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Position in Watershed/Terrestrial Organic Carbon Modeling Starting Summer, 2019</span></b></p>

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University of New York Institute for Sustainable Cities</span></b></p>

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DEADLINE MAY 10, 2019</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) manages a system
of 19 interconnected reservoirs that supply drinking water to over 9 million
consumers in New York City and surrounding areas. We seek to hire a
postdoctoral researcher who will contribute to our efforts to develop and test
models that simulate streamflow, and loading of nutrients, sediment, organic
carbon, and precursors of disinfection byproducts, to our water supply
reservoirs.  Such watershed models will
be a component of NYCDEP’s integrated suite of climate, watershed, reservoir,
and system operations models.  These
models are used to investigate the effects of climate change, floods and
droughts, land use change, watershed management, and reservoir operations on
the NYC water supply.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hiring
will occur though the Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College, City
University of New York, which has a contract to support NYCDEP’s efforts. Work
will involve collaborative efforts with an interdisciplinary team of scientists,
and will also provide opportunities for leadership in specific aspects of the research.
The candidate will be based in upstate New York and work with NYCDEP staff on a
day to day basis.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Position details:</span></b></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Starting
date: Summer 2019. Actual start depends on candidate availability</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">End
date: December 2020 (18-month appointment with possibility of extension
contingent on progress and funding)</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Location:
NYCDEP office in Kingston, NY, 100 miles north of NYC in the Hudson Valley
region</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This
is a full time position with <a href="https://www.rfcuny.org/RFWebsite/employees/explore-enroll-in-employee-benefits/" style="color:blue">employee
benefits</a> open to eligible candidates of any nationality. Visas if necessary
can be arranged through the City University of New York.</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Key
tasks include the following:</span></b></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Develop familiarity with
     NYCDEP’s existing watershed models (GWLF and SWAT) that are used to
     simulate streamflow, nutrients, and sediment.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Develop familiarity with data
     to support watershed modeling, including weather, GIS, soils, land use, snowpack,
     streamflow and stream water quality.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Participate in NYCDEP’s
     efforts to extend the capability of SWAT to simulate organic carbon and
     precursors of disinfection byproducts, and in the application of this
     extended model to the reservoir watersheds located west of the Hudson
     River.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Application of watershed
     models to evaluate the impact of climate change, land use change, watershed
     protection and management programs, and reservoir operations.</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Present work at scientific
     meetings; publish in peered reviewed journals and in NYCDEP reports.</span></li>
</ul>

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have the following qualifications and experience:</span></b></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ph.D.
in hydrology, watershed science, geology, water resources, civil or
environmental engineering, geography, or a related discipline. Candidates with
a Master’s degree and strong research achievement will also be considered. </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Experience
with modeling of watershed hydrology and water quality is a requirement;
specific experience with SWAT is preferred.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Experience
with modeling of phosphorus, nitrogen, and organic carbon cycling and export in
forested and agricultural watersheds is a requirement.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Experience
with the application of models to evaluate the impact of climate change and
extreme events is preferred.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Experience
with hydrologic or water quality modeling in a public water supply where
precursors of disinfection byproducts are of concern is preferred.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Programming
experience in Fortran; Python, shell scripting, and/or R. </span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Experience
in statistical analysis of environmental data.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Demonstrated
ability to communicate research results to scientific community through
peer-reviewed papers, conference presentations and reports.</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ability
to work in an interdisciplinary team environment. </span></p>

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Instructions:</span></b></p>

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interest and curriculum vitae electronically to:</span></p>

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Environmental Protection</span></p>

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10, 2019</span></b></p></div>