The Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at the University of California, Berkeley seeks a recent PhD with experience in forest management or modeling to participate in its research project on integrating the production of forest-based biofuel feedstocks with improving forest health and resiliency in California. The project will utilize plot-based inventory, growth, and disturbance data from all private and public forest lands, transportation networks, and processing facilities for all of California to provide a spatially explicit analysis of forest productivity, product outputs, and changes in fire risks. The project will work with a dynamic version of the FIA BioSum model that addresses fire risks over the course of forest stand development. The project requires experience with the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS) growth model and experience in calibrating it to empirical conditions, especially chronic and episodic mortality. A statewide BioSum model framework will allow the results of other tasks to be applied in spatially and statistically relevant scenarios. Details about the position are posted on the UCB website http://academicemployment.chance.berkeley.edu/DetailsJobSearch.cfm?recordID=1237
For more information, please contact Dr. William Stewart (billstewart<at>berkeley.edu)
