<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The University
of Michigan invites applications for an interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research
Fellowship to investigate ecosystem change in fire-prone and climate-stressed
Western forests. The successful candidate will work with faculty in the School
for Environment and Sustainability, Department of Climate and Space Sciences
and Engineering, and the Institute for Global Change Biology as part of the
Western Forest and Fire Initiative (WFFI), an interdisciplinary working group
of faculty, students, and postdocs who aim to understand and develop strategies
for managing forests, fire, and communities in the western US as an integrated
social-environmental system (SES). The Fellow will also be a member of the
postdoctoral Fellow cohort at the IGCB. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Fellow will
undertake a two-year focused research project that culminates in a practical
policy recommendation and at least one published manuscript in a scholarly
journal. The project will entail an in-depth investigation of at least one key aspect
of the <b><i>relationship between climate change, forest ecosystem change, and wildland
fire that also recognizes larger complex SES dynamics</i></b>. The research
question and analytical approach will be identified and developed in
collaboration with faculty, practitioners and thought leaders convened through
the WFFI in spring and summer 2022. Possibilities include: analysis of field or
remote sensing data to characterize climate-ecosystem-fire interactions,
prognostic modeling work to constrain feedbacks between climate and ecosystem
vulnerability in fire-prone landscapes, or statistical modeling to parameterize
relationships among climate, ecosystems, and management strategies.</font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><i>See attached flyer for more details.</i></font></b></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">To apply,
please submit the following in a single PDF file to Prof. Gretchen Keppel-Aleks (</span><a href="mailto:scousins@umich.edu" style="color:blue">gkeppela@umich.edu</a>)<span style="color:black"> with “WFFI postdoc application” in
the subject line:</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">• </span></span><span style="color:black">Cover
letter describing your relevant experience and interests</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">• Curriculum
vitae</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">• Copies
of relevant publications</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">• References
(to be contacted after an initial interview)</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Applications will be considered beginning May 15,
2022, until the position is filled. </font></span><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Gretchen Keppel-Aleks, Ph.D. (<i>she/her</i>)<div>Associate Professor</div><div>Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering</div><div>University of Michigan</div><div>734.647.4581</div><div><a href="mailto:gkeppela@umich.edu" target="_blank">gkeppela@umich.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>