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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Postdoc Advertisement for Powell Center GRACE Group - December 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">The Powell Center GRACE group is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on a new initiative titled “Integrating GRACE Satellite and Ground-based Estimates of Groundwater Storage Changes.”
The candidate will be expected to access and provide data on different GRACE solutions and global models, such as GLDAS NOAH, MOSAIC, VIC, or CLM. Conducting interdisciplinary research will be essential as the candidate will be required to work in an integrated
team of geodesists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists. The candidate must be familiar with
</span><span style="color:black">basic concepts in water resources and have a demonstrated ability to conduct independent research. Expertise with Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS) and Matlab, R, or similar programming language is preferred.
</span><span style="color:black">The candidate must have a </span><span style="color:black">Ph.D. in Geology/Hydrogeology, or Civil/Electrical/Environmental Engineering, or Environmental Science, or related field. The postdoctoral fellow position is available
for one year. Start time can range from Jan 1 to July 1, 2017. Funding for the position is provided by the USGS Powell Center and the National Science Foundation through the University of Texas at Austin. The position will be at the Bureau of Economic Geology,
Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">For more information please contact either Bridget Scanlon (</span><a href="mailto:bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu"><span style="color:black">bridget.scanlon@beg.utexas.edu</span></a><span style="color:black">),
Meredith Reitz (</span><a href="mailto:mreitz@usgs.gov"><span style="color:black">mreitz@usgs.gov</span></a><span style="color:black">), Ward Sanford (</span><a href="mailto:wsanford@usgs.gov"><span style="color:black">wsanford@usgs.gov</span></a><span style="color:black">),
or Matt Rodell (</span><a href="mailto:matthew.rodell@nasa.gov">matthew.rodell@nasa.gov</a><span style="color:black">).
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<h2><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Information on the Powell Center Working Group titled ”</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Integrating GRACE
Satellite and Ground-based Estimates of Groundwater Storage Changes” focusing on the U.S.
<span style="color:black">can be found at </span></span><a href="https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/view-project/57742133e4b07657d1a99154"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/view-project/57742133e4b07657d1a99154</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.
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