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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>newly<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>founded<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span><b>Agroecosystem<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Sustainability<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Center<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>(ASC)<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span></b>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Illinois<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Urbana<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>Champaign<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>(UIUC)<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>recruiting<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>multiple<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>postdoctors<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>PhD<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>students<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>following<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>five<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>areas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Modeling<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>Biogeochemical<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Cycling<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Agroecosystem</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Multi-Scale Hyperspectral Sensing for Sustainable Agriculture</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">;<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span><b><u>(3)<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Air<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Pollutant and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Climate<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Change<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Effects on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Crop Yield</u></b>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">(4) High-resolution Soil Moisture Sensing and Modeling over Cropland</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">;<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span><b><u>(5)<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Remote<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Sensing of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Grassland Productivity</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.45pt"><span lang="EN-US">About <b>Agroecosystem Sustainability Center (ASC): ASC
</b>is a new research center aiming to be a<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>
world leading innovation powerhouse in advanced monitoring and modeling of agroecosystems for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>improving sustainability under climate change. ASC gathers leading researchers from across the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>UIUC campus in the subject areas of biophysical and biogeochemical sciences in agroecosystems,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>primarily focusing on whole-plant and landscape-level studies to regional and global applications.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>The research is driven by co-founding and affiliated faculty members, professional staff scientists,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>postdocs and graduate students to advance science goals and technological innovations, with clear<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>motivation to generate real-world solutions and impacts. ASC also works closely with industry<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>partners and bring<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>truly<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>interdisciplinary<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>educational opportunities for<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>aspiring<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>students at UIUC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Area<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>1:<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Modeling<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Biogeochemical<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Cycling<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>of Agroecosystem</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">BACKGROUND</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Human beings are facing great challenges in maintaining food security<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>environmental<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>quality<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>under<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>climate<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>change<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>use<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>intensification.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Agricultural<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>management is a critical factor determining crop production and its environmental footprint. Proper<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>design<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>proactive<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>application<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>best<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>management<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>practices<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>over<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>extensive<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>cropland<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>U.S.<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>Midwest have multi-facet benefits, including sustaining food production and environmental quality,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>maintaining soil health, realizing climate change mitigation potentials, providing other ecosystem<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>services, and fostering the rural economy. However, we are currently lacking scalable and accurate<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>solutions<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>quantify<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>impacts<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>different<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>management<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>practices<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>soil<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>organic<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>carbon<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>dynamics<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>greenhouse gas<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>emissions<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>individual<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>field<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>levels,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>limits<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>decision-making<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>policy<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>design on adaptive management. Improved understanding and modeling of biogeochemical cycling<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>(carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) over agroecosystems under different management practices are<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>therefore urgently needed. Systematic data-model fusion has great potential to fulfill these needs. A<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>new postdoctoral position and a new PhD position at the Center of Agroecosystem Sustainability of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>UIUC will work on modeling the biogeochemical cycling of agroecosystem from field to watershed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>scales over the U.S. Midwestern agroecosystems. The post-doctoral fellow/PhD student will work<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span><a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>Kaiyu<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Guan</span></b></a>,<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>Blue<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Waters<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Associate<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>Department<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>Natural<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Resources<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Science<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>(<a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/"><span style="color:#4471C4">http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/</span></a>),<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span><a href="https://pengbinpeluo.github.io/"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Bin<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Peng</span></b></a>,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Research<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Assistant<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Department<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Natural<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>Resources<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Sciences<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>and Staff Scientist of ASC (<a href="https://pengbinpeluo.github.io/"><span style="color:#4471C4">https://pengbinpeluo.github.io/</span></a>), and other scientists at UIUC or other<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">RESPONSIBILITIES</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: (1) Use data collected from laboratory, extensive field trials, long-<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>term<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>field<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>experiment,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>meta-data<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>analysis<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>consolidate<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>process<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>understanding<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>representation of soil biogeochemical cycling in an advanced agroecosystem model. (2) Design and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>implement<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>efficient<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>data-model<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>fusion<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>framework<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>use<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>satellite<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>remote<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>sensing<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>data<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>constrain<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
