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<p>Please share this position announcement with your networks!<br>
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<p><b>Apply here: </b><b><a
href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883</a></b></p>
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<h3>Position overview</h3>
<strong>Position title:</strong> Assistant Project Scientist
<div> <strong>Salary range:</strong> The UC academic salary
scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at
appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary
scale(s) for this position: <a
href="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t37-b.pdf"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t37-b.pdf</a>.
A reasonable estimate for this position is $68,400 - $87,000. </div>
<div> <strong>Percent time:</strong> 100% </div>
<div> <strong>Anticipated start:</strong> Spring 2023 </div>
<div> <strong>Position duration:</strong> The initial appointment
will be for one year with the possibility of extension based on
performance and availability of funding. </div>
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<h3>Application Window</h3>
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<p> <strong>Open date: </strong>March 16, 2023 </p>
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<p> <strong>Next review date:</strong> <span
class="review_window" id="review_window_10086"><span
class="date">Friday, Mar 31, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)</span></span><br>
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the
committee. </p>
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<dd>
<p> <strong>Final date: </strong>Monday, Apr 17, 2023 at
11:59pm (Pacific Time)<br>
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered
if the position has not yet been filled. </p>
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<h3 id="description">Position description</h3>
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<p>The Energy and Resources Group (ERG) within the Rausser
College of Natural Resources (RCNR) at the University of
California, Berkeley (UCB) seeks applications for an
Assistant Project Scientist to further understanding of how
climate change and disturbance processes affect vegetation
and ecosystem dynamics. </p>
<p>The appointee will work with the Kueppers Lab, which works
across tropical, temperate and alpine ecosystems using
dynamic regional models and fieldwork to inform stewardship
of ecosystems under climate pressure.</p>
<p>As climate change begins to affect a wide range of
ecosystems there are key challenges ahead. These include
anticipating and understanding potential ecological
consequences, developing management options to limit
negative outcomes, and quantifying the potential for
ecosystems to draw down atmospheric carbon in addition to
maintaining other ecoclimatic benefits.</p>
<p>To address these challenges, the Kueppers lab integrates
data from climate change experiments and diverse
observations into dynamic models of vegetation and ecosystem
change. This requires simultaneous consideration of changes
in temperature, water balance, CO2 and disturbance regimes,
as well as the plant functional diversity within ecosystems
that can buffer ecosystem scale response.</p>
<p>The appointee will play a central role in testing, applying
and developing a cutting-edge dynamic, demographic,
vegetation model of Western U.S. ecosystems and fire
regimes. The modeling framework is the Functionally
Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) (see
link), which is embedded within the CTSM land surface model,
and includes an adapted version of the SPITFIRE model of
fire behavior.</p>
<p>The appointee will work with collaborators at multiple
Universities and National Laboratories to utilize
high-resolution regional atmospheric forcing and evaluate
model output with synthesized in situ and remotely sensed
observations. </p>
<p>On a day to day basis, the employee will conduct and
communicate important original research through some
combination of each of the following: synthesizing and
analyzing data; running and interpreting model simulations;
taking the lead in writing presentations, proposals and
progress reports; mentoring and co-mentoring students;
giving presentations to a range of audiences; organizing
project team meetings; and talking with scientists, land
managers and policy makers to inform research objectives.
