[ES_JOBS_NET] research assistant professor position, Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

[christine.wiedinmyer.ucar at gmail.com]

A research assistant professor position is available in the Institute for a
Secure and Sustainable Environment at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
(ISSE of UTK). The successful candidate will be expected to use multiple
estimates from observed vegetation and soil fluxes and states to improve the
land component of DOE-sponsored Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM
Land Model - ELM), especially the parameterization of wildfire and
sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. With the updated ELM and other
observation-model products, the candidate will also be responsible for
investigating the driving mechanisms and feedbacks of long-term land surface
changes (e.g., "greening" and "browning"). The research involves a
collaboration with the Climate Change Science Institute at the Oak Ridge
National Lab (CCSI of ORNL). Besides, the candidate is expected to develop
proposals and publish quality papers. For additional information about the
Institute, please visit  <http://isse.utk.edu/> http://isse.utk.edu/.

 

The selected candidate should have one or more of the following attributes:
(a) a background in land surface model simulation, evaluation and
development; (b) strong experience in assembling and diagnosing large models
and observational datasets; (c) and strong programing skills in at least one
of Fortran, R, Matlab, NCL or Python. The applicant should have a Ph.D. in
an appropriate field (e.g., ecology, atmospheric science, geography or
related area) at the time of appointment. The candidate will mainly work
together with Prof. Mingzhou Jin ( <mailto:jin at utk.edu> jin at utk.edu), the
ISSE director at UTK, and Dr. Jiafu Mao (maoj at ornl.gov
<mailto:maoj at ornl.gov> ) from ORNL, and should have a strong interest in
collaborative research with a team of modelers and experimentalists at both
UTK and ORNL. 

 

Individuals interested in applying should submit as a single PDF file
consisting of a research statement; curriculum vitae; and the names and
contact information for at least 3 professional references to Dr. Mingzhou
Jin at  <mailto:isse at utk.edu> isse at utk.edu. Review of applications will
begin on July 15, 2020 and continue until the position is filled.

 

 

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