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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The<span style="color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis
Laboratory (</span></span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">RSGAL</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) at the </span><a href="http://www.washington.edu/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">University of Washington</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> is
looking for a motivated PhD student to join a fully funded NASA Carbon Monitoring
System project studying <span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><b><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Teal Carbon –Stakeholder-driven Monitoring of Forested
Wetland Carbon</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. The PhD funding is in the form of a Graduate Research Assistantship
covering salary, benefits and tuition for 3 years (starting as early as January
2020), with the option of extending for an additional 2 years based on yearly
performance evaluations and future funding availability. </span></span>The
position will entail working with a team of faculty, researchers, students and
stakeholders to </span><span style="font-size:10pt">develop and
implement a remote sensing driven, spatiotemporally explicit approach to
monitoring total carbon stocks of forested wetlands. The project will
demonstrate to stakeholders a rigorous approach for detecting and assessing
carbon stocks in forested wetlands and understanding the effects of
disturbances and recovery on these stocks. This will improve understanding of
differences in carbon storage between forested wetlands and uplands with
similar aboveground carbon stocks, across a range of hydrodynamics and moisture
regimes, and under pressure from disturbances. </span><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Required
skills include: a MSc degree related to wetland ecology and/or carbon cycling
in combination with geospatial techniques (remote sensing & GIS).
Experience with lidar is strongly desired. We seek a collaborative and
integrative scientist possessing advanced understanding of spatial data and
capable of applying new knowledge to grand challenges.  The candidate will work independently and
collaboratively on interdisciplinary frontiers of knowledge, demonstrates
creative quantitative thinking using field data and remotely sensed data and
has robust statistical, modeling, communication and writing skills.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Preferred
skill sets include foundations in soil science, landscape and forest ecology,
GIS, digital aerial photogrammetry, experience in stakeholder engagement and
overseeing of field crews. Coding and cloud computing skills are a strongly
desired asset.</span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Established
in 2003, </span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">RSGAL</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> is a research
partner of the Precision Forestry Cooperative (</span><a href="http://www.sefs.uw.edu/research.pfc" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,116,187);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">PFC</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) in the College of the Environment, School of Environmental
and Forest Sciences (</span><a href="http://www.sefs.uw.edu/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,116,187);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">SEFS</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">) at the
University of Washington. </span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">RSGAL</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">’s mission is to
provide a research rich environment and exceptional resources that drive the
understanding of multiscale dynamics of landscape change through the innovative
application of remote sensing and geospatial tools. </span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">RSGAL</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> research promotes a transdisciplinary approach
for sustainable management solutions to pressing environmental issues. </span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">RSGAL</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> strives to understand the fine details of
spatiotemporal resolution of multi-aspect ecosystem processes and functions,
through the application of innovative geospatial techniques and datasets. The
lab excels at using hyperspatial (<100cm) data including drone, aerial
satellite imagery and lidar, hypertemporal (>100 temporal observations) data
and hyperspectral (>100 spectral observations) data to fuse these multiple
domains of remote sensing resolution whenever appropriate. Diversity, equity
and enrichment are at the core of the </span><a href="https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">RSGAL</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> mission, our commitment to this goal is
parallel to that articulated in </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);font-style:normal">the </span></em><a href="http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,116,187)">UW Diversity Blueprint</span></a><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(61,61,61);font-style:normal">. </span></em></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">What to submit</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">There
are two parallel steps to your application process:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">First assure that
you meet the </span><a href="https://sefs.uw.edu/students/graduate-degrees/graduate-application-process/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt">UW SEFS Graduate
Program requirments</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt">, then, submit a cv and 1 page cover letter describing your fit
with the projects and how you will leverage it in your PhD research. How you
would build on past experience, interest and knowledge fits. This should be
submitted to: </span><a href="mailto:tealcarbon@uw.edu" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt">tealcarbon@uw.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> by November 18^th,
2019, use subject line “Teal Carbon GRA Application’</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt">Second,
the selected candidate will be required to apply to the </span><a href="https://sefs.uw.edu/students/graduate-degrees/graduate-application-process/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt">UW SEFS
Graduate Program</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt"> before December 1, 2019.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Application due
date</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Application
review will begin at the end of September 2019 and will continue till November
18^th, 2019. Selection of the candidate will be made on November 22^nd,
the candidate will be contacted on that day and instructed to submit the full
UW SEFS Graduate Program application by December 1, 2019.</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999"><b><span></span><a href="http:///" target="_blank"></a><span></span>Rebecca T. Barnes, PhD</b> </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999">Assistant Professor of Environmental Science</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999">Environmental Studies Program </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999">Colorado College</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999">14 E. Cache La Poudre St.</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999">Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999">pronouns used: she/her/hers</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999"><a href="http://sites.coloradocollege.edu/rebeccabarnes/" target="_blank">Watershed Biogeochemistry Lab</a></font></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://eswnonline.org" target="_blank">ESWN</a> Earth Science Women's Network</span></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#999999"><a href="https://geosciencewomen.org/" target="_blank">PROGRESS</a> </font></span><font color="#999999" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Promoting Geoscience, Education, Research, & Success</span></font></div></div><div style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://serc.carleton.edu/advancegeo/index.html" target="_blank">ADVANCEGeo Partnership</a>: </span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#999999">Empowering geoscientists to transform workplace climate</font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>