<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Jones</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:adjones@lbl.gov">adjones@lbl.gov</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 12:13 AM<br>Subject: [CCSM-participants] Postdoc Position in Hydroclimate Modeling and/or Data Sciences<br>To: <a href="mailto:ccsm-participants@cgd.ucar.edu">ccsm-participants@cgd.ucar.edu</a><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><a href="https://lbl.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&amp;job=82850" target="_blank">https://lbl.taleo.net/<wbr>careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?<wbr>lang=en&amp;job=82850</a><div><br></div><div><div title="" style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px;font-family:OpenSans-Regular"><span title="" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:22px;font-weight:bold;display:block;margin-bottom:6px">Hydroclimate Uncertainty Postdoctoral Fellow (Climate &amp; Ecosystems)</span><span title="" style="font-size:1.6em">-</span><span title="" style="font-size:1.6em">82850</span></div><div title="" style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px;font-family:OpenSans-Regular"><h2 style="font-size:1em;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:inline"><span title="" style="display:inline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:1.2em;font-weight:normal">Organization</span></h2><span title="" style="display:inline;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:1.12em;line-height:19.487998962402344px">CE-Climate &amp; Ecosystems</span></div><div style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:OpenSans-Regular;font-size:12px"><br></div><div title="" style="color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px;font-family:OpenSans-Regular"><h2 style="font-size:1em;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:inline"><div title="" style="display:inline"></div></h2><span style="display:block"><span> </span></span><span title="" style="display:inline;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:1.12em;line-height:19.487998962402344px"><span><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Berkeley Lab is Bringing Science Solutions to the World, and YOU can be a part of it!</font></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"> </font></span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">In the world of science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is synonymous with &quot;excellence.&quot; That&#39;s why we hire the best - whether in research, science or operations. This is a great opportunity to bring your top-notch skills to bear in support of world-class scientific research that addresses national and global challenges!</font></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"> </font></span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Position Summary:</font></span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Berkeley Lab’s </span><a href="http://eesa.lbl.gov/our-divisions/climate-ecosystem-sciences/" style="color:rgb(31,79,130);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u><font color="#1155cc" style="line-height:20.25px">Climate &amp; Ecosystems Division</font></u></span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (CESD) has an opening for a </span><span style="line-height:normal"><font color="#222222" style="line-height:20.25px">Hydroclimate Uncertainty Postdoctoral Fellow</font></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. You will be apart of a new project called Hyperion to evaluate the scientific credibility and decision-relevance of new and existing approaches for generating regional climatic and hydrologic information for U.S. stakeholders. Hyperion is designed around two major objectives.  First, Hyperion will seek to improve the fidelity of long-range hydrological projections under climate change for the continental U.S.  Second, Hyperion will work directly with water agencies and other stakeholders to score these projections in terms of their real-world utility for resource management. </span></font></div><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><br></font><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">What You Will Do:</font></span></div><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Conduct simulations of regional hydroclimate dynamics across a range of scales and domains.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Use state-of-the-science atmospheric models that operate at the native scales of weather and regional climate phenomena.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Evaluate model performance using a variety of observations and analytical approaches.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Develop an uncertainty quantification framework for linking process-level insights regarding model fidelity to decision-relevant outcomes.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Author technical reports and peer-reviewed journal articles.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Produce and deliver presentations of scientific results.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Work collaboratively in a large multidisciplinary research team.</font></span></div></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"> </font></span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">What Is Required:</font></span></div><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Recent Ph.D. in Earth sciences, atmospheric science, physics, applied mathematics, data science or a closely related field.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Demonstrated ability to perform comprehensive analyses making use of different subsets of simulations, evaluation datasets, and advanced analysis techniques.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Demonstrated proficiency with one or more programming languages (especially Python and/or Fortran).</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Advanced statistical and/or machine learning techniques for assessing model fidelity, characterizing uncertainties, and identifying relationships in large datasets.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Experience in atmospheric modeling, data sciences, uncertainty quantification and/or the use of in situ and remotely sensed observations for model evaluation. </font></span></div></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">  </font></span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#990000" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><font face="Arial" style="line-height:20.25px">The posting shall remain open until the position is filled, however for full consideration, please apply by close of business on September 16, 2016. </font></font></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"> </font></span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Notes:</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></div><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Berkeley Lab understands the postdoctoral experience in a research environment is unique. We are committed to the growth and development of early career researchers in pursuit of becoming next generation scientists and engineers. Read about the </span><a href="http://www.garnett-powers.com/postdoc/lbl/" style="color:rgb(31,79,130);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u><font color="#551a8b" style="line-height:20.25px">excellent postdoctoral benefits</font></u></span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at Berkeley Lab. </span></font></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">This is a 1 year postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of renewal based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of funds and ongoing operational needs. You must have less than 4 years paid postdoctoral experience. </font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Salary will be predetermined based on student/postdoctoral step rates.</font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><span style="line-height:20px;white-space:normal">There are multiple openings for this position.</span></font></span></div></li><li dir="ltr" type="disc" style="vertical-align:baseline"><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">This position requires completion of a background check.</font></span></div></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><font face="Arial" style="line-height:20.25px"> </font></font></span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px">Berkeley Lab addresses the world’s most urgent scientific challenges by advancing sustainable energy, protecting human health, creating new materials, and revealing the origin and fate of the universe. Founded in 1931, Berkeley Lab’s scientific expertise has been recognized with 13 Nobel prizes. The University of California manages Berkeley Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.</font></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><font face="Arial" style="line-height:20.25px"> </font></font></span></p><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial" style="font-size:15px;line-height:20.25px"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Equal Employment Opportunity: Berkeley Lab is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. Berkeley Lab is in compliance with the</span><a href="http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/pdf/EO13665_PrescribedNondiscriminationPostingLanguage_JRFQA508c.pdf" style="color:rgb(31,79,130);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.25px"> </font></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u><font color="#1155cc" style="line-height:20.25px">Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision</font></u></span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u><font color="#551a8b" style="line-height:20.25px"> </font></u></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">under 41 CFR 60-1.4.  Click</span><a href="http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm" style="color:rgb(31,79,130);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.25px"> </font></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u><font color="#1155cc" style="line-height:20.25px">here</font></u></span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#333333" style="line-height:20.25px"> </font></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to view the poster and supplement: &quot;Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law.&quot;</span></font></div></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div>----</div><div style="font-size:14px">Andrew Jones</div><div style="font-size:14px">Deputy Director, Climate Readiness Institute</div><div style="font-size:14px">Program Domain Lead for Earth Systems and Society</div><div style="font-size:14px">Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division</div><div style="font-size:14px">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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