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255, 255);">POST-DOCTORAL SCIENTIST: Ecosystems and
International Climate<br>
Environmental Defense Fund<br>
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With a global population expected to reach 9 billion by
mid-century, and a planet showing signs of stress from
ecosystem degradation, there is a critical need to
increase global food production while reducing the
environmental and climate impacts of agriculture. Within
EDF, both the Ecosystems Program and the Global Climate
Program are engaged in projects to demonstrate the role
that increased nutrient use efficiency (NUE) can play in
meeting these needs. Demonstration projects in the U.S.
(in corn cropping systems) and India (including rice and
upland cropping systems) have shown that it is possible to
improve the management of synthetic fertilizer in ways
that enhance crop yield while reducing emissions of
nitrous oxide (a powerful greenhouse gas), and/or leaching
of nitrate (a significant contributor to local and
regional water quality problems). Both Ecosystems and
Global Climate now jointly seek a postdoctoral fellow to
advance this work by investigating ways to use the full
range of sensing technologies to track improvements in
nutrient use efficiency (NUE) in agricultural landscapes.
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OVERALL FUNCTION<br>
Environmental Defense Fund seeks a recent Ph.D. recipient
for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship, beginning as soon
as possible. The successful candidate will play a leading
role in convening an interdisciplinary effort to develop
effective and scalable sensing technologies and systems
which can be used to track changes in NUE at field, farm
and landscape scale in diverse crop landscapes. Major
responsibilities include: Complete and publish a
comprehensive literature review of the state of the
science and technology on remote sensing of direct
measures (e.g. crop N uptake) and proxy indicators (e.g.
soil N content) of NUE;Play a leading role in convening
2-3 expert workshops with top researchers in agronomy,
biogeochemistry, plant and soil science, remote sensing
and electrical engineering, as well as stakeholders such
as crop producers and agricultural technology companies.
These workshops will identify key science questions
related to: 1) satellite-based remote sensing of direct
measures or proxy indicators of NUE; and 2) the
development of handheld or tractor-mounted instruments to
provide in-season guidance to producers on maximizing
NUE;Work with leading researchers and stakeholders to
develop a comprehensive research roadmap to accelerate
research and deployment of effective methodologies for
tracking NUE at various spatial and temporal
scales;Publish peer-reviewed articles that synthesize the
findings of this collaborative effort.This position is for
two years with a competitive salary and reports jointly to
a Senior Scientist in EDF†s Ecosystems Program and a
Senior Scientist in EDF†s International Climate Program.
On-the-job training will be provided to familiarize the
successful candidate with the programmatic context of the
work and with specific issues in each program. The
successful candidate will be based primarily either the
EDF office in Washington, D.C. or the EDF office in
Boulder, CO, but should expect to spend time in the other
EDF office location and with academic/agency partners. <br>
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KEY RESPONSIBILIITES<br>
Complete and publish a comprehensive literature review of
the state of the science and technology on remote sensing
of direct measures (e.g. crop N uptake) and proxy
indicators (e.g. soil N content) of NUE;Collaborate
closely with EDF scientists and other program experts in
planning expert workshops that will lead to new research
directions, development and deployment of new technology,
and/or publications in the peer-reviewed
literature;Participate in EDF†s communications, advocacy
and outreach about this topic to policymakers,
agricultural stakeholders, donors, EDF members and others
as directed.Publish in peer-reviewed journals, as lead or
co-author, synthesis papers on environmental applications
of remote sensing in cropping systems.</span><br
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