[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Precision Agriculture: Site-specific Irrigation Management, University of California Riverside

[Amir Haghverdi]

The UCRWATER Lab (ucrwater.com) in the Environmental Sciences Department at
the University of California Riverside invites qualified highly motivated
candidates to apply for a postdoctoral research associate position in
site-specific irrigation management. This is a one-year appointment with
possible extension depending on funding and performance. The successful
candidate will be involved in a USDA funded project aiming at enhancing
agricultural water management in southern California deserts by improving
current uniformly applied irrigation by mainstream growers and creating a
pathway toward adoption of emerging site-specific variable rate irrigation
technologies in the future. The main objective for this position is to
develop decision support tools for the pre-adoption assessment and
management of site-specific irrigation systems.

I) Qualifications:

•Ph.D. (received within the past five years from an accredited college or
university) in Irrigation Engineering, Biosystems Engineering, Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Agronomy or other related disciplines;

• Experience in developing decision support tools, (i.e., smartphone apps,
computer software packages, web-based tools, graphical user interfaces);

•Strong programming skills with scripting languages such as Python, Matlab,
Java;

•Experience with statistical analyses of geospatial and remote sensing data
using ARGIS, ENVI or other software packages;

•Experience with machine learning algorithms and statistical modeling
techniques such as regression, k-means, neural networks;

•Demonstrated record of high-quality publications;

•Experience working in a collaborative research environment.


(II) Expectations:

The successful candidate is expected to:

•Publish research findings in international peer-reviewed journals, and
present research findings in scientific conferences and local meetings;

•Generate regular update reports, and assist in grant proposal writing;

•Assist with field data collection, lab experiments, and extension/outreach
activities;

•Work independently and in collaboration with faculty/staff and students in
the Environmental Sciences Department, farm advisors, stakeholders, and
producers.


(III) Application:

Applications or informal inquiries can be sent to Dr. Amir Haghverdi (
amirh at ucr.edu) with USDA POSTDOC as the subject line. Applications packages
should contain the following contents:

•One-page cover letter describing the applicant’s research experiences and
interests;

•Curriculum vitae;

•Names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers for three references.
Amir Haghverdi, PhD
Assistant CE Specialist
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Room 2326 Geology
Riverside, California 92521
951-827-4774
UCRWATER <http://www.ucrwater.com/>
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