<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&SiteId=1&FOCUS=Applicant&JobOpeningId=365107&PostingSeq=1&">https://hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&SiteId=1&FOCUS=Applicant&JobOpeningId=365107&PostingSeq=1&</a></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-ps_box-scrollarea-row" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(22,21,19);font-size:14.6667px"><div class="gmail-ps_box-group gmail-hrs_cg_groupbox_field_label_back" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><h2 class="gmail-ps_header-group" style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(188,182,177);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-ps-text" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$0lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">About the Job</span></h2><div class="gmail-ps_content-group" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-ps_box-longedit gmail-psc_disabled gmail-psc_has_valueasrte gmail-psc_nolabel gmail-psc_wrappable" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$0" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;display:flex"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$0" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Position Summary:</u> The successful candidate will work as part of an interdisciplinary team to advance scientific understanding and predictability of the transport and fate of agricultural trace gases including dicamba, ammonia, nitrous oxide (its isotopologues and isotopomers), methane, and others. The successful candidate is expected to lead research efforts related to modeling atmospheric transport processes and to publish results in a timely manner.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Job Duties:</u><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">(10%) Maintain high quality environmental measurement systems including laser spectroscopy.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">(10%) present findings at scientific conferences. Organize and administer meetings among collaborative groups<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">(10%) Perform field and lab-based measurements to establish high quality trace gas measurement standards<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px">(70%) Archive data, perform data analyses, document experimental study notes and conduct scientific research on specific atmospheric transport topics. Perform atmospheric transport modeling and publish results in scientific journals.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">Support: Funding for this position is available for up to 6 years and includes benefits in addition to salary.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </p></span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ps_box-scrollarea-row" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$1" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(22,21,19);font-size:14.6667px"><div class="gmail-ps_box-group gmail-hrs_cg_groupbox_field_label_back" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><h2 class="gmail-ps_header-group" style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(188,182,177);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-ps-text" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$1lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Qualifications</span></h2><div class="gmail-ps_content-group" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-ps_box-longedit gmail-psc_disabled gmail-psc_has_valueasrte gmail-psc_nolabel gmail-psc_wrappable" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$1" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;display:flex"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$1" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Required Qualifications:</u> Completed/near completion PhD in atmospheric science or related discipline (PhD must be conferred by start date of position). The work performed in this project will be related to environmental and atmospheric measurements and using atmospheric transport modeling to estimate the regional budgets of trace gas emissions including nitrous oxide and methane. The ability to use sophisticated inverse modeling techniques and Lagrangian transport modeling is required.<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><u style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Preferred Qualifications</u>: Ph.D. degree with a focus in atmospheric sciences, micrometeorology, or related discipline. Expertise in one or more of the following areas would be a significant asset: trace gas measurements, biogeochemical modeling, chemical transport modeling, and hands on experience with the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF or WRF-Chem). The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to independently lead research projects and publish in peer-review journals.</p></span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ps_box-scrollarea-row" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$2" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(22,21,19);font-size:14.6667px"><div class="gmail-ps_box-group gmail-hrs_cg_groupbox_field_label_back" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><h2 class="gmail-ps_header-group" style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(188,182,177);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-ps-text" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$2lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">About the Department</span></h2><div class="gmail-ps_content-group" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$2" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-ps_box-longedit gmail-psc_disabled gmail-psc_has_valueasrte gmail-psc_nolabel gmail-psc_wrappable" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$2" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;display:flex"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$2" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">The<a href="https://hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/www.biometeorology.umn.edu" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(17,110,177)"> Biometeorology group</a> at the University of Minnesota has an opening for a postdoctoral/research scientist. The successful candidate will help lead an interdisciplinary team to advance scientific understanding of the transport and fate of agricultural trace gases including nitrous oxide (its isotopologues and isotopomers), and methane. This project will use state-of-the-art trace gas measurement techniques at 6 tall towers, a lidar network for monitoring PBL dynamics, and inverse modeling techniques to estimate regional nitrous oxide and methane budgets for the US Corn Belt. There will also be opportunities to collaborate within the AI-Climate Institute at the University of Minnesota to advance inverse modeling using KGML techniques.</p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">This position is in the <a href="https://swac.umn.edu/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(17,110,177)">Department of Soil, Water and Climate</a> in CFANS on the St. Paul, MN campus of the University of Minnesota.</p></span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ps_box-scrollarea-row" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_row$3" style="margin:0.9em 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(22,21,19);font-size:14.6667px"><div class="gmail-ps_box-group gmail-hrs_cg_groupbox_field_label_back" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$3" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><h2 class="gmail-ps_header-group" style="margin:0px;padding:0.4em 0.4em 0.1em 0px;font-size:1.1em;border-bottom:0px solid rgb(188,182,177);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-ps-text" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100$3lbl" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Pay and Benefits</span></h2><div class="gmail-ps_content-group" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$3" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-ps_box-longedit gmail-psc_disabled gmail-psc_has_valueasrte gmail-psc_nolabel gmail-psc_wrappable" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$3" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;display:flex"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$3" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Pay Range:</strong> $61,008 - $65,000</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">; depending on education/qualifications/experience</span></span></p><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial,s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rements</span></h2><div class="gmail-ps_content-group" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_WRK_DESCR100grp$6" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-ps_box-longedit gmail-psc_disabled gmail-psc_has_valueasrte gmail-psc_nolabel gmail-psc_wrappable" id="gmail-win0divHRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6" style="margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding:0px;display:flex"><span class="gmail-ps_box-value" id="gmail-HRS_SCH_PSTDSC_DESCRLONG$6" style="margin:0px;padding:1px 0px 0px;display:block;vertical-align:middle;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px">Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Our presumption is that prospective employees are eligible to work here. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify finalists from employment.</p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>