<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma, "Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font size="2" face="Arial" class="">The Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab seeks a California and Western US Vegetation Dynamics Postdoctoral Scholar to combine observations, ecological theory, and numerical model development to explore the impacts of and feedbacks between climate extremes and vegetation dynamics for ecosystems in California and throughout the western US. This role will work within a five-year project funded by the Department of Energy’s Regional and Global Climate Modeling program to assess the role of climate extremes in governing tree mortality, disturbance-recovery cycles, changing ecosystem function, and transient vegetation range shifts.</font></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma, "Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""> </font></span></p><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma, "Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">What You Will Do:</font></span></div><ul style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 11px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma, "Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Explore how plant hydraulic and other traits govern vegetation distributions in California and the western US.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Develop and test process representation within the Functionally-Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES), a demographic, dynamic, vegetation model for use within the land models of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) and the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM).</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Test model predictions against a wide variety of observational datasets, including eddy covariance, remote sensing, and forest inventory data.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Use the recent California drought as a test of model predictions of how climate extremes govern vegetation dynamical process rates.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Explore the roles of changing climate extremes over the historical period and future projections in governing ecosystem structure and process.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Explore the role of vegetation dynamics in governing biophysical and carbon cycle climate feedbacks in California and the Western US, using coupled land-atmosphere configurations within an Earth system model.</font></span></div></li></ul><font face="Arial" size="2" style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma, "Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">What is Required: </font></span></div><ul style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 11px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma, "Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">PhD in relevant field (e.g., climate science, ecology, plant physiology, forestry, atmospheric dynamics).</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Proficient coding skills in, at a minimum, data analysis languages (Python, R, matlab, etc), and ideally, in compiled languages such as Fortran.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Knowledge of and interest in land surface processes, atmospheric dynamics, and ecological science concepts.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Experience with analysis of both observational and model-derived datasets.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Particularly interested in candidates with experience working with demographic vegetation models, plant hydraulic models, or variable-resolution climate models.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Ability to understand and use state-of-the-art land-surface and coupled land-atmosphere models.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px 0px 0px 11px; border: 0px; font-family: HelveticaNeueW01-55Roma, "Helvetica Neue W01 55 Roman", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: rgb(85, 85, 85);" class=""><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><p dir="ltr" style="margin: 8pt 0px 0pt; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">This is a full time, 1 year, postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of renewal based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of funds and ongoing operational needs. You must have less than 4 years paid postdoctoral experience. Salary for Postdoctoral positions depends on years of experience post-degree.</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Full-time, M-F, exempt (monthly paid) from overtime pay.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">This position is represented by a union for collective bargaining purposes.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Salary will be predetermined based on postdoctoral step rates.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">This position may be subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: disc;" class=""><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA.</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0pt 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><br class=""></div></li></ul></div><div class="">For questions, contact Charlie Koven: <a href="mailto:cdkoven@lbl.gov" class="">cdkoven@lbl.gov</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Apply here:</div><a href="https://lbl.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/california-and-western-us-vegetation-dynamics-postdoctoral-scholar-climate-ecosystem-sciences-830" class="">https://lbl.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/california-and-western-us-vegetation-dynamics-postdoctoral-scholar-climate-ecosystem-sciences-830</a><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>