<div dir="ltr">Postdoctoral Research Staff Member
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<div><strong>Location: </strong><a href="http://careers-ext.llnl.gov/jobs/search?advanced=1&cf[REC_LOCATION][]=1001">Livermore, CA</a></div>
<div><strong>Category: </strong><a href="http://careers-ext.llnl.gov/jobs/search?advanced=1&cf[JOBFAMILY][]=PD">Post Docs</a></div>
<div><strong>Organization: </strong><a href="http://careers-ext.llnl.gov/jobs/search?advanced=1&cf[ORG_CD_LL][]=015">Physical and Life Sciences</a></div>
<div><strong>Posting Requirement: </strong><span>External Posting</span></div>
<div><strong>Job ID: </strong><span>101044</span></div>
<div><strong>Job Code: </strong><span>Post-Dr Research Staff 1 (PDS.1)</span></div>
<div><strong>Date Posted: </strong><span>May 20 2016</span></div>
</div><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><br>Dr. Karis
McFarlane is looking for a postdoc to work at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory’s Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry to
research terrestrial carbon cycling,
with a focus on belowground biogeochemistry using radiocarbon and
stable isotopes. The project is aimed at constraining turnover times
(residence/transit times) for belowground carbon stored in tropical
forests across a gradient of moisture regimes from wetlands
to seasonally dry forest. This will be done using a combination of
using ecosystem/soil carbon and radiocarbon measurements (soil organic
matter, dissolved organic carbon, roots, and CO2 and CH4 emissions) and
modeling with soil, ecosystems, and land surface
models (CLM and ACME-Land Model). This project includes several
research sites in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico and
includes collaboration with DOE’s Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment
in the Tropics.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">More details on the position, requirements, qualifications, and instructions for applying can be found here: <a href="http://careers-ext.llnl.gov/jobs/5427631-postdoctoral-research-staff-member" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple"> http://careers-ext.llnl.gov/jobs/5427631-postdoctoral-research-staff-member</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">If you know of a potentially interested candidate, please have them contact Karis at <a href="mailto:kjmcfarlane@llnl.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">kjmcfarlane@llnl.gov</span></a> for
more information about this research project, CAMS, and LLNL.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p><em><strong>Science and Technology on a Mission!</strong></em></p><p>For
more than 60 years, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
has applied science and technology to make the world a safer place.</p><p> </p> <p>We have
an opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher to apply radiocarbon
analytical methods to terrestrial carbon cycle science. You will
participate, collaborate scientifically, and potentially take the lead
in one or more of our major program areas, which will include travel to
domestic and international field sites. This position is in the Center
for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. </p><p><strong>Essential Duties</strong><br>
- Conduct original and independent research as part of a
multi-disciplinary team, collaborate in technique development and sample
analysis in experimental programs to study terrestrial carbon cycling.<br>
- Assist in the flow of natural <sup>14</sup>C samples through the CAMS
laboratory, and participate in technique development, AMS operation, and
data analysis as part of the overall activity of the
natural-radiocarbon research group.<br>
- Develop and potentially lead a program in one or more of the following
areas: the origin, transport, stabilization, and transit time of soil
organic matter (SOM); quantification of components and carbon sources of
soil respiration and methane emissions; fine root turnover and
rhizosphere dynamics; the roles of microbes in carbon transport and
sequestration; scaling carbon cycle processes from ecosystem- to
regional-scales; and data synthesis and modeling.<br>
- Publish results in peer reviewed literature and present research at professional meetings.<br>
- Collaborate in overall research and measurement programs of the geosciences radiocarbon research group.<br>
- Conduct fieldwork and travel to field sites.<br>
- Perform other duties as assigned.</p><p><strong>Qualifications</strong><br>
- Recent PhD in biogeochemistry, ecology, soil science, or a related field.<br>
- Research experience in terrestrial carbon cycling.<br>
- Demonstrated quantitative understanding and interpretation of ¿<sup>13</sup>C and/or¿<sup>14</sup>C analyses in terrestrial carbon cycle studies with a focus on belowground processes and terrestrial ecosystems.<br>
- Demonstrated ability to perform soil carbon fieldwork (e.g., soil, root, or soil water sampling; CO<sub>2</sub> or CH<sub>4</sub> flux measurements).<br>
- Demonstrated ability to publish research results in peer-reviewed
literature, produce programmatic reports, and present research results
to a large audience.<br>
- Demonstrated fundamental verbal and written communication skills
necessary to deliver presentations and prepare written reports.<br>
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multi-institutional,
multi-disciplinary research environment, both independently and as a
team member.<br>
- Demonstrated ability to work on multi-institutional collaborative projects.</p><p> </p> <p><strong>Pre-Employment Drug Test:</strong> External applicant(s) selected for this position will be required to pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test.<br> </p><p> </p> <p><strong>Anticipated Clearance Level: </strong> None.</p><p> </p> <p><strong>Note: </strong>
This is a two-year Postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of
extension to a maximum of three years. Eligible candidates are recent
PhDs within five years of the month of the degree award at time of hire
date.</p><p> </p> <p><strong>About Us</strong></p><p>Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), located in the San Francisco Bay
Area (East Bay), is a premier applied science laboratory that is part of
the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) within the
Department of Energy (DOE). LLNL's mission is strengthening national
security by developing and applying cutting-edge science, technology,
and engineering that respond with vision, quality, integrity, and
technical excellence to scientific issues of national importance. The
Laboratory has a current annual budget of about $1.5 billion, employing
approximately 6,000 employees.</p><p>LLNL is an affirmative
action/ equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, protected
veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected
by law.</p></div>