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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridge-Postdoctoral-Research-Associate-Wildfire-Modeling%2C-Projection%2C-and-Risk-Evaluation-TN-37830/1076182700/">https://jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridge-Postdoctoral-Research-Associate-Wildfire-Modeling%2C-Projection%2C-and-Risk-Evaluation-TN-37830/1076182700/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555">Location:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"> <span class="jobgeolocation">Oak Ridge, TN,
US, 37830</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555">Company: </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Requisition Id 11648 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Overview: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">As a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory, ORNL has an extraordinary 80-year history of
solving the nation’s biggest problems. We have a dedicated and creative staff of over 6,000 people! Our vision for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) is to cultivate an environment and practices that foster diversity in ideas and in the
people across the organization, as well as to ensure ORNL is recognized as a workplace of choice. These elements are critical for enabling the execution of ORNL’s broader mission to accelerate scientific discoveries and their translation into energy, environment,
and security solutions for the nation.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate who will support the Earth Systems Modeling Group in the Environmental
Sciences Division (ESD), Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate (BESS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to refine wildfire parameterizations in Earth system models, create constrained forecasts of future wildfire events, and assess
both the probability and potential ramifications of wildfires on the US power systems to lay the foundation for effective risk mitigation strategies.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">ESD is an interdisciplinary research and development organization with more than 60 years of achievements in local, national,
and international environmental research. Our vision is to expand scientific knowledge and develop innovative strategies and technologies to help sustain the Earth’s natural resources.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Major Duties/Responsibilities: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Leverage advanced process modeling and statistical techniques to develop constrained projections of future wildfire activity</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="textbody" style="color:#555555;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Evaluate and improve wildfire parameterizations in the DOE’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model using a blend of observational and experimental data</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="textbody" style="color:#555555;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Quantify both the likelihood and potential impacts of wildfires on the US ecosystem and power systems, laying the groundwork for risk mitigation strategies</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="textbody" style="color:#555555;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Work alongside highly skilled interdisciplinary teams across the multi-institution DOE-funded projects, and is expected to publish high-profile research papers</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deliver ORNL’s mission by aligning behaviors, priorities, and interactions with our core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service. Promote diversity, equity, inclusion,
and accessibility by fostering a respectful workplace – in how we treat one another, work together, and measure success.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">Basic Qualifications:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A PhD in </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ecology, Earth System Science, Atmospheric Science, Geography,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> or
a related field completed within the last 5 years</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Experience in the development, evaluation, and/or analysis of impact, land, climate, and/or Earth system models</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Strong research profile and be able to conduct independent research</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Utilize a blend of traditional and cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methodologies to analyze large-scale observed and simulated datasets</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Develop a predictive understanding of Earth's systems, with a particular focus on wildfire activity, using explainable AI and ML techniques alongside advanced modeling and simulation
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Develop analytical techniques to assess and constrain the probability and potential consequences of wildfires affecting the US terrestrial ecosystems and power infrastructure, thereby
establishing a foundation for effective risk mitigation approaches</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Knowledge of land surface processes and land-climate feedbacks and their representation in coupled models</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Experience with high-performance computing environments, and excellent written and oral communication skills</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Excellent written and oral communication skills</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Motivated self-starter with the ability to work independently and to participate creatively in collaborative teams across the laboratory </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#555555;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ability to function well in a fast-paced research environment, set priorities to accomplish multiple tasks within deadlines, and adapt to ever changing needs</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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degree requirements before starting their appointment. The appointment length will be for up to 24 months with the potential for extension. Initial appointments and extensions are subject to performance and the availability of funding.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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or have them sent to </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><a href="mailto:postdocrecruitment@ornl.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">postdocrecruitment@ornl.gov</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">with
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Under the My Documents section, select Add a Document</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ORNL offers competitive pay and benefits programs to attract and retain talented people. The laboratory offers many employee
benefits, including medical and retirement plans and flexible work hours, to help you and your family live happy and healthy. Employee amenities such as on-site fitness, banking, and cafeteria facilities are also provided for convenience.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Other benefits include: Prescription Drug Plan, Dental Plan, Vision Plan, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Life Insurance, Pet Insurance,
Generous Vacation and Holidays, Parental Leave, Legal Insurance with Identity Theft Protection, Employee Assistance Plan, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Wellness Programs, Educational Assistance, Relocation Assistance, and Employee Discounts.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">If you have difficulty using the online application system or need an accommodation to apply due to a disability, please
email: <a href="mailto:ORNLRecruiting@ornl.gov" target="_blank" title="mailto:ornlrecruiting@ornl.gov"><span style="color:#6888C9">ORNLRecruiting@ornl.gov</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">This position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days after which it will close when a qualified candidate is identified
and/or hired.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">We accept Word (.doc, .docx), Adobe (unsecured .pdf), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and HTML (.htm, .html) up to 5MB in size.
Resumes from third party vendors will not be accepted; these resumes will be deleted and the candidates submitted will not be considered for employment.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">If you have trouble applying for a position, please email
<a href="mailto:ORNLRecruiting@ornl.gov">ORNLRecruiting@ornl.gov</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555">ORNL is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. UT-Battelle is an E-Verify
employer.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#555555"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jiafu Mao<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Senior Staff Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Oak Ridge National Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Building 4500N, Room F126<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6253<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Tel (865) 576-7815<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Email: <a href="mailto:maoj@ornl.gov">
<span style="color:#0563C1">maoj@ornl.gov</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://ise.utk.edu/people/jiafu-mao/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://ise.utk.edu/people/jiafu-mao/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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