<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITY IN GEOSPATIAL MODELING OF WETLAND CARBON SEQUESTRA</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">TION (review begins </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">Oct 31</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, open until filled)</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"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) has an opening for a p=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ostdoctoral fellow to study geospatial analysis of carbon sequestration in =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">coastal wetlands across the United States. The fellow will join a team of o=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ver 20 scientists seeking to link field measurements with remotely sensed d=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">atasets. The fellow will be an active participant in project planning, data=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> analysis, and scientific publications and must be able to work as part of =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">an extended research team. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in ecology or geo=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">graphy, peer-reviewed publications, and professional presentations. Desirab=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">le skill sets include proficiency with ArcGIS software, geospatial modeling=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, and database management. Ideally, the candidate also will have some under=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">standing of process-based biogeochemical modeling and knowledge of wetland =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ecological principles. Skills with ArcGIS automation and R statistical soft=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ware would also be helpful. The position is funded for 2 years beginning in=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> January 2015 as part of a multi-institution, multi-investigator project su=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">pported by the NASA Carbon Monitoring System program. The applicant will be=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> advised jointly by scientists at SERC and the U. S. Geological Survey. Sti=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">pend $47,500 plus health insurance per year. For best consideration, send l=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">etter of application, resume, graduate and undergraduate transcripts (unoff=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">icial copies are fine), and names of three references (with telephone numbe=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">rs and e-mail addresses) to Dr. J. Patrick Megonigal ( </span><a href="mailto:megonigalp@si.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">megonigalp@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"> SERC, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028. Review of applications will b=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">egin on </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">31 Oct</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> and continue until the position is filled. For more informat=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ion 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.=20</span><br><br>
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