<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-3e66cd4c-7fff-755d-ac72-a2677c78f7bd"><p style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">Position Overview:</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University) seeks a postdoctoral researcher to help lead an investigation into characterizing and explaining global variability in groundwater arsenic.  The successful candidate will work closely with the lead scientists and collaborators to assimilate a wide-range of hydrologic, geologic, remote sensing, and geochemical datasets and to use this data in geostatistical, geospatial, and process-based modeling to improve fundamental understanding of the spatial and temporal variability of groundwater arsenic concentrations observed in global aquifer systems.  The chosen candidate will play a lead role in guiding an international (US, Denmark, Australia, and Switzerland) and multidisciplinary team of researchers from leading universities (Columbia, Stanford, MIT) and government (USGS and EPA).     </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Responsibilities:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1) Aggregate and synthesize the many existing geologic, geochemical and hydrologic data into a consistent and integrated dataset for alluvial and deltaic aquifers worldwide</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2) Strengthen this dataset by generating derived or inferred data that will add additional mechanistic information</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3) Perform geostatistical and geospatial analysis of our enhanced, globally integrated dataset to assess the factors/processes driving global variability in groundwater arsenic concentrations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4) Lead in the development of testable, process-based hypotheses that will inform and guide future research efforts</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5) Work in a highly collaborative setting to analyze, synthesize, present, and publish the results</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Qualifications and Experience:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1) Ph.D. (granted or expected soon) in Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Earth System Science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related discipline</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2) Experience manipulating large geospatial datasets, data assimilation, and statistical modeling</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3) Excellent leadership, teamwork, written and verbal communication skills</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4) Highly motivated with a demonstrated ability to work independently </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5) Willingness to help lead an interdisciplinary team of scientists and a strong ability to think across disciplines</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6) Background in remote sensing and/or machine learning is desirable</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7) Background in hydrology/hydrogeology and/or geochemistry is desirable</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To Apply: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please send a CV, a short expression of interest and names of 3 references to: Benjamin Bostick (</span><a href="mailto:bostick@ldeo.columbia.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bostick@ldeo.columbia.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) and Mason Stahl (</span><a href="mailto:stahlm@union.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">stahlm@union.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) </span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Mason Stahl<div>James M. Kenney Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering</div><div>Union College</div><div>Department of Geology</div><div>807 Union St.<br>Schenectady, NY 12308</div></div></div></div></div></div>