<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="entry-content" style="font-size:12px;border:0px;font-family:&#39;Helvetica Neue&#39;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px auto;outline:0px;padding:10px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(55,55,55);line-height:19px"><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Ecologist (Hydrology-Ecosystems-Ecosystem Services) USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Cross, WI</b></p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Funding is available for a term (13-month) post-graduate appointment at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center in La Crosse, WI. Additional funding may be available to continue to support the position in future years.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The researcher will explore the state-of-the-art in interdisciplinary science to evaluate how changes in river-floodplain connectivity influence floodplain ecosystem processes and the provision of valuable ecosystem services.  The successful candidate will be expected to link these fields of study in ways that allow for practical application and quantitative evaluation of the effects of alternative management and climate change scenarios on river-floodplain hydrology, ecology, and ecosystem services.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">A strong emphasis will be placed on the effects of river-floodplain connectivity on biogeochemical processes (N, P, and C transformation) and floodplain plant community dynamics, and the ecosystem services these processes support (e.g., clean water and recreational opportunities).</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The researcher will be joining a collaborative group of hydrologists and ecologists from the U.S. Geological Survey and ecosystem services scientists from The Nature Conservancy. It is therefore not necessary that the candidate possess all skills needed to work independently. This is a multi-disciplinary topic and will require collaboration. However, the successful candidate will possess expertise in at least one of the following fields, with a working knowledge of the other fields: 1) river-floodplain hydrology and hydrodynamics, 2) quantitative and spatial modelling of ecosystem processes (e.g. nutrient cycling and plant succession), and 3) evaluation of ecosystem services.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Specific Tasks:</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Review and summarize relevant hydrological, ecological, and ecosystem services literature</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Gather and manage spatial and other relevant data and perform analyses</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Produce maps and other graphic output and products</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Write scientific papers</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Qualifications required:</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">The successful candidate will be highly motivated to advance the fields of river-floodplain hydrology, ecosystems ecology, and/or ecosystem services, as well as develop practical applications for improving the management and restoration of rivers and their floodplains.  An MS or PhD is required, as is a record of publication in peer-reviewed journals in the areas of hydrology, geomorphology, ecology, or ecosystem services.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Salary:</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">This position will be filled as either a GS-9 (post MS, ~$48,400) or GS-11 (post-doc, ~58,500) Ecologist.</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">For more information and how to apply:</p><p style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px 0px 1.625em;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">People interested in this position are welcome contact and/or send a statement of interest and CV to Nathan R. De Jager (<a href="mailto:ndejager@usgs.gov" style="border:0px;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(25,130,209);text-decoration:none">ndejager@usgs.gov</a>). However, this position will be formally announced at <a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/">https://www.usajobs.gov/</a>  and only those applying to the position via usajobs can be considered.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div>