Postdoctoral Researcher (Ecosystem modeling)

Responsibilities

• Work within a highly collaborative environment including a team of process modelers, remote sensing experts, and field scientists
• Communicate project results and engage with different audiences through in-person and virtual meetings, multimedia outreach materials, and website design
• Contribute to a larger project to monitor and project Arctic-boreal carbon emissions, inform climate mitigation policy, and facilitate climate adaptation in permafrost regions
• Conduct model simulations and analyze model output at multiple spatial and temporal scales
• Lead manuscript preparation and publication
• Contribute to model development activities
• Collaborate with project researchers and partners on scenarios for modeling the impact of wildfire management on carbon, permafrost, and wildfire dynamics
• Present results at relevant conferences and meetings

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to run and analyze the output from process-based ecosystem models
• Established knowledge of carbon cycling, wildfire, and high-latitude ecosystems
• Demonstrated record of publication in scientific journals
• Ability to work as a member of a highly collaborative team, work across disciplines, and interest in contributing to broader science, communication, and policy goals
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently and in a highly collaborative environment
• Ability to travel up to 10%