</span>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.3pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:4.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span lang="EN-US">uncertainties<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>biogeochemical<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>cycling<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>modeling<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>over<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>agroecosystems.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>(3)<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Conduct<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>scenario<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>analysis<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>observation-constrained<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>model<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>under<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>different<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>management<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>practices<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>investigate<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>their impacts on both crop productivity and environmental sustainability. (4) Link the simulated<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>feedstock-level<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>carbon<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>footprints<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>quantify<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>carbon<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>intensity<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>agricultural<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>products.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Other<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>responsibilities<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>include<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>publishing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>findings<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>peer-reviewed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>journals,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>presenting<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>progress<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>professional<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>meetings,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>preparing project<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>reports<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>deliverables,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>collaborating with<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Area<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>2:<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Multi-Scale<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Hyperspectral<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Sensing<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Sustainable<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Agriculture</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">BACKGROUND</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Accurate<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>characterization<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>spatial<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>temporal<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>variability<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>agroecosystem variables, such as crop traits, soil properties and management practices, are essential<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>for agroecosystem monitoring to advance sustainable agriculture. However, the high-resolution<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>observation<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>these<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>agroecosystem<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>variables<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>largely<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>missing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>existing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>research.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Hyperspectral</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>data<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>proximal<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>airborne<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>sensing<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt">
</span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>been<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>demonstrated<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>high<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>capability<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>of accurately quantifying the agroecosystem variables in space and time. The new and forthcoming<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>spaceborne hyperspectral missions, such as DESIS, PRISMA and SBG, provide a great opportunity<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>quantify<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>large-scale<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>agroecosystem<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>variables.<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>A<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>new<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>post-doctoral<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>position<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>new<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>PhD<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>student<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>will focus on integrating multi-scale hyperspectral data from spaceborne, airborne and proximal<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>sensing along with collecting field data to quantify large-scale high-resolution crop traits, soil<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>properties<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>management<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>practices<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the U.S.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Midwest<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>agroecosystems.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>post-doctoral<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.6pt"><span lang="EN-US">/<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>PhD<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>student<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span><a href="https://shengwang12.github.io/"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>Sheng<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Wang</span></b></a>,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Research<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Assistant<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>Professor<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Department<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Natural<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Resources<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Sciences<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Staff<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Scientist<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>ASC<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>(<a href="https://shengwang12.github.io/"><span style="color:#1154CC">https://shengwang12.github.io/</span></a>), and
<a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof. Kaiyu Guan</span></b></a>, Blue Waters Associate Professor at UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>Department<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Natural<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Resources<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Sciences<span style="letter-spacing:2.8pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>scientists<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.6pt;text-indent:35.95pt"><b><span lang="EN-US">RESPONSIBILITIES</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>(1)<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Design<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>implement<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>automated<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>computing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>methods<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>spaceborne/airborne<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>hyperspectral<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>data<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>processing.<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>(2)<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Utilize<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>radiative<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>transfer<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>models<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>machine<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt"> </span>learning<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>hyperspectral<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>data<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>quantify<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>high-resolution<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>crop<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>traits,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>soil<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>properties<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>management<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>practices<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>space<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>time.<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>3)<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>Analyze<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>changes<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>agroecosystem<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>variables<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>provide<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>stakeholders adaptive strategies for sustainable agriculture. Other responsibilities include publishing<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>findings on peer-reviewed journals, presenting progress at professional meetings, preparing project<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>reports<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and deliverables,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>collaborating<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>with other teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Area<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>3: Air Pollutant<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and Climate<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>Change<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Effects<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Crop<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Yield</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">BACKGROUND: </span></b><span lang="EN-US">Ozone is a damaging air pollutant, significantly reducing ecosystem<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>photosynthesis<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>crop<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>yields.