A postdoctoral researcher position is being offered in the lab of Darrel Jenerette (Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside). Projects in the lab broadly address questions in ecosystem and landscape ecology, with an emphasis on ecological feedbacks to interactive global changes, such as urbanization and climate variability. On-going research activities range from understanding coupled energy and water dynamics to modeling global land-cover changes, and describing urban vegetation community organization. Information gained from individual studies will be incorporated into models of ecosystem responses to precipitation variability and the sustainability of regional ecosystem services production. The position will be based at the University of California Riverside located at the edge of the Los Angeles, CA metropolitan region.
Candidates are sought who apply landscape ecological or ecophysiological approaches to research questions. The lab is equipped for in-situ and laboratory trace gas analyses from leaf to whole ecosystem levels, soil and tissue chemical and physical characterization, meteorological monitoring, cluster computing, GIS, mapping, and image interpretation with access to extensive greenhouse space and diverse field sites. The lab is a member of the UCR Center for Conservation Biology, which is currently constructing a new stable isotope facility. The department has a strong genomics group and projects using molecular tools to address ecosystem questions would be possible. Candidates interested in interdisciplinary research are encouraged to apply; I have ongoing collaborations with engineers, computer scientists, hydrologists, economists, geographers, and a diverse range of life scientists who work in academic, federal, state, and private organizations. To apply, send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and contact information for two references to Darrel Jenerette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications will be considered immediately and continue until the position is filled. Interested candidates who will be attending the 2008 ESA meetings in Milwaukee should contact me to set up an interview during the meeting. ____________________________________________ G. Darrel Jenerette Assistant Professor Department of Botany and Plant Sciences 2150 Batchelor Hall University of California Riverside Riverside, CA 92521-0124 Ph: 951/214-0564 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.plantbiology.ucr.edu/people/?Jenerette
