Research Associate (Post Doctoral position) - Forestry and Climate Change
We are recruiting for a full-time Research Associate position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). This is a 2-year position, from early Spring 2010 through Spring 2012. Salary will begin at $40,000 per year plus benefits. The start date for this position is negotiable. Description: This position serves to evaluate climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies for Wisconsin's forestry resources as part of the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI). WICCI is a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin DNR focused on developing adaptation strategies to address climate change. The goal of the WICCI Forestry Working Group is to collaboratively synthesize existing climate research as it pertains to Wisconsin, set priorities for research, and generate management strategies to address future climate change impacts utilizing applied research, modeling, and adaptive management. The working group furthers the collaborative efforts between scientists at the university, DNR, and US Forest Service to develop research and management strategies to address the impacts of climate change in Wisconsin. Information on WICCI can be found at http://wicci.wisc.edu/index.htm A Research Associate position is available to evaluate climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies for Wisconsin's forests. The project will review and evaluate potential climate change adaptation strategies on public and privately-owned forests in Wisconsin. Research will examine the synergies and trade-offs among forest adaptation strategies such as resisting change, increasing resilience, and facilitating adaptive change, mitigation strategies such as carbon sequestration and replacing fossil fuel use with woody biomass energy production, and other ecosystem services such as biodiversity conservation. A spatial component of this research will model alternative strategies for selected areas and land use categories. Finally, the position will develop a policy portfolio approach that integrates and prioritizes among adaptation and mitigation strategies. The Research Associate will be supervised by Dr. Adena Rissman in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology and Dr. Eunice Padley of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The Research Associate will have the opportunity to collaborate on grant proposals and new research projects related to climate change depending on the Research Associate's interests and Forestry Working Group needs. Predictions of climate change in Wisconsin will be produced by the WICCI Climate Working Group and available to the WICCI Forestry Working Group. Knowledge and experience required: - Ph.D. in forestry, natural resources management, environmental science and policy, or related field required, - expertise in GIS and mathematical modeling, - knowledge of climate change impacts on forests - knowledge of forest mitigation and adaptation strategies, - proven oral and written communication skills Contact: Send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts of graduate academic record, and contact information for three references (email correspondence preferred) to the address below. Applications will be considered through January 25, 2010. Adena R. Rissman Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology University of Wisconsin 1630 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706-1598 e-mail: arriss...@wisc.edu
