[ES_JOBS_NET] Call for Postdoctoral Fellow: landscape and fire regimes

[Maisa Rojas Corradi]

Please circulate:

The Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2 (http://www.cr2.cl/)
is a center of excellence created in 2013 with funding from the National
Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT). (CR)2 is
the point of convergence of researchers across disciplines jointly
addressing the understanding of the Earth System in a changing climate and
contribute to the evaluation and design of mitigation and adaptation
measures in order to strengthen climate resilience in Chile.

(CR)2 is involved in an interdisciplinary fire project seeking to assess
the main drivers, impacts, responses and trends of fire regimes under
climate change and variability in central and south-central Chile. As part
of this project, (CR)2 is looking for a Postdoctoral fellow with interest
in inter-disciplinary work. The selected candidate will lead new research
in at least one of the following topics: i) Interaction between burned
landscape attributes and fire; ii) Fire risk in the rural-urban interface
(RUI); and iii) model future fire regimes and fire hazard under climate and
LULCC scenarios. All the above using spatial statistics and
spatially-explicit models. The chosen candidate is expected to lead the
writing of articles on these topics and present results at international
conferences.

*Assessment criteria:* In the appointment process, special attention will
be given to candidates with a PhD degree in Earth Science (e.g., Geography,
Geosciences, Natural Resources). Previous experience in modelling and
strong analytical skills to work with large and multiple datasets is vital,
as well as experience with computer programming (e.g., R, Matlab, Python)
and GIS (QGIS, ArcGIS). A proven ability to work in a team, network with a
range of scientists, experience of publishing in top-level journals is also
important. Fluency in English is required.

*Terms of employment:* The position involves full-time employment for a
maximum of two years.

The position will be held at the *Faculty of Forest Science and Natural
Resources, Universidad Austral de Chile*, in Valdivia (
http://www.forestal.uach.cl/).

The salary will be 1,750,000 Chilean pesos (approximately 2900 USD per
month). Interested applicants should send their CV, two letters of
recommendation, a statement of purpose and research plan, by *June 20th
2018, 23 pm Chilean local* time to the following contact details: Susana
Bustos (susana.bustos at uchile.cl). We expect to communicate the decision by
mid-June 2018 and the selected candidate is expected to start August 01st,
2018 or as per agreement.

Applications must be sent to: Susana Bustos (susana.bustos at uchile.cl)
Subject: Postdoct landscape and fire regimes.
http://www.cr2.cl/call-for-applications-cr2-postdoctoral-
fellow-landscape-and-fire-regimes/


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Dra. Maisa Rojas Corradi
Profesora Asociada
Departamento de Geofisica
Universidad de Chile
Blanco Encalada 2002, 4to piso
<https://maps.google.com/?q=Blanco+Encalada+2002,+4to+piso&entry=gmail&source=g>
Tel: 56-2-2978 43 12
Fax: 56-2-2696 87 90

http://www.dgf.uchile.cl/~maisa



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Dra. Maisa Rojas Corradi
Profesora Asociada
Departamento de Geofisica
Universidad de Chile
Blanco Encalada 2002, 4to piso
<https://maps.google.com/?q=Blanco+Encalada+2002,+4to+piso&entry=gmail&source=g>
Tel: 56-2-2978 43 12
Fax: 56-2-2696 87 90

http://www.dgf.uchile.cl/~maisa
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