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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NHEERL-WED-2019-02">https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NHEERL-WED-2019-02</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"> Spatial Prediction of Ecological Indexes in USA Lakes, Rivers, and Streams<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Organization</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Reference Code</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">EPA-ORD-NHEERL-WED-2019-02<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">How to Apply</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A complete application consists of:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An application</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Transcripts – <a href="http://orise.orau.gov/sepreview/transcripts.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0782C1">Click here for detailed information about acceptable transcripts</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A current resume/CV, including academic history, employment history, relevant experiences, and publication list</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Two educational or professional recommendations</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">All documents must be in English or include an official English translation.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">If you have questions, send an email to <a href="mailto:EPArpp@orau.org"><span style="color:#0782C1">EPArpp@orau.org</span></a>. Please include the reference code for this opportunity
in your email.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Application Deadline</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">8/1/2019 3:00:00 PM Eastern Time Zone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">Description</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">*Applications will be reviewed on a rolling-basis.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">A research opportunity is currently available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Health and Environmental Effects Research
Laboratory (NHEERL), Western Ecology Division (WED) in Corvallis, Oregon.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The US EPA’s Office of Water has conducted probability surveys of the Nation’s aquatic resources for decades. These surveys, which sample a small fraction of the resource (e.g., there
is one stream site sampled for every 1000 km of stream length), provide population estimates with good confidence. However, for many purposes, managers benefit from estimates of the status of aquatic ecosystems at sites not sampled. Researchers at EPA’s Western
Ecology Division have begun to demonstrate methods to develop such estimates. We now seek to extend those methods for a broader set of aquatic ecosystem features. For example, the USEPA currently has estimates of observed-to-expected (O/E) taxonomic richness
available at several thousand lake, river, and stream sample sites that were sampled as part of the National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS; <a href="https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys"><span style="color:#0D4DB5">https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys</span></a>).
This measure of biotic integrity is of great interest to a broad range of researchers, including economists interested in estimating the willingness to pay for changes in aquatic ecosystem health. For analyses such as these, both regional and fine-scale estimates
of aquatic condition are required. There are comparable needs for other estimates of fine resolution indicators for a broad range of other applications. This research project will seek to develop models and spatial predictions (interpolations) of O/E and other
measures of aquatic ecosystem status that can achieve both the spatial resolution and accuracy/precision required by a wide range of researchers and practitioners. The research participant will contribute to the development of a research program that inter
alia, model existing NARS O/E (or other biological indicator) estimates or develops new O/E predictions from individual- or multi-taxon niche models with various statistical or machine learning techniques, including evaluation of model accuracy. Separate models
will be developed for lakes and rivers/streams and will likely use the USEPA's LakeCat (Hill et al. 2018) and StreamCat (Hill et al. 2016) datasets for development and application of each. The research participant will learn about the use of spatial indicators
and watershed data, and will learn to develop, test, and apply national-scale models. The research participant will also further develop an expertise in spatial analysis using large national datasets. The research participant will have access to a team of
experts collaborating in and across disciplines on problems of crucial importance to the EPA’s mission.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Research activities may include:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Assembling NARS and StreamCat/LakeCat data for model development and application</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Using GIS to develop new spatial predictors of aquatic condition</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Developing quality assurance and model evaluation approaches for predicting/mapping aquatic condition</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collaborating with researchers examining the economics of biological condition and willingness to pay for incremental improvements in biological condition</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collaborating on related national mapping activities</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Conducting scientific synthesis, data analysis, manuscript preparation and literature searches</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Hill, R. A., M. H. Weber, R. M. Debbout, S. G. Leibowitz, and A. R. Olsen. 2018. The Lake-Catchment (LakeCat) Dataset:<br>
characterizing landscape features for lake basins within the conterminous USA. Freshwater Science 37:208-221.<br>
Hill, R. A., M. H. Weber, S. G. Leibowitz, A. R. Olsen, and D. J. Thornbrugh. 2016. The Stream-Catchment (StreamCat)<br>
Dataset: A Database of Watershed Metrics for the Conterminous United States. Journal of the American Water<br>
Resources Association (JAWRA) 52:120-128.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The mentor for this opportunity is Dr. Paul Ringold (<a href="mailto:ringold.paul@epa.gov"><span style="color:#0D4DB5">ringold.paul@epa.gov</span></a>).</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Anticipated Appointment Start Date: August 1, 2019</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">This program, administered by ORAU through its contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to manage the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), was established
through an interagency agreement between DOE and EPA. The initial appointment is for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of EPA and is contingent on the availability of funds. The participant will receive a monthly stipend commensurate with educational
level and experience. Proof of health insurance is required for participation in this program. The appointment is full-time at EPA in the Corvallis, Oregon, area. Participants do not become employees of EPA, DOE or the program administrator, and there are
no employment-related benefits. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The qualified candidate should have received a master's or doctoral degree (preferred) in one of the relevant fields, with a strong background in spatial analysis and multivariate statistical
analysis of ecological communities, or be currently pursuing one of the degrees and will reach completion by the start date of the appointment. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Preferred skills:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience in watershed or statistical modeling and spatial analyses at broad spatial scales and use of aquatic monitoring data and GIS analyses</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Strong background in aquatic ecology and landscape analysis of aquatic systems</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience with ArcGIS, R statistical software, statistical/machine learning approaches (e.g., random forest), and large national datasets</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience with watershed data and the National Hydrography Dataset Plus V2</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Exceptional communication skills, including writing skills, verbal skills, and public speaking experience</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Demonstrated skills collaborating as part of a group</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Citizenship: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">LPR or U.S. Citizen<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Degree:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Master's Degree or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or anticipated to be received
by 8/1/2019 11:59:00 PM.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Discipline(s):</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle">
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Earth and Geosciences</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> (<a href="https://www.zintellect.com/"><span style="color:#0D4DB5">4 </span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Engineering</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> (<a href="https://www.zintellect.com/"><span style="color:#0D4DB5">2 </span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Environmental and Marine Sciences</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> (<a href="https://www.zintellect.com/"><span style="color:#0D4DB5">5 </span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Life Health and Medical Sciences</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> (<a href="https://www.zintellect.com/"><span style="color:#0D4DB5">4 </span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Mathematics and Statistics</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> (<a href="https://www.zintellect.com/"><span style="color:#0D4DB5">1 </span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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