<div dir="ltr">Greetings –<br>Our collaborative team is hiring four postdocs; at least one will be hired in the area of social sciences (environmental economics, public policy, water resources management). This is for a recently launched project “Transforming Wastewater Infrastructure in the US”<br><br>Choice of campus location: Columbia, UC-Irvine, UNC-Chapel Hill, U. Alabama, U.South Alabama<br>Postdocs will be jointly advised by their choice of advisors in the area(s) of civil engineering (Upmanu Lall, Mark Elliott, Kevin White), environmental health (Joe Brown), and/or water economics (Maura Allaire)<br>Please state in cover letter preferred advisor(s) and campus location.<br><br>Job ad: <a href="https://www.aeesp.org/jobs/3765">https://www.aeesp.org/jobs/3765</a><br>Application deadline: March 20<br>Project webpage: <a href="https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/transforming-wastewater-infrastructure-united-states">https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/transforming-wastewater-infrastructure-united-states</a><br>Best,<br><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span>Maura Allaire<span><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888"><span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>Assistant Professor</i></span></span></font></span></font></span></span><br>
Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy<br>
University of California, Irvine<br>
Irvine, CA 92697-7075<br><br><br></div><div><span><font color="#888888"><span>
</span></font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>Postdoctoral
Researcher Positions (4 positions)<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Transforming Wastewater Infrastructure in the United States<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Start date: Spring/Summer 2021<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Duration: 1 year, but may be extended for a second year based
on performance and funding<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We seek up to four postdoctoral researchers to lead various
aspects of this collaborative research effort between five universities.
Successful candidates will join an exciting new initiative focused on the
future of US wastewater infrastructure with an initial focus on improvement in
the Black Belt region of Alabama. The Black Belt region suffers from the
confluence of rural poverty, a lack of available sewer, and shrink-swell clay
soils that preclude the use of affordable onsite wastewater technologies.
Therefore, onsite wastewater failures and ‘straight pipes’ (surface discharge
of raw sewage from homes) are common.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The project brings together expertise in water management,
engineering, public health, law, and policy, bringing together an
interdisciplinary team from Columbia University, the University of Alabama,
University of South Alabama, University of California Irvine, and the
University of North Carolina. Depending on their role in the project, the
successful candidates may be based geographically at one of the universities
while being directly advised or co-advised by faculty at another university. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A link to the project description is here:
<a href="https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/transforming-wastewater-infrastructure-united-states">https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/transforming-wastewater-infrastructure-united-states</a><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The successful candidates will lead diverse components of
the project in the broad areas of (1) characterizing the scope and nature of
the problem, (2) elucidating the role of technical, social, and regulatory
barriers and identifying possible solutions, and (3) developing and
implementing decentralized wastewater systems that can sustainably address the
particular challenges of specific communities. Activities could include field,
laboratory and modeling. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Qualifications:<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>PhD in Civil or Environmental
Engineering, Microbiology, Operations Research, Environmental Economics,
Epidemiology or related fields, as appropriate to the candidate’s proposed role
in the project (by May 2021)<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>Candidates should
have knowledge and skills in one or more of the following topic areas:<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>wastewater
management, treatment, reuse, and resource recovery<span></span></p>
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</span>water/wastewater utility operation and finance<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>environmental
health microbiology and molecular microbiology<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>network
optimization, statistics and be adept in spatio-temporal data analytics and/or
socio-technical systems<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>smart systems,
sensors and control<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>Interest in
and ability to learn and work on an interdisciplinary project<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span>Excellent
written and spoken English<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Applications Process:<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">These positions offer competitive salary and benefits. To
apply, please email Mark Elliott (<a href="mailto:melliott@eng.ua.edu">melliott@eng.ua.edu</a>) and put “Transforming
Wastewater Infrastructure in the US Postdoc” in the subject line. Applicants
should attach the following in a single PDF (1) a cover letter describing your
interest in the positions, and including in which of the five bulleted topic
areas you have expertise or competency, (2) your current CV, (3) contact information
for three references, and (4) a PDF of one journal article of what you believe
is your best published research.<span></span></p>
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