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    <p>The application portal for this position closes on Monday April
      17 - apply now if interested.<br>
    </p>
    <p><b>Apply here: </b><b><a
          href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883"
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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>
      <dt>
        <h3>Application Window</h3>
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      <dd>
        <p> <strong>Open date: </strong>March 16, 2023 </p>
      </dd>
      <dd>
        <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>
      </dd>
      <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>
      </dd>
      <h3 id="description">Position description</h3>
      <div class="section">
        <section class="markdown">
          <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" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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>
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          <ul>
            <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>
        </section>
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      <h3 id="requirements">Application Requirements</h3>
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        <div class="documents"> <strong>Document requirements</strong>
          <ul>
            <li>
              <section class="markdown">
                <p>Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. </p>
              </section>
            </li>
            <li>
              <section class="markdown">
                <p>Statement of Research - 2 pages suggested </p>
              </section>
            </li>
            <li>
              <section class="markdown">
                <p>Cover Letter (Optional)</p>
              </section>
            </li>
            <li>
              <section class="markdown">
                <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"
                    rel="nofollow" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity</a>).
                  <br>
                  (Optional)</p>
              </section>
            </li>
          </ul>
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          <div class="references"><strong>Reference requirements</strong></div>
          <ul>
            <li>3 required (contact information only)</li>
          </ul>
        </section>
        <strong>Apply link:</strong> <a
          href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883"
          class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">lmkueppers@berkeley.edu</a></p>
      </section>
      <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"
              moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">Exhibit 2</a>,
            Section II.C. of the <a
href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy#page=13"
              rel="nofollow" moz-do-not-send="true">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" moz-do-not-send="true">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
            unit or agent have particular contracts. For more
            information, please refer to the relevant contract: <a
href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/index.html"
              rel="nofollow" moz-do-not-send="true">Lecturer (IX)
              contract</a>, <a
href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/px/index.html"
              rel="nofollow" moz-do-not-send="true">Postdoctoral (PX)
              contract</a>, <a
href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/index.html"
              rel="nofollow" moz-do-not-send="true">Academic Researcher
              (RA) contract</a>, and <a
href="https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/lx/index.html"
              rel="nofollow" moz-do-not-send="true">Librarian (LX )
              contract</a>. Questions about represented positions can be
            directed to the hiring unit.</p>
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        <p><b>Apply here: </b><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883"
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03883</a></b></p>
      </div>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
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" moz-do-not-send="true">https://calendly.com/lmkueppers_ucb/open-office-hours</a></pre>
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