<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-MsoTitle" align="center" style="margin:4.35pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><font size="4">Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Ocean Dynamics Affecting Open-Ocean Productivity and High-Seas
Salmon</font></span></p><img src="cid:ii_kodtk7zt0" alt="image.png" width="494" height="333"><p class="gmail-MsoTitle" style="margin:4.35pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0cm;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18pt"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 32pt 0.0001pt 0cm;font-size:11pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">A glider deployed near Explorer Seamount by
the Canadian-Pacific Robotic Ocean Observing Facility (C-PROOF) team.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0cm 32pt 0.0001pt 0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 14.5pt 0.0001pt 0cm;text-align:justify;border:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Applications are invited for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship
(PDF) to study mixed-layer dynamics and coastal-offshore </span></b><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="">exchange
mechanisms in<span style="color:black"> the Northeast Pacific using a diverse
collection of ocean observations including ocean glider, Argo float,
ship-based, and satellite data.</span></span></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 14.5pt 0.0001pt 5.4pt;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Background: </font></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify;color:black">International Year of the Salmon (IYS) is a five-year
initiative that aspires to establish the conditions necessary to ensure the
resilience of salmon and people throughout the Northern Hemisphere. As part of
IYS’s 2022 Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition, the IYS is funding a number
of postdoctoral positions to create an interdisciplinary team of young
scientists examining and integrating the ocean observations generated by 5 IYS
cruises as well as other relevant data sources. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify">There
are substantial resources available to understand the relevant ocean physics.<span style="color:black"> The IYS cruises will be collecting CTD/Rosette data and
deploying specialized Argo floats equipped with oxygen sensors. This project
will couple these in situ measurements with satellite ocean colour, altimetry,
and sea surface temperature measurements to construct a synoptic picture of the
North Pacific Ocean. Argo float data may also be used to understand
hydrographic properties on a large scale and in the mixed layer, while Line P
observations, collected from both regular research cruises and from autonomous
gliders moving along Line P, provide an opportunity to construct a detailed
picture of temperature, salinity, oxygen, and chlorophyll in the upper 1000 m
of the ocean along the Line P transect. There is potential to collect
additional glider observations, <i>e.g.</i> along
a north-south section through the planned Gulf of Alaska sampling array, from
the 2022 </span>e<span style="color:black">xpedition.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Project Goals:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> The project aims to use the diverse set of
ocean observations described above to better understand the physical
oceanographic processes that have the potential to influence salmon in the
Northeast Pacific</span><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color:black">with a
focus on mixed-layer dynamics and coastal-offshore exchange mechanisms.
Specific research questions may include (but are not limited to) the following:</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"></p><ul><li><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif">What
processes regulate the mixed layer depth and resulting habitat for salmon
offshore?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">What
processes drive restratification in the spring and what role does that play in
the nutrient and oxygen </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">budgets<span style="color:black">
in the upper ocean?</span></span></li><li><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif">How does
warm, coastal, nutrient-rich water enter and then mix in the Gulf of Alaska,
and are the observed stratification and transport processes well represented by
Northeast Pacific Ocean models?</span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">What
processes drive mesoscale variability in physical and biogeochemical properties
in the offshore region?</span> </li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.15pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Project
Team: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The fellow will
collaborate closely with a working group that includes scientists from the
University of Victoria, the University of British Columbia, and the Institute
of Ocean Sciences, a scientific facility of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Further the fellow will join the Canadian-Pacific Robotic Ocean Observing
Facility (C-PROOF) team. The project is supervised by Dr. Jody Klymak
(University of </span><span lang="EN-US">Victoria<span style="color:black">), Dr.
