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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://stevens.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Hoboken-NJ---Main-Campus/Post-Doctoral-Researcher_RQ22884">https://stevens.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Hoboken-NJ---Main-Campus/Post-Doctoral-Researcher_RQ22884</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>Post Doctoral Researcher<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Job Description</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Postdoc for NSF study of storm tide dependence on estuary and climate changes</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>The Davidson Laboratory and Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology<span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> has a new postdoctoral researcher position starting in fall 2019. </span>Stevens is based in Hoboken, New Jersey, ten minutes from Jersey City and New York City. <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1855037&HistoricalAwards=false" target="_blank"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>A new project</span></a><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> has been funded by the National Science Foundation’s Prevention of and Resilience Against Extreme Events (PREEVENTS), with the overarching goal of revealing and contrasting the mechanisms by which changes to estuary geometry and climate alter flood risk. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>The successful candidate will create present-day, historical, and idealized estuary models and study how a range of storm and landscape characteristics influence storm tides. Dynamical parameters and simple models will be used to help interpret the effects of historical alterations to topography, bathymetry and wetland area. T</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>he project is a collaboration between Philip Orton, Stefan Talke (Cal Poly), James Booth (City College of New York) and Thomas Wahl (Central Florida), including additional related investigations of unique historical tide gauge datasets from the past two centuries, changes to storm characteristics caused by climate variability, and application of advanced non-stationary univariate and multivariate statistical models to assess how statistical properties respond to these changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>A PhD is required in physical oceanography, coastal engineering, or a similar field</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>, as are experience and publications using computational hydrodynamic modeling (e.g. ROMS, FVCOM) and computer programming for data analysis (e.g. Matlab, Python). </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>The initial appointment is for </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>two years</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>, with the second year conditional upon performance, and with possible extension to a third year. The researcher will be responsible for working with other scientists and graduate students to accomplish this research, to manage the project meetings and a workshop, and to prepare peer-reviewed publications. Opportunities to collaborate on proposals, advise students, gain teaching experience, and build your own research program will be encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>Applicants should submit (</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>in a single PDF</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>) a cover letter stating their relevant skills and career interests, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for at least three references to Philip Orton, <a href="mailto:philip.orton@stevens.edu" target="_blank"><span class=wly1><span style='color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>philip.orton@stevens.edu</span></span></a>. Please also send the PDF of a writing sample published in a peer-review journal. Full consideration will be given to applications received by July 14, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Department</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A;background:white'>Davidson Laboratory</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>General Submission Guidelines:</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>In order to be considered a candidate for any job at Stevens, you must submit an online application. Please attach a cover letter and resume with each application. Other requirements for consideration may depend on the job.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Still Have Questions?</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'>If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact <a href="mailto:Jobs@Stevens.edu" target="_blank"><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Jobs@Stevens.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>EEO Statement:</span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;orphans: 2;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Stevens Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Accordingly, Stevens adheres to an employment policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against candidates or employees based on legally impermissible factor(s) including, but not necessarily limited to, race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, nationality, citizenship status, age, ancestry, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, disability, or any protected military or veteran status.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: inherit;font-variant-east-asian: inherit;font-stretch: inherit;line-height:inherit;min-height: 16.08px;orphans: 2;text-align:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#4A4A4A;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Stevens is building a diverse faculty, staff and student body and strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates as well as veterans and individuals with disabilities. Stevens is a federal contractor under the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as well as other federal statutes.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#4A4A4A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>