<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>effects<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>ozone<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>crop<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>production<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>tested<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>using<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>experimental<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>facilities such as the Free Air Concentration Enrichment (FACE) facility in Champaign, IL and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>through<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>historical<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>time-series<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>regression<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>modeling and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>process-based<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>modeling.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Previous<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt"> </span>suggested that soybean and maize yields were more sensitive to ozone pollution during hot and dry<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>growing seasons. This is a somewhat counter-intuitive finding based on the physiology of crops.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Currently, the interactive effects of drought stress and ozone pollution are being tested at SoyFACE.<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>The focus of a new post-doctoral position is to test how ozone pollution impacts solar induced<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>fluorescence (SIF) using the SoyFACE facility and to expand time-series modeling of air pollutants,<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>climate<span style="letter-spacing:1.05pt"> </span>data<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>crop<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt">
</span>productivity<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>U.S.<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt">
</span>crops<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:1.15pt"> </span>investigate<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.1pt"> </span>relationship<span style="letter-spacing:1.2pt">
</span>between<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
</span>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.3pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:4.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:5.5pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span lang="EN-US">historical ozone and climate data with satellite retrievals of GPP and crop yield. The post-doctoral<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>fellow will work closely with the U.S. National Science Academy Fellow <a href="https://sib.illinois.edu/profile/ainswort">
<span style="color:#1154CC">Prof. Elizabeth Ainsworth</span></a><span style="color:#1154CC;letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>(<a href="https://sib.illinois.edu/profile/ainswort">https://sib.illinois.edu/profile/ainswort</a>)<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>USDA<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>ARS<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span><a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/"><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof.<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>Kaiyu<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Guan<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span></span></a>from<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>data<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>analysis<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>modeling,<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>colleagues<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>USDA<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>ARS<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>who<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>led<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>multiple<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>projects<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>on physiology<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>ozone<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>damage<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">
</span>crop<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>monitoring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.6pt;text-indent:35.95pt;line-height:105%">
<b><span lang="EN-US">RESPONSIBILITIES</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: (1) Synthesize long-term ozone data from field work and literature<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>to conduct meta-analysis. (2) Large-scale data analysis: collate novel high-resolution surface ozone<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>datasets and ozone data from the EPA¡¯s Air Quality System, yield data and statistics, satellite-based<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>SIF record (including GOME-2, OCO-2/-3, TROPOMI, and downscaled versions of these data),<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>satellite-based GPP record (e.g. <a href="https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/281/2021/essd-13-281-2021.pdf">
<span style="color:#1154CC">SLOPE GPP</span></a>), and climate records (e.g. precipitation, temperature<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and potential evapotranspiration data). (3) Examine the empirical and mechanistic linkages between<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>ozone exposure and crop-specific GPP, SIF and yields. (4) Perform anomalies analysis and machine<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>learning analysis to identify the most important factors affecting inter-annual GPP, SIF, and yield<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>changes. (5) Develop a statistical framework to quantify the sensitivity of GPP, SIF, and yields of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>different crops to ozone exposure. (6) Use the SoyFACE experimental facility to ground-truth<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>relationships<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>between<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>ozone<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>drought<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>stress,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>SIF<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>GPP.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Other<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>responsibilities<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>include<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>publishing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>findings<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>peer-reviewed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>journals,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>presenting<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>progress<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>professional<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>meetings,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>preparing<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>project reports<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">
</span>and deliverables,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>collaborating<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
</span>with other teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="margin-left:0cm;text-align:left"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:5.65pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:41.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-36.0pt">
<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Area<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt">
</span>4:<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>High-resolution<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt">
</span>Soil<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>Moisture<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">
</span>Sensing<span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt">
</span>Modeling<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>over<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">
</span>Cropland</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">BACKGROUND</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">:<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>Soil<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>moisture<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>condition<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>important<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>determining<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>factor<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>crop<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>growth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:5.5pt"><span lang="EN-US">and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>productivity,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>soil<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>biogeochemistry<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>cycling,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>terrestrial<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>hydrology<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>land-atmosphere<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>flux<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt"> </span>exchange.<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>There<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>large<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>spatial<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>temporal<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>heterogeneities<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>soil<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>moisture<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>controlled<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>multiple<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>factors<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>multi-scale<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>mechanisms.<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Current<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>sensing<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>capabilities<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>soil<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>moisture<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>either<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>coarse<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt"> </span>resolutions<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>local<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>scales,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>which<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>cannot<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>meet<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>requirements<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>many<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>applications<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>agricultural<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>monitoring,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>water<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>resource<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>management,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>ecological<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>forecasting.