[ES_JOBS_NET] postdoc job posting

[Sheel Bansal]

Hello,
I would like to post the following position.
Thank you,
Sheel Bansal

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Post-doctoral position, GIS/remote sensing wetland hydrology and carbon
cycling

Description:
A post-doctoral, student service contract position focused on GIS/remote
sensing based modeling of wetland hydrology and carbon cycling in the
Prairie Pothole Region of central North America is available with the U.S.
Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. The Prairie
Pothole Region contains millions of wetlands are biogeochemical hotspots,
emitting greenhouse gases and sequestering carbon. We aim to develop
spatially-explicit models of biogeochemical and ecological processes using
combinations of field data, publicly available GIS layers, and remotely
sensed data. The student contractor will work with scientists at Northern
Prairie (Sheel Bansal, Max Post van der Burg) and other USGS scientists as
part of a team to develop novel ways to combine field, remote sensed data,
and statistical models to scale from point-based process experiments to the
landscape.

Qualifications:
The ideal candidate should have experience conducting GIS analyses using
multiple open source and commercial software packages such as qGIS, GRASS,
ArcGIS and especially R. Experience using remotely sensed data products to
monitor vegetation, hydrology, soils, and land-use as well as basic
knowledge of mathematical and statistical modeling is required. Candidates
with additional experience in computer programming languages such as Python
or C++ are preferred. However, previous knowledge of wetland carbon cycling
is not required.

Application:
One-year contract position with potential for extension. The successful
applicant will work approximately 40 hrs per week. Review of applicants
will begin immediately on a rolling basis and continue until the position
is filled. Start date is flexible. Applicants must have graduated within
the last year to be eligible. Applications should include: 1. cover letter,
2. CV (include name, address, contact phone number and email), 3. copies of
representative publications, 4. transcript (unofficial is acceptable), and
5. most recent diploma/degree (can be on transcript or a copy of diploma),
6. contact information for two or three references.

Pay rate: $37.81/hr (~$79,000/year)
Location: Jamestown, ND
Requirement: Must have received PhD within 12 months of start of position
Starting date: Aug–Oct 2018, applications accepted immediately
Contact: Sheel Bansal; sbansal at usgs.gov

Send application to:
            e-mail to sbansal at usgs.gov
            mail: 8711 37th St. SE, Jamestown, ND 58401

Disclosure: Students are paid for each hour worked. Students will be
working as independent contractors and do not receive a premium rate for
work beyond 8 hours/day or 40 hours/week. Additionally, students are paid
only for hours worked (with no holiday or personal leave benefits).
Students do earn 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked.  Pay Rates
for students include cost of self-employment taxes for social security and
Medicare.

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Sheel Bansal, PhD
U.S. Geological Survey
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
8711 37th Street SE
Jamestown, ND 58401
Phone:  701-253-5544
Cell: 541-589-2677
Fax: 701-253-5553
alt email: sheelbansal9 at gmail.com

*"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together" -
African proverb*
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