<div dir="ltr">I know it's not quite up the NCAR alley, but this job sounded too cool not to pass along in case one of you knows a viable candidate in your smart people networks...<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">A postdoctoral position in ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, and climat</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">e </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">change is available at the USGS Canyonlands Research Station located in </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Moab, UT.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">***Unfortunately, ONLY U.S. CITIZENS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY***</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The successful candidate will work on a collaborative project examining h</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ow</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">warming and altered precipitation regimes affect plants, soils, and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biogeochemical cycles of the Colorado Plateau and the Chihuahuan Desert.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In particular, within the framework of this Department of Energy-funded</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">experiment, the postdoctoral fellow will address how climate treatments</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">alter plant and soil community composition and physiology; carbon, nitrog</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">en</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and phosphorus cycling; and nutrient transfers between biocrusts and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">vascular plants in the field. Responsibilities of this position include: </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">collect and synthesize data (from the field and the lab) to explore</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">questions and patterns of climate change connections to ecosystem structu</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">re</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and function; 2) effectively use statistical analyses to assess</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">relationships among plant, soil, and climate data; 3) communicate results </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in presentations and peer-reviewed publications; and (4) oversee </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">manipulative experiments and aid in the field and laboratory supervision </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">technicians who help with data collection and organization. This position </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">offers an exciting opportunity be a part of a creative scientific team</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">whose goal is to elucidate how climate change - predicted to be notably</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">strong in the arid and semiarid Southwest - will affect the plants, soils</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">,</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and ecosystem function of the region.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">A Ph.D. and background in biogeochemistry or ecology is preferred. The</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Canyonlands Research Station is a USGS facility and the successful</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">applicant would be working with Drs. Sasha Reed and Jayne Belnap. Moab, U</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">T</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">is a small town offering a variety of outdoor opportunities, and more</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">information about Moab can be found at </span><a href="http://www.discovermoab.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">www.discovermoab.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">SALARY AND START DATE: Salary is $47,923/year plus full benefits and a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">start date within October 2014-January 2015 is preferred. The position is </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">expected to last 2 years with potential 1-year extension.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">APPLICATION: Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">curriculum vitae to Erika Geiger (</span><a href="mailto:CRS_jobs@usgs.gov" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CRS_jobs@usgs.gov</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) and put Dryland</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">climate change post-doc in the subject line. Please don't hesitate t</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">o </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">contact Sasha Reed (</span><a href="mailto:screed@usgs.gov" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">screed@usgs.gov</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) with any questions. This job will al</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">so </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">be posted on August 25, 2014 on USA Jobs (</span><a href="http://www.usajobs.gov/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">www.usajobs.gov</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) and you can fi</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nd </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">it by typing Moab, UT into the Location field.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Both Drs. Reed (</span><a href="mailto:screed@usgs.gov" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">screed@usgs.gov</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) and Belnap (</span><a href="mailto:jayne_belnap@usgs.gov" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">jayne_belnap@usgs.gov</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) will </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">at ESA. If you would like to meet there, please drop us an email with you</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">r </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">CV, and we will arrange a time.</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br clear="all"></font><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Micah B. Hahn, PhD, MPH
NCAR | CDC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Climate Science and Applications Program
PO Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
Office: 303-497-2894
Fax: 303-497-8386
<a href="mailto:mhahn@ucar.edu" target="_blank">mhahn@ucar.edu</a></span></pre>
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