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Therefore,<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>efficient<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>and scalable methods to collect soil moisture information with higher accuracy and finer spatial<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>resolutions are urgently needed. A new post-doctoral position and a new PhD student position at the<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Center</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">of</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Agroecosystem<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Sustainability<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>focus<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>developing<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>new<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>algorithms<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>retrieve<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>soil<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>moisture<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>multi-scale<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>multi-source<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>satellite<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>data,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>integrating<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>remote<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>sensing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>observations with field-scale process-based models to constrain soil moisture simulations. The post-<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>doctoral fellow / PhD student will work with <a href="https://pengbinpeluo.github.io/">
<b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof. Bin Peng</span></b></a>, Research Assistant Professor at UIUC<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>Department<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Natural<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Resources<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Sciences and<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Staff<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Scientist<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>ASC,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span><a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof.</span></b></a><b><span style="color:#1154CC;letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span></b><a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Kaiyu Guan</span></b>,</a> Blue Waters Associate Professor at UIUC Department of Natural Resources and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Environmental<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Sciences<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">
</span>and other<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>scientists<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>at UIUC or other institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.8pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:35.95pt">
<b><span lang="EN-US">RESPONSIBILITIES</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>(1)<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Implementing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>maintaining<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>an<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>intensive<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>soil<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>moisture<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>observation network over cropland in the U.S. Midwest. (2) Developing novel retrieval algorithms<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>by integrating active and passive microwave and optical remote sensing data. (3) Integrating multi-<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>source remote sensing observations with hyper-resolution ecohydrological models for improved soil<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>moisture simulation. (4) Generating a new soil moisture product over the U.S. cropland with higher<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>accuracy and finer resolutions for various applications in agricultural monitoring and ecological<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>studies.<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>Other<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt">
</span>responsibilities<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>include<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt">
</span>publishing<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>findings<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt"> </span>peer-reviewed<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt">
</span>journals,<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>presenting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always">
</span>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.3pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:4.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:5.85pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt">
<span lang="EN-US">progress<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>professional<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>meetings,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>preparing<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>project<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>reports<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>deliverables,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>collaborating<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>teams.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:left">
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.8pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">
<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Area<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>5:<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Remote<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>Sensing<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Grassland<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Productivity</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.25pt;margin-right:5.55pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:35.95pt">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">BACKGROUND</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Quantifying</span><span lang="EN-US" style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span><span lang="EN-US">field-level<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>
productivity<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>pasture,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>rangeland,<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>cover<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>crops<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>biofuel crops is critical to achieve the goal of sustainable agriculture. Pasture and Rangeland are<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">extensive</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">areas</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>occupied<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>native<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>seeded<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>grass,<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Pasture<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Rangeland<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>make<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt"> </span>up over 27% of the total area of the US. Cover crops are grasses planted in farmland during non-<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>growing season to mitigate the negative impacts of intensive farming practices on the environment.<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Biofuel crops are perennial C4 grasses planted in marginal land to provide feedstocks for bioenergy<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>production with higher profitability than planting row crops. A new postdoctoral position and a new<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>PhD position will work to capture and understand the spatial, seasonal and interannual variations of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>growth<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>conditions<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>those<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>grasslands.<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>post-doctoral<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>fellow/PhD<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>student<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/illinois.edu/chongya-jiang/home"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof.</span></b></a><b><span style="color:#1154CC;letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span></b><a href="https://sites.google.com/illinois.edu/chongya-jiang/home"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Chongya Jiang</span></b></a>, Research Assistant Professor<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>at UIUC Department of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Natural Resources<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Environmental Sciences<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and Staff Scientist of ASC (<a href="https://sites.google.com/illinois.edu/chongya-jiang/home"><span style="color:#1154CC">https://sites.google.com/illinois.edu/chongya-</span></a><span style="color:#1154CC;letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/illinois.edu/chongya-jiang/home"><span style="color:#1154CC">jiang/home</span></a>) and
<a href="http://faculty.nres.illinois.edu/~kaiyuguan/"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">Prof. Kaiyu Guan</span></b>,</a> Blue Waters Associate Professor at UIUC Department of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Natural<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Resources<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Environmental Science and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>scientists<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>UIUC or<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>institutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="mso-margin-top-alt:.85pt;margin-right:5.65pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:5.8pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:35.95pt">
