Position Announcement Post-doctoral Research Position Center for Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-1030
The Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach (CEREO) at Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for a post-doctoral research appointment to participate in a large multi-institutional interdisciplinary effort to develop a biosphere-relevant earth systems model (Bio-EaSM). This Bio-EaSM will be developed to enable investigation of land-atmosphere interactions among carbon, nitrogen, and water under decadal-scale climate variability. Components of the model include the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model, the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) system, and the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) land surface model. The successful candidate should have experience with the application and development of modeling applications based upon one or more of these modeling systems in a Linux environment. The selected candidate will also have demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills. An earned Ph.D. in a relevant science or engineering field is required before the date of hire. CEREO is a faculty-led initiative of which the premise is to make WSUs outstanding environmental programs more than just the sum of the parts through building synergism and creative collaboration among faculty involved in environmentally-oriented activities (http://www.cereo.wsu.edu/index.html). The candidate will also work directly with researchers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research (LAR) and in the Water Resource group in Civil and Environmental Engineering. LAR is an air quality research group with a strong reputation for instrument development and field observations of atmospheric chemistry and in numerical modeling of regional atmospheric chemistry and air quality (http://www.lar.wsu.edu). This effort is also closely linked to an NSF IGERT on nitrogen cycling (http://igert.nspire.wsu.edu/). Screening of applications will begin on February 1, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates should submit (via e-mail) a letter of application which addresses all of the above requirements and describes your research interests, curriculum vitae, and names and addresses of five references to the following individuals: Drs. Brian Lamb and Jennifer Adam bl...@wsu.edu and jca...@wsu.edu ATTN: Post-doctoral Search Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Washington State University PO Box 642910 Pullman, WA 99164-2910 WSU is an EEO employer. Protected group members are encouraged to apply.
