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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear
colleagues, please note this exciting post-doc opportunity to generate and work
with N₂O fluxes in an ag setting, with the USDA-ARS in Jonesboro
Arkansas. It is restricted to US citizens; please share widely! ~Ben<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Post-doc research
opportunity in climate smart agriculture with a focus<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">on nitrous oxide<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Location 
<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jonesboro,
AR in collaboration with USDA-ARS-Delta Water Management Research Unit (<a href="https://www.ars.usda.gov/southeast-area/jonesboro-ar/delta-water-management-research/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">https://www.ars.usda.gov/southeast-area/jonesboro-ar/delta-water-management-research/</a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Summary
of Job Duties<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Research
projects will be conducted in irrigated agricultural fields in the Lower
Mississippi River Basin. The project will investigate the impacts of innovative
water and crop management practices on greenhouse gas emissions, yield, and
grain quality.  The project will use but is not limited to the eddy
covariance method to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from fields.  The
project will focus on the measurements and modeling of nitrous oxide at the
field scale.  <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Minimum
qualification<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhD in
related discipline. Experience with agricultural systems, environmental
sciences, and/or micrometeorological systems.  <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Does this
job require any US driver’s license:  Yes<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Does this
job require US citizenship:  Yes<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Does this
job require COVID-19 vaccination:  Yes<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Preferred
qualifications<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ability to
use SAS, MS EXCEL, R and Matlab software for data analysis.  Experience in
data management especially with post-processing and presenting eddy covariance
data.  <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Specific
duties<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Responsibility/Duty:<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conduct
field measurements and analyses of GHG fluxes, analyze experimental data using
advanced statistical procedures, systematically manage meteorological and eddy
covariance data, and able to oversee maintenance of two eddy covariance
systems.  Deploy and troubleshoot two TGA200A (</span><a href="https://www.campbellsci.com/tga200a" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.campbellsci.com/tga200a</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) sensors in production
fields.  Actively engage with members of an interdisciplinary scientific
research group.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Percent of
total time: 85<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Is this
Duty Essential?  Yes<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Responsibility/Duty:<span></span></span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Write
peer-review scientific journals articles, summary of progress report and
present findings at conferences or scientific meetings.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Percent of
total time: 15<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Is this
Duty Essential?  Yes<span></span></span></p>

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Step<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Send
resume/CV and unofficial transcripts to Dr. Michele Reba, USDA-ARS-DWMRU at <a href="mailto:michele.reba@usda.gov" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">michele.reba@usda.gov</a> <span></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 style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural
Engineering<span></span></span></p>

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