The NGEE-Tropics project in LBNL’s Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division is
seeking a NGEE-Tropics Data Postdoctoral Scholar to investigate processes
associated with the large-scale forest-atmosphere exchange of carbon, water,
and energy in Amazonia. A central focus of this work is the study of
mechanistic process-level controls on these exchanges and how they respond to
moisture and temperature stress. The opportunity is highly integrative,
involving large and diverse datasets, many spanning multiple decades from
multiple sites, including tower-based eddy covariance fluxes, meteorology,
soil hydrology, and plant ecophysiology. Results will greatly improve our
understanding of how processes operating from the deep-soil to upper-canopy
impact forest-atmosphere interactions in tropical forests.
Apply here:
https://lbl.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/ngee-tropics-data-postdoctoral-
scholar-1035
What You Will Do:
Process and analyze large complex datasets with the NGEE-Tropics data team
including climate variables, eddy covariance, soil hydrology, and plant
ecophysiology.
Apply ecological and plant physiological theory to explore mechanistic
process controls on the large-scale exchange of carbon, water and energy for
Amazon forests under moisture and temperature stress.
Collaborate with the FATES and E3SM modeling communities on model
development, testing, and applications involving Amazon syntheses datasets.
Investigate forest-atmosphere feedbacks at different times scales (hourly to
decadal).
Publish results in high-quality journals and contribute to proposals
involving tropical biosphere-atmosphere interactions.
What is Required:
PhD in relevant field (e.g. climate science, ecology, plant physiology,
forestry, geography).
Data intensive processing and analysis (e.g. Python, R, Matlab, EddyPro).
Solid background in ecological, plant physiological, and biogeochemical
theory.
Interest in the application and testing of state-of-the-art land-surface
models.
Record of publishing research in peer-reviewed journals.
Desire to work within an integrated, multi-institution team whose activities
span from field research to Earth system model development.
Additional Desired Qualifications:
Tropical field research experience.
Model development skills.
Fluency in Portuguese.
Availability to travel for meetings at partner institutions.
The posting shall remain open until the position is filled.
Notes:
This is a full time, 1 year, postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of
renewal based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of
funds and ongoing operational needs. You must have less than 4 years paid
postdoctoral experience. Salary for Postdoctoral positions depends on years
of experience post-degree.
Full-time, M-F, exempt (monthly paid) from overtime pay.
This position is represented by a union for collective bargaining purposes.
Salary will be predetermined based on postdoctoral step rates.
This position may be subject to a background check. Any convictions will be
evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and
requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not
automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.
Work will be primarily performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1
Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA.
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