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> A Postdoctoral Research Associate is sought to conduct research spanning the Critical Zone Observatory network (<a href="http://www.criticalzone.org/">http://www.criticalzone.org/</a> ). This network of nine heavily instrumented landscapes is generating large datasets and deep insights into the nature of the water and energy fluxes through Earth’s living terrestrial surface. The successful applicant will be supervised by Noah Molotch (CU Boulder) and Ciaran Harman (Johns Hopkins University) to work with a team of scientists from across the network. They will synthesize these data, and answer two fundamental questions about the relationship between critical zone architecture and hydrologic function: 1) How does critical zone structure influence hydrologic processes and functions? 2) Do hydrologic processes and critical zone structures co-evolve? They will address these questions through an inter-comparison of 1) perceptual models (in the sense of a model based on words, description, diagrams, etc.) of each CZO, capturing what is understood about their internal structure and hydrologic processes, and 2) quantitative hydrologic signatures that capture essential differences in the CZOs’ hydrologic functions. The initial position is for one year, with the possibility of extension.<br>
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> Job posting link: <a href="https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=06182&lang=en&sns_id=mailto#.V5vEocCLORY.mailto">https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=06182&lang=en&sns_id=mailto#.V5vEocCLORY.mailto</a><br>
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