The employee may also supervise research assistants and
develop and submit original research proposals.</p>
<p>Goals of the current project include simulating ecological
effects of historic management and atmospheric change to
understand how compounding drivers interact to produce
current vegetation structure, and simulating the response of
ecosystem carbon and severe wildfire risk to alternative
fuel management and climate scenarios.</p>
<p>Future projects will be developed jointly to address gaps
in observations of post-fire vegetation regeneration under
climate change and interactions between forest structure and
hydrology among other topics.</p>
<p>In addition to pursuing novel and impactful research, the
appointee is expected to lead and contribute to grant
proposals, mentor graduate and undergraduate students,
coordinate multi-institutional collaborations, and cultivate
relationships with policy makers, land managers and others
invested in the future of Western U.S. ecosystems.</p>
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<p><strong>Project Scientist Salary Scale (Table 37B)</strong>:
<a
href="https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t37-a.pdf"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2022-23/july-2022-salary-scales/t37-a.pdf</a></p>
<p><strong>UCNet Labor Contract</strong>: <a
href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/index.html"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/index.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem
Simulator (FATES)</strong>: <a
href="https://github.com/NGEET/fates-release"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/NGEET/fates-release</a></p>
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<h3>Qualifications</h3>
<div> <strong>Basic qualifications</strong> <small>(required at
time of application)</small>
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<p>PhD (or equivalent international degree)</p>
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<div> <strong>Preferred qualifications</strong> <small></small>
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<li> PhD and at least two years of Postdoctoral experience
in Earth System Science, Ecology, Environmental Science,
Geography, Earth Science, Atmospheric Science or a related
field</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to produce and effectively
communicate high quality scientific results, as evidenced
by a track record of publications in international
peer-reviewed journals</li>
<li>Expertise in disturbance ecology, wildland fire, forest
dynamics, landscape ecology, or global change ecology</li>
<li>Familiarity with ecological theory and/or systems-based
modeling approaches</li>
<li>Working knowledge of quantitative analysis techniques
for large ecological or environmental datasets, such as
remotely sensed data products, eddy covariance
time-series, or forest inventory time-series</li>
<li>Experience coding in Fortran, R, Python, or Matlab and
utilizing high-performance computing</li>
<li>Proficiency in executing process-based vegetation model
simulations to test hypotheses</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to work independently and
collaboratively as part of a team</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to mentor junior scholars</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to engage with diverse individuals
working in natural resource conservation and management</li>
<li>Evidence of contributions to advancing diversity, equity
and inclusion in professional settings</li>
</ul>
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<h3 id="requirements">Application Requirements</h3>
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<div class="documents"> <strong>Document requirements</strong>
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<p>Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. </p>
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<p>Statement of Research - 2 pages suggested </p>
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<p>Cover Letter (Optional)</p>
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<p>Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion - 1 page suggested </p>
<p>Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity,
and inclusion, including information about your
understanding of these topics, your record of
activities to date, and your specific plans and goals
for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at
Berkeley (for additional information go to <a
href="https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity"></a><a
href="https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity"
rel="nofollow" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity</a>).
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(Optional)</p>
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<div class="references"><strong>Reference requirements</strong></div>
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<li>3 required (contact information only)</li>
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<strong>Apply link:</strong> <a
href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883</a>
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<p><strong>Help contact:</strong> <a
href="mailto:lmkueppers@berkeley.edu" rel="nofollow"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">lmkueppers@berkeley.edu</a></p>
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<h3>Campus Information</h3>
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<p>Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are core values
at UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully realized by
faculty, students, and academic and non-academic staff who
share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates
for our academic positions will demonstrate evidence of a
commitment to advancing equity, inclusion, and belonging.</p>
<p>The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or
protected veteran status. For the complete University of
California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy
see: <a
href="http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct"
rel="nofollow" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct</a></p>
<p>In searches when letters of reference are required all
letters will be treated as confidential per University of
California policy and California state law. Please refer
potential referees, including when letters are provided via
a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to
the <a
href="http://apo.berkeley.edu/ucb-confidentiality-policy"
rel="nofollow">UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality</a>
prior to submitting their letter.</p>
<p>As a condition of employment, you will be required to
comply with the <a
href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy"
rel="nofollow">University of California Policy on
Vaccination Programs – With Updated Interim Amendments</a>.
All Covered Individuals under the policy must provide proof
of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series or, if
applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical
Exemption, Disability, Religious Objection, and/or Deferral
based on pregnancy or recent COVID-19 diagnosis and/or
treatment) no later than the applicable deadline. All
Covered Individuals must also provide proof of receiving the
most recent CDC-recommended COVID-19 booster or properly
decline such booster no later than the applicable deadline.
New University of California employees should refer to <a
href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy#page=44"
rel="nofollow">Exhibit 2</a>, Section II.C. of the <a
href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy#page=13"
rel="nofollow">SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program
Attachment</a> for applicable deadlines. All Covered
Individuals must also provide proof of being Up-To-Date on
seasonal influenza vaccination or properly decline such
vaccination no later than the applicable deadline. Please
refer to the <a
href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy#page=51"
rel="nofollow">Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program
Attachment</a>. (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are
defined in the policy.) Federal, state, or local public
health directives may impose additional requirements. </p>
<p>Positions that are represented by a collective bargaining
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rel="nofollow">Lecturer (IX) contract</a>, <a
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rel="nofollow">Postdoctoral (PX) contract</a>, <a
href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/index.html"
rel="nofollow">Academic Researcher (RA) contract</a>, and
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href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/lx/index.html"
rel="nofollow">Librarian (LX ) contract</a>. Questions
about represented positions can be directed to the hiring
unit.</p>
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Lara M. Kueppers (she/her)
Associate Professor, Energy & Resources Group, UC Berkeley
Faculty Scientist, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley Lab
510.457.6524
Office hours sign-ups: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://calendly.com/lmkueppers_ucb/open-office-hours">https://calendly.com/lmkueppers_ucb/open-office-hours</a></pre>
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