<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Dear colleagues,<u></u><u></u></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span lang="EN-US">We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for a 2-year position in </span><b style="">linking functional biodiversity and airborne imaging to predict ecosystem productivity in temperate forests</b> at <span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">C</span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">olorado State University</span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"> </font></p><div style="line-height:normal;margin:0in"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><b>Details</b>: The postdoc will be employed by the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at Colorado State University and will work under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Duran to improve our understanding of how remotely-sensed biodiversity affects rates of forest productivity across climatic gradients. </font></div><div style="line-height:normal;margin:0in"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"> </font></div><div style="line-height:normal;margin:0in"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Start date is flexible.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"> <u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Typical duties will include:  </font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px 0px;padding-left:20px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Develop machine learning models to predict plant traits from hyperspectral imagery using public open data from <span class="gmail-caps" style="box-sizing:border-box">NEON</span> sites across a climatic gradient in continental <span class="gmail-caps" style="box-sizing:border-box">USA</span>.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Estimate functional diversity indices from hyperspectral imagery from <span class="gmail-caps" style="box-sizing:border-box">NEON</span> sites at a local scale</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Obtain public data on tree growth over time to estimate net primary productivity over time</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Fit structural equation models to test the effects of remotely sensed biodiversity (from hyperspectral and LiDAR) on forest productivity across three forest types (evergreen, deciduous, mixed forest) from <span class="gmail-caps" style="box-sizing:border-box">NEON</span> sites.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style-type:disc"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4">Apply these models to infer ecological mechanisms driving biodiversity-productivity relationships in temperate forest ecosystems<span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><b><span class="gmail_default">For more details and </span>To Apply<span class="gmail_default"> go to</span>: </b></font><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165751">https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165751</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="times new roman, serif" size="4"><span class="gmail_default">If the link does not work s</span>earch the posting number #165751 at <span class="gmail_default"></span>C<span class="gmail_default">SUjobs. </span></font><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">Please contact </span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">S</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">andra Duran (<a href="mailto:Sandra.Duran@colostate.edu">Sandra.Duran@colostate.edu</a>)</span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"> if you have questions.</span></p><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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