[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral researcher needed

[Melissa Lucash]

*Postdoctoral Researcher to study climate change and disturbances*

We have an excellent opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher to estimate
the ability of arctic and boreal ecosystems to keep pace with climate
change, given rising temperatures, thawing permafrost and multiple
interacting disturbances in Siberian Russia (
https://www.melissalucash.com/projects/siberia). Our project is funded by
the National Science Foundation (
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1844435).

The position will be located at Portland State University in Portland, OR,
but the position will require periodic travel to the US Forest Service
Institute for Applied Ecosystems in Wisconsin.  The selected candidate will
also travel with the PIs to meet with collaborators at IIASA in Austria.

The successful candidate will join our well-renowned research group led by
Drs. Melissa Lucash, Eric Gustafson, Forest Hoffman, Brian Sturtevant,
Joshua Fu, Dmitry Schepaschenko, and Anatoly Shvidenko. This international
and interdisciplinary team is comprised of landscape ecologists, forest
ecologists, and spatial modelers at Portland State University, the U.S.
Forest Service, Oak Ridge National Lab, University of Tennessee -Knoxville
and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg,
Austria.

Capitalizing on a rich and underutilized empirical dataset of Siberia, the
successful candidate will project future species composition and C dynamics
under climate change using a landscape-scale forest simulation model
(LANDIS-II). The candidate will also collaborate with a postdoc at the
University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab who will use CLM-FATES
to estimate changes in plant functional groups, C dynamics and
vegetation-climate feedbacks.

Required qualifications:

·       PhD in Biogeochemistry, Forestry, Geography or associated fields

·        excellent programming skills in R and ArcMap

·        excellent writing skills

·        experience in data mining of ecological, environmental or climatic
databases.

Modeling experience is not essential for this position. We expect to help
the candidate become familiar with LANDIS-II.

Compensation includes an annual salary of $50,000 with health benefits
provided by Portland State.  The position is funded for at least two years
and will begin as early as April 1, 2020, but the start date can be
negotiated. In order to receive full consideration, please apply here:

https://jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/31666

Portland State University is an EO/AA educator and employer

-- 
*Dr. Melissa S. Lucash*

*Research Assistant Professor*
*Department of Geography*
*Portland State University*
*Portland, OR*
*lucash [a] pdx.edu <lucash at pdx.edu>*
*503-725-2170*
*https://melissalucash.com <https://melissalucash.com>*
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