[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral position: Forest carbon distribution terrestrial-marine flux integration

[Brian Buma]

Application review starts April 1.

The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center at the University of Alaska
Southeast (UAS)
is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to work on a recently funded NSF project
to understand materials flux in linked terrestrial-marine ecosystems. The
position will take the lead in creating and publishing terrestrial carbon
assessments and working with other disciplines to create a whole-system
level understanding of carbon dynamics, transport, and fates. The position will
be located in Juneau, Alaska, with opportunity to travel and work with team
members at other institutions in the US and Canada as needed.

The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center at the University of Alaska
Southeast (UAS)
seeks a postdoctoral scholar to work on a recently funded NSF project to
understand materials flux in linked terrestrial-marine ecosystems.  The
network, funded under a 5-year Research Coordination Network (RCN) grant,
links carbon research across disparate fields, following the production and
fate of carbon from glacial headwaters and upland forests through streams
and rivers to its ultimate endpoint in marine food webs and potential
deposition.  This position will take the lead in creating and publishing
terrestrial C stock assessments along the North Pacific coast, one of the
most carbon-dense forested systems in the world, with a specific focus on
linking model outputs to lateral carbon transport models to generate a true
terrestrial to ocean perspective on C transport.  The position will be
located in Juneau, Alaska, with opportunity to travel and work with team
members at other institutions in the US and Canada as needed.

The position is a one-year term, benefit-eligible position with a chance
for renewal.  All applicants must have a PhD in a relevant field (e.g.,
forest/ecosystem ecology, landscape ecology, soil biogeochemistry).  The
ideal candidate will have a background and skills in landscape-scale forest
ecosystems and carbon cycling, such as a background in forest soils or
ecosystem-scale flux measurements.  Because the goals of the project are
explicitly spatial, the candidate should also have experience using and
manipulating geospatial and remotely sensed datasets, as well as basic
proficiency in programming languages such as R or Python and geospatial
software (e.g., ArcGIS or GRASS).  The successful candidate will benefit
from the strong, cross-disciplinary network provided by the RCN including
aquatic biogeochemists, soil scientists, glaciologists, and marine
scientists all working collaboratively on the same questions.

The postdoc will work most closely with Allison Bidlack (PI) and Brian Buma
(co-PI) at the University of Alaska Southeast, in Juneau, Alaska, as well
as with members of the interdisciplinary RCN team. The opportunity to
travel and work with team members at other institutions in the US and
Canada is available as needed.  All offers include both a competitive
salary and complete University of Alaskaemployee benefits package.  The
recruitment will remain open until filled with the initial applicant review
date of April 1, 2017.

For more information on the position, contact Brian Buma (bbuma at alaska.edu).

For more information on the network and study area, visit
coastalmarginsnetwork.org
<http://careers.alaska.edu/cw/en-us/job/505697/coastalmarginsnetwork.org>

For more information about ACRC go to: http://acrc.alaska.edu/index.html
To apply, go to: http://careers.alaska.edu/cw/en-us/job/505697/nsf-post-d
octoral-fellow

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Brian Buma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology
University of Alaska

Ph: 907-796-6410
bbuma at alaska.edu

www.brianbuma.com
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