[Grad-postdoc-assn] Postdoc at Los Alamos on Tropical Forest Mortality

[Paula Fisher]

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From: Mcdowell, Nathan Gabriel <mcdowell at lanl.gov>
Date: Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 11:39 AM
Subject: [CCSM-participants] Postdoc at Los Alamos on Tropical Forest
Mortality
To: "ccsm-participants at cgd.ucar.edu" <ccsm-participants at cgd.ucar.edu>


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*Postdoctoral fellowship in climate impacts on tropical forests at Los
Alamos National Laboratory.  *



*Summary*:  A postdoctoral position is available within the Earth and
Environmental Sciences Division to explore patterns of tree mortality in
tropical forests and their potential impact on the tropical forest carbon
cycle. Using large-scale and long-term plot data, the successful candidate
will test hypotheses on climatic, environmental, and functional mechanisms
driving spatial and temporal variation in tropical tree mortality. The
successful applicant will work with long-term inventory datasets that span
the tropics, and will work as part of a team of empirical and modeling
focused researchers.  The project is part of an innovative,
multi-institutional effort (Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment-Tropics)
focused on determining the fate of tropical forests as climate changes.



*Required skills *include experience analyzing and interpreting large
datasets, demonstrated ability to publish peer-reviewed papers, effective
written and oral communication skills, willingness to work in a team
environment, and a Ph.D. pending or received within the last five years.



*Desired skills *include knowledge of physiological, ecosystem, population,
or community ecology and programming in R, matlab or Python. We encourage
applicants who can work across disciplines and draw upon large and unique
data sets to study linkages between large-scale climate and forest
processes.



*For more information or to apply *For details of postdoc benefits and life
at LANL, please see
http://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/postdoc-program/.
Please send a resume and a short statement of your future research goals to
Nate McDowell (mcdowell at lanl.gov, http://climateresearch.lanl.gov/).



Candidates may be considered for a Director's Fellowship and outstanding
candidates may be considered for the prestigious J. Robert Oppenheimer,
Richard P. Feynman or Frederick Reines Fellowships. For general information
about LANL’s postdoctoral program please refer to the above Postdoctoral
Program page.
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