[Grad-postdoc-assn] : Postdoc : Modeling High-Latitude Soil Carbon Cycling

[Paula Fisher]

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Subject: 	Postdoc : Modeling High-Latitude Soil Carbon Cycling
Date: 	Fri, 06 Sep 2013 08:48:17 -0600
From: 	Matthew Wallenstein <matthew.wallenstein at colostate.edu>
To: 	bballard at ucar.edu





Postdoctoral Fellow -- Modeling High-Latitude Soil Carbon Cycling

*Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University*


The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University 
(CSU) seek candidates for a postdoctoral fellow position focusing on 
developing, testing, and applying numerical models of microbial ecology 
and high-latitude soil carbon cycling processes in land models. An 
important goal of the analysis will be incorporating these processes 
into the Community Land Model (CLM) and Community Earth System Model 
(CESM) to study their impact on predictions of future high-latitude 
climate feedbacks over the 21st century. The work will be done in close 
collaboration with experimentalists at CSU studying how soil organic 
matter priming and formation are affected by plant input chemistry and 
climate. The modeling component of the project is led by Bill Riley and 
Jinyun Tang at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the overall 
project is led by Matthew Wallenstein at CSU. The postdoctoral fellow 
will be based in Berkeley, CA but will have regular interactions with 
the experimentalists at CSU.

The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to generate original research 
questions related to the project. These may include methods to integrate 
field and lab measurements into model formulations, creative methods to 
represent the complex competitive soil environment in climate models, 
spatial and temporal scaling issues, or methods to calculate feedbacks 
between the studied processes and the atmosphere.

*_Required Qualifications:_*The postdoctoral fellow must have earned a 
Ph.D. prior to June 2014. Strong mathematical skills and prior 
experience with numerical modeling of ecosystem processes are required.

*_Desired Qualifications:_*

Candidates should demonstrate experience and expertise in soil carbon 
cycling and/or soil microbial processes, and have a broad perspective of 
ecosystem processes. Candidates should exhibit a strong ability to 
collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and possess ability to 
develop novel research. Strong organizational and communication skills 
(both oral and written), and a high level of productivity should be 
demonstrated.

Salary:$60,000.The initial appointment will be for a one-year period, 
and will be renewed for up to two years, contingent on satisfactory 
progress and sufficient funding.

A full description of benefits is available at 
http://www.hrs.colostate.edu/benefits/. To apply, submit cover letter, 
resume, and names and contact information for three references to: 
http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/employment-opportunities.html.References 
will not be contacted without prior approval. For full consideration, 
apply by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2013.

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*Matthew Wallenstein*

http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/wallenstein-lab/

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*Assistant Professor,* Department of Ecosystem Science and 
Sustainability <http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/dess-home/>
*Research Scientist II,* Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory 
<http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/>


Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, Colorado 80523-1499

	

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