Tetjana Ross (Institute of Ocean Sciences), Dr. Stephanie Waterman (University
of British Columbia), Dr. Roberta Hamme (University of Victoria), and Dr. Amber
Holdsworth (Institute of Ocean Sciences).</span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.15pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.15pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Position Responsibilities:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The postdoc will be responsible for the following
tasks within the context of the overall project as described above:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.15pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;border:none"></p><ul><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">to work with the project team
on processing, analyzing and interpreting existing observational data;</span></li><li><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif">to
participate in the continued collection of in situ observational data in the
region;</span></li><li><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif">to work
with the local modelling community on comparing observations and model
simulations to better understand the fidelity of the models in capturing
mesoscale processes;</span></li><li><span style="color:black;font-family:arial,sans-serif">to write
high-impact manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.</span></li></ul><b style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Requirements:</font></span></b><br><ul><li>a PhD in physical oceanography</li><li>experience working with observational datasets, as evidenced by the candidate’s publication record</li><li>willingness to work collaboratively with a group of scientists with diverse expertise and experiences in oceanography</li><li>capacity to lead projects with collaborators, excellent communication skills, and demonstrated ability to finish projects on time</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Additional
details:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 7.25pt 0.0001pt 5.4pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">More information about IYS can be found at </span><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"><a href="https://yearofthesalmon.org/"><span style="color:blue">yearofthesalmon.org</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">. To learn more about C-PROOF visit </span><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"><a href="http://cproof.uvic.ca/"><span style="color:blue">cproof.uvic.ca</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 7.35pt 0.0001pt 5.4pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The
University of Victoria is committed to upholding the values of equity,
diversity, and inclusion in our living, learning and work environments. In
pursuit of our values, we seek members who will work respectfully and
constructively with differences and across levels of power. We actively
encourage applications from members of </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.uvic.ca/equity/employment-equity/statement/index.php#statement"><span style="color:blue">groups experiencing barriers to equity</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">. Read the full equity statement here: </span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.uvic.ca/equitystatement"><span style="color:blue">www.uvic.ca/equitystatement</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6.05pt 14.55pt 0.0001pt 5.4pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This is a limited term, two-year PDF position
paid at a rate of $55,000 CAD per year plus applicable benefits with an
opportunity for renewal given satisfactory performance and funding
availability. A research budget is also available. We seek a candidate who has
completed a PhD within the last five years (special allowances will be made for
career interruptions and personal circumstances) and who shows evidence of
strong quantitative skills and an understanding of ocean dynamics.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 32pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">
</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6.1pt 5.65pt 0.0001pt 5.4pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6.1pt 5.65pt 0.0001pt 5.4pt;text-align:justify;border:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">To apply, please send a cover letter, CV and two
research publications to Dr. Jody Klymak by email (</span><u style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:jklymak@uvic.ca"><span style="color:blue">jklymak@uvic.ca</span></a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">). Your cover letter should address your
motivation to excel in this project, and the skills and experience you can
bring to the work, and list at least two academic references. Review of
applications will begin on <b style="">May 31 2021. </b>Preferred
start date is November 2021.</span></font></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999" size="1">Stephanie Waterman</font><div><div><font color="#999999" size="1">Assistant Professor, Physical Oceanography &</font></div><div><font color="#999999" size="1">Tier II Canada Research Chair in Ocean Turbulence</font></div></div><div><font color="#999999" size="1">Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences</font></div><div><font color="#999999" size="1">University of British Columbia</font></div><div><font color="#999999" size="1">Vancouver Canada | </font><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#999999" size="1">xʷməθkʷəy̓əm</font></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-size:x-small">(Musqueam) Traditional Territory</span></div><div><font color="#999999" size="1"><br></font></div><div><font color="#999999" size="1">p: <a href="https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/about/visit-contact" target="_blank">Room 3053 Earth Sciences Building, <span style="font-family:"Proxima Nova","Myriad Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">2207 Main Mall</span></a></font></div><div><font size="1"><font color="#999999"><font style="font-family:"Proxima Nova","Myriad Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">e: <a href="mailto:swaterman@eos.ubc.ca" target="_blank">swaterman@eoas.ubc.ca</a></font><br style="font-family:"Proxima Nova","Myriad Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="font-family:"Proxima Nova","Myriad Pro",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">t: </font></font><font color="#999999" face="Proxima Nova, Myriad Pro, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://16048272665" target="_blank">+1 604 827 2665</a></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>