=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ng for a postdoctoral research fellow. The fellow will develop geographic =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and statistical models that relate estuarine responses (especially the pres=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ence and abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation [SAV]) to the watershed =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and estuarine characteristics of Chesapeake Bay subestuaries. The resultin=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">g models will be used to identify spatial correlates of estuarine responses=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, quantify predictor-response relationships, and help guide management deci=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">sions. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in ecology or geography, peer-review=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ed publications, and professional presentations. Applicants also need expe=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">rience with geographic information system (GIS) analysis and multivariate s=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">tatistical analysis and should have a strong background in landscape ecolog=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">y, ecosystem ecology, or estuarine ecology. Expertise in SAV ecology, adva=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nced statistical analyses (such as structural equation modeling or Bayesian=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> networks), or Python automation of GIS analyses could be especially helpfu=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">l. Available modeling tools will include ArcGIS, R and SAS statistical sof=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">tware, and other packages. The position is funded for 1.5 years as part of=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> a multi-institution, multi-investigator project supported by a research gr=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ant from NOAA (see </span><a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091030_chesap=eake.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091030_chesap=<br>
eake.html</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">). Stipend $45,000/year in 2014, 47,500/year in 2015. For best c=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">onsideration, send letter of application, resume, graduate and undergraduat=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">e transcripts (photocopies are fine), and names of three references (with t=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">elephone numbers and e-mail addresses) by Sept 15, 2014 to Dr. Donald Welle=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">r (</span><a href="mailto:wellerd@si.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">wellerd@si.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">), SERC, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028. For more =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">information on SERC visit </span><a href="http://www.serc.si.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.serc.si.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. EOE.</span><br>
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