Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Toledo and Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) of Michigan State University
Salary: $37,000/Year Duration: 2 years Start date: Oct. 1, 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter, position open until filled A Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available at the Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Science (LEES) Lab (http://research.eeescience.utoledo.edu/lees/) in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Toledo. This position is a grant-funded position, renewable for up to two years, and will reside at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS, http://www.kbs.msu.edu/) of Michigan State University. The successful applicant will join an investigation of carbon balance in biofuel cropping systems as part of the Sustainability Research Program at the Department of Energys Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC; www.glbrc.org). We will use the eddy covariance (EC) method as our primary tool in making intensive, continuous measurements of net exchange of carbon, water loss through evapotranspiration (ET), and energy balance at the six KBS-GLBRC Scale-Up Fields: switchgrass, restored prairie, and continuous corn fields (two replicates of each system). A doctoral degree in ecology, micrometeorology, soil, or natural science is required. We will begin review of applications on September 10, 2008 and continue until the position is filled. Please submit a cover letter (including position title and job #), resume, and the names and telephone numbers of three professional references to Dr. Jiquan Chen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The University of Toledo is an Equal Access, Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and Educator.
