Postdoc, Forest Landscape Modeling of Climate Change Scenarios (This is the third of a cluster of related positions, not a re-post) University of Wisconsin-Madison
Opportunity to join a growing lab group using simulation modeling techniques to address forest landscape change at a range of scales in the Northern Lake States. This group of PIs, postdocs and grad students is examining scenarios of climate change and interaction of disturbances including harvesting differences due to ownership patterns, bioenergy harvesting, wind, fire, exotics, and insect defoliators. In this specific component, we will address changes in forest composition, and carbon and nutrient dynamics under a range of climate change scenarios. There are opportunities for creative interaction among the diverse group interests, and with our collaborators on campus and within the US Forest Service. For this position, principal investigators are Dr. David Mladenoff and Dr. Chris Swanston, US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Northern Institute of Applied Carbon Science. We will collaborate with the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, designated a climate change Model Forest for Landscape Management by the USFS Eastern Region. This project will use our LANDIS-II forest landscape and ecosystem change model. Experience with forest ecosystems, GIS, and landscape modeling is highly desirable. Desired start is as soon as available. Funding period is 3 years. Open and applications evaluated until filled. To apply, please send via email a letter, complete cv, and list of three references to <djmla...@wisc.edu>. UW-Madison is an EEO/AA employer.
