USEPA seeks an ecological systems modeler (GS-13) to conduct research designed to support the development of systems models for coastal ecosystems and coastal-zone communities to forecast triple-bottom-line responses (ecosystem services, public health, and economy) to changes in water quality, land-cover, non-native species or other stressors from watershed or oceanic sources under alternative scenarios of population growth, development, and climate change. The incumbent will work for the US EPA’s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory’s Western Ecology Division at the Pacific Coastal Ecology laboratory in Newport, OR. The formal announcement for this position is posted on the USA Jobs website (https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/457103900/), and will be open only until Dec. 2, 2016; please refer to that announcement for all details regarding the position description and the application process. Newport, Oregon, is a great place to live, and the EPA laboratory there is located on the campus of Hatfield Marine Science Center.
