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[ES_JOBS_NET] Postdoctoral Scholar –Modeling Vegetation Dynamics and Disturbance Across California

Hi,

I have a new postdoctoral position open at UC Berkeley, in
collaboration with Chonggang Xu at LANL and others. Please
circulate to great candidates!

For more information and to apply, visit:
https://ift.tt/2N3rqTu

Best,

Lara

Recruitment Period

Open date: June 26th, 2018

Next review date: July
10th, 2018
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the
committee.

Final date: July 26th, 2018
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.

Description

The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for
a Postdoctoral Scholar position starting Summer/Fall 2018.
Climate, water balance, vegetation and fire are tightly
interlinked across California’s landscape and must be studied
together to gain understanding of changes in each component. The
candidate will play a central role in a project funded by the UC
National Laboratory Fees Research Program to develop, test and
apply a cutting-edge demographic, dynamic vegetation model of
California’s ecosystems as part of a high- resolution regional
modeling system. Goals of the project include modeling the
2011–2015 drought and its effects on tree mortality and fire,
modeling tree mortality and fire under future drought and
climate change, and understanding effects of management on
future vegetation and fire risk. The candidate will work in
collaboration with Dr. Lara Kueppers of the Energy and Resources
Group at UC Berkeley and Dr. Chonggang Xu at Los Alamos National
Laboratory (LANL), as well as project collaborators at UCLA,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NCAR, UC Irvine, UC
Davis, and UC Extension to utilize high-resolution regional
atmospheric forcing and evaluate model vegetation output with
historical field and remotely sensed observations. The modeling
framework is the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem
Simulator (FATES) (https://ift.tt/2Kr1dfO),
which is embedded within the CLM5 land surface model, and
includes the SPITFIRE model of fire spread. The postdoc will be
located at UC Berkeley but will have opportunities to also work
at LANL.

Basic Qualifications
• Advanced degree or enrolled in advanced degree program at the
time of application

Additional Qualifications
• PhD (or equivalent international degree) required by the start
date

Preferred Qualifications (by start date)
• Demonstrated background in ecological theory and/or
systems-based modeling approaches
• Expertise in disturbance ecology, wildland fire, forest
dynamics, or landscape ecology
• Experience in quantitative modeling and analysis of large
datasets, such as remotely sensed data products, eddy covariance
time-series, forest inventory time-series
• Demonstrated coding experience, e.g., in R, Python, or Matlab,
and analytical skills & coding
experience in Fortran and R
• Demonstrated ability to produce scientific results and to
publish papers in international peer-reviewed journals
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively
as part of a team

Appointment
The targeted start date for this position is August 2018. The
initial appointment is for one year, with possibility of renewal
based on performance and funding availability. This is a
full-time appointment.

Salary and Benefits
The annual salary range for this position is $49,188 to $57,528.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience
level and based on UC Berkeley salary scales. Generous benefits
are included: https://ift.tt/2N3rrqw

To Apply
Visit https://ift.tt/2N3rqTu

Interested individuals should include a one-page cover letter,
a one-page statement of research outlining your research
interests along with a current CV and the names and contact
information of three references. Letters of reference may be
requested for finalists. It is optional to include a statement
addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity
through research, teaching, and/or service.

This recruitment will remain open until filled.

Questions regarding this recruitment can be directed to Lara M.
Kueppers, lmkueppers@berkeley.edu or Chonggang Xu, cxu@lanl.gov

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 UC
Berkeley Statement of Confidentiality https://ift.tt/1u2t7n8
prior to submitting their letters.

The University of California 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:
https://ift.tt/1h73V7e

The Department is interested in candidates who will contribute
to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through
their research or teaching.

The University of California, Berkeley has an excellent
benefits package as well as a number of policies and programs in
place to support employees as they balance work and family.

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Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique in Paris to work on the
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in the context of climate change. The candidate will use
atmospheric general circulation model simulations done with the
LMDz model in the framework of the Belmont-Forum project GOTHAM.
The simulations will be completed before the post-doc begins, and
will include conventional scenarios as well as more hypothetical
ones (extreme ENSOs, low arctic sea ice), but that maybe
representative of what will occur in the future.

One main focus of the research is the link between the so-called
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extreme weather events in some midlatitude regions. This link is
still debated in the scientific community. To gain physical
insight, the candidate will use and develop state of the art
Rossby wave diagnostics. In order to give a dynamical
interpretation, a simple quasi-geostrophic model will also be used
for comparison.

The applicant should have a PhD in Atmospheric sciences or an
equivalent degree and a strong experience in computer use.

 The Annual net salary depends on experience but
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The proposition will be closed as soon as
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about 3 months. Starting date can be adapted to the candidate
agenda but should not be after December 2018

Interested candidates should send a CV, and a
motivation letter explaining how their expertize fit the project
goals, and the name and contact
information for two reference persons.

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