<b><span lang="EN-US">RESPONSIBILITIES</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>(1)<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Design<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>implement<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>automatic<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>computing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>methods<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>using<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">ground</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">IoT/airborne/satellite</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>remote<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>sensing<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>monitoring<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>grassland<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>productivity<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>real<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>time<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>field<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>level over large areas. (2) Analyze sensitivity of pasture and rangeland to climate change and assess<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>economic<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>loss<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>due<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>extreme<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>climate<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>events.<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>(3)<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Quantify<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt">
</span>biomass<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>individual<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>farms<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>adopted winter cover or biofuel crops and provide guidance on best management practices. Other<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
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</span>publishing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>findings<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>peer-reviewed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
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</span>progress<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>professional<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>meetings,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>preparing project<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>reports<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>deliverables,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>collaborating with<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>other<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
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</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>Postdoc<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>positions:</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">(1)<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>Applicants should have<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>Ph.D. in earth<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>and environmental<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>science,<span style="letter-spacing:3.05pt"> </span>hydrology,<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>remote<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>sensing,<span style="letter-spacing:3.05pt">
</span>environmental engineering,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>meteorology, geography, mathematics, or a closely related field. Candidates will be considered if<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">graduation with </span>a Ph.D. is expected by the targeted starting date. (2) Prior research experiences in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>ecosystem modeling and remote sensing are highly preferred. (3) Strong programming skills (e.g.,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Python, C/C++, and/or Fortran<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>Linux<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>environment)<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>prior<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>experience<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>supercomputing<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>big<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>data<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>analytical systems is required, as the applicant will be working<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>routinely in the supercomputer environment. (4) Excellent writing skills, demonstrated by<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>publication records. To ensure full consideration, qualified candidates must send a cover letter, CV,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>contact<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt">
</span>information<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt">
</span>three<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>references<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt">
</span>via<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>email<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the subject ¡°<b>Postdoc<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Application</b>¡±<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span><b>Ms. Xin Lin (</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:linxin@illinois.edu"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">linxin@illinois.edu</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">). All requested information must<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>submitted<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>above<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>email<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>your<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>application<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>considered.<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>Incomplete applications will not be<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>
reviewed. Qualified applicants will be immediately reviewed upon receiving the application while<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>search<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>may<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>continue<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>until<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>position<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>filled<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>(<b>current<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>status</b>:<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt">
</span>five openings<span style="letter-spacing:3.0pt"> </span>are still<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt">
</span>open). We greatly appreciate all the interested applications, but advise that only candidates<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>shortlisted for interview will be notified of the application results. The appointment is renewed<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>annually, contingent upon the performance. Salary is competitive and commensurate with<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>experience<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>in relevant research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Qualifications for PhD student positions</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">:</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> Strong quantitative
programming skills and domain<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>science (such as hydrology, plant physiology, biogeochemistry, and remote sensing) knowledge are<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>required for successful PhD student candidates. Proficiency in spoken/written English is mandatory.<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt">
</span>All applicants should meet the minimum requirements of GPA and GRE by graduate admission<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>(</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply/requirements"><span style="color:#1154CC">http://www.grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply/requirement</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">). Information
for applying to NRES can<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt"> </span>be found here:<span style="color:#1154CC">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://nres.illinois.edu/graduate/apply"><span style="color:#1154CC">https://nres.illinois.edu/graduate/apply</span>.</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> International students should also meet the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>minimum<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>requirements<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>TOEFL<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>(the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>same<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>link<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>above).<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>Prospective<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>graduate<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>students<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>encouraged to contact <b>Ms. Xin Lin (</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:linxin@illinois.edu"><b><span style="color:#1154CC">linxin@illinois.edu</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">)
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">first via email with the subject ¡°<b>PhD<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>application</b>¡±<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt">
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</span>please<span style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt"> </span>include the following items: unofficial transcripts, curriculum vitae, GRE score, names and contact<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
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</span>three<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>references,<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt">
</span>brief<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>personal<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>statement.<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>We<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt">
</span>greatly<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>appreciate<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt">
</span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>interested<span style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt"> </span>applications,<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>but<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>advise<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>that<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>only<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>candidates<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>shortlisted<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>interview<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>notified<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt"> </span>application results. <b>Starting Date</b>: We accept students at any time of the year, not confined to only<span style="letter-spacing:.05pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>fall semester. Therefore, the enrollment time<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
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