[ES_JOBS_NET] Two-year postdoc position at UNSW, Sydney

[Martin De Kauwe]

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for cross-posting, please forward this postdoc opportunity to
potentially interested candidates...

*Two-year postdoc position: Forecasting future forest vulnerability*


   The Postdoctoral Research Associate will work on a new ARC-funded
      project exploring how vulnerable Australia’s eucalypts are to future
      droughts. This project will combine data-synthesis, experimental
      manipulation and modelling to deliver new process-orientated insight into
      the response of Eucalyptus trees to projected changes in the frequency,
      magnitude and duration of future droughts across Australia. The role will
      involve process-based model development of the Community
      Atmosphere–Biosphere Land Exchange model (CABLE)
      <https://trac.nci.org.au/trac/cable/wiki>, Australia’s land surface
      model. These developments will include the representation of plant
      hydraulics and testing novel optimality-based hypotheses related to leaf
      shedding, leaf cooling and rooting depth. The project offers the
candidate
      the opportunity to work closely with researchers with expertise bridging
      ecophysiology, model-data fusion, land and climate modelling.

      This is a 24-month position with an expected start date after August
      2019. We seek a candidate who has experience in using land surface and/or
      climate models combined with a strong understanding of, and preferably
      experience of accounting for, the underlying ecophysiology processes.
      Programming experience is essential and languages such as Fortran90, C,
      Python and R are common in our field.

      The role of Postdoctoral Research Associate reports to Dr Martin De
      Kauwe (The University of New South Wales)
      <https://mdekauwe.github.io/> and has no direct reports. During the
      project, the candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with the
      other project investigators: Professor Patrick Meir (The Australian
      National University) <https://biology.anu.edu.au/people/patrick-meir>
      , A/Prof. Lucas Cernusak (James Cook University)
      <https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/lucas.cernusak/>, Professor
      Andrew Pitman (The University of New South Wales)
      <https://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/ccrc-team/academic-research/andy-pitman>
       and Dr Vanessa Haverd (CSIRO)
      <https://people.csiro.au/H/V/Vanessa-Haverd>.

      The position will be based at the Climate Change Research Centre
      (CCRC) <http://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/> at the University of New South
      Wales, Sydney. The CCRC is a multi-disciplinary research group comprising
      one of the largest university research facilities of its kind in
Australia.
      CCRC houses research expertise in the key project areas of atmospheric
      convection and global climate modelling. The centre also houses expertise
      in global climate change and extremes of weather and climate. Our oceans
      program focuses on global ocean thermohaline circulation, water-mass
      formation, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, western boundary currents,
      and the ocean carbon cycle. On the land surface, we focus on modelling
      terrestrial processes in climate models, to develop our understanding of
      the effects of carbon dynamics, hydrology and vegetation processes on
      climate.

      To apply for the position please visit:


      http://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/497318/postdoc-research-associate

      Questions should be directed to Martin De Kauwe (m.dekauwe at unsw.edu.au
      ).

   Many thanks,

Martin
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Dr Martin De Kauwe

ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
Climate Change Research Centre
Room 462
UNSW Sydney
NSW 2052 Australia

t:   +61293858481
m: +61478096086
w:  http://mdekauwe.github.io
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