Postdoctoral Fellow Climate change impacts on forest biodiversity:
individual risk to subcontinental impacts A post-doctoral position in forest ecology is available in the Dietze lab at Boston University as part of a large cross-site collaborative experimental forest gap study across as suite of eastern US temperate and subtropical forests Duties: Candidate will be responsible for making forest demographic and ecosystem measurements for two study sites (New Hampshire, Wisconsin). These sites are part of a larger cross-site study of 15 sites spanning from Puerto Rico to New Hampshire. Candidate will also work in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of ecologists and statisticians to assess sensitivities to climate change and will contribute to cross-site synthesis efforts using the Ecosystem Demography terrestrial biosphere model and PEcAn model informatics system. Qualifications: Minimum qualifications are a doctoral degree in plant ecology or a related ecological or environmental science. Experience with, or interest in learning, Bayesian statistics, ecosystem modeling, and ecoinformatics tools is preferred. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. 18 months of funding is available. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter, CV, and contact info for 3 references to Dr. Michael Dietze (dietze at bu.edu<http://bu.edu>). More information about the Dietze lab is available at http://people.bu.edu/dietze Boston University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
