[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD Position inWetland Remote Sensing

[Rebecca Barnes]

The Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory (RSGAL
<https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/>) at the University of Washington
<http://www.washington.edu/> is looking for a motivated PhD student to join
a fully funded NASA Carbon Monitoring System project studying *Teal Carbon
–Stakeholder-driven Monitoring of Forested Wetland Carbon*. The PhD funding
is in the form of a Graduate Research Assistantship covering salary,
benefits and tuition for 3 years (starting as early as January 2020), with
the option of extending for an additional 2 years based on yearly
performance evaluations and future funding availability. The position will
entail working with a team of faculty, researchers, students and
stakeholders to develop and implement a remote sensing driven,
spatiotemporally explicit approach to monitoring total carbon stocks of
forested wetlands. The project will demonstrate to stakeholders a rigorous
approach for detecting and assessing carbon stocks in forested wetlands and
understanding the effects of disturbances and recovery on these stocks.
This will improve understanding of differences in carbon storage between
forested wetlands and uplands with similar aboveground carbon stocks,
across a range of hydrodynamics and moisture regimes, and under pressure
from disturbances.



Required skills include: a MSc degree related to wetland ecology and/or
carbon cycling in combination with geospatial techniques (remote sensing &
GIS). Experience with lidar is strongly desired. We seek a collaborative
and integrative scientist possessing advanced understanding of spatial data
and capable of applying new knowledge to grand challenges.  The candidate
will work independently and collaboratively on interdisciplinary frontiers
of knowledge, demonstrates creative quantitative thinking using field data
and remotely sensed data and has robust statistical, modeling,
communication and writing skills.



Preferred skill sets include foundations in soil science, landscape and
forest ecology, GIS, digital aerial photogrammetry, experience in
stakeholder engagement and overseeing of field crews. Coding and cloud
computing skills are a strongly desired asset.



*About RSGAL*

Established in 2003, RSGAL <https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/> is a research
partner of the Precision Forestry Cooperative (PFC
<http://www.sefs.uw.edu/research.pfc>) in the College of the Environment,
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS <http://www.sefs.uw.edu/>)
at the University of Washington. RSGAL <https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/>’s
mission is to provide a research rich environment and exceptional resources
that drive the understanding of multiscale dynamics of landscape change
through the innovative application of remote sensing and geospatial tools.
RSGAL <https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/> research promotes a transdisciplinary
approach for sustainable management solutions to pressing environmental
issues. RSGAL <https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/> strives to understand the fine
details of spatiotemporal resolution of multi-aspect ecosystem processes
and functions, through the application of innovative geospatial techniques
and datasets. The lab excels at using hyperspatial (<100cm) data including
drone, aerial satellite imagery and lidar, hypertemporal (>100 temporal
observations) data and hyperspectral (>100 spectral observations) data to
fuse these multiple domains of remote sensing resolution whenever
appropriate. Diversity, equity and enrichment are at the core of the RSGAL
<https://sites.uw.edu/rsgal/> mission, our commitment to this goal is
parallel to that articulated in *the *UW Diversity Blueprint
<http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/>*. *



*What to submit*

There are two parallel steps to your application process:

·       First assure that you meet the UW SEFS Graduate Program requirments
<https://sefs.uw.edu/students/graduate-degrees/graduate-application-process/>,
then, submit a cv and 1 page cover letter describing your fit with the
projects and how you will leverage it in your PhD research. How you would
build on past experience, interest and knowledge fits. This should be
submitted to: tealcarbon at uw.edu by November 18th, 2019, use subject line
“Teal Carbon GRA Application’

·       Second, the selected candidate will be required to apply to the UW
SEFS Graduate Program
<https://sefs.uw.edu/students/graduate-degrees/graduate-application-process/>
before December 1, 2019.



*Application due date*

Application review will begin at the end of September 2019 and will
continue till November 18th, 2019. Selection of the candidate will be made
on November 22nd, the candidate will be contacted on that day and
instructed to submit the full UW SEFS Graduate Program application by
December 1, 2019.

-- 
*Rebecca T. Barnes, PhD*
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Environmental Studies Program
Colorado College
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903

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