Post-doctoral position in environmental flows. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Duke University’s Nicholas School of Environment seek a post- doctoral scholar to examine environmental flows in North Carolina and the Southeastern US. We aim to assess the responses of freshwater ecosystems to altered hydrology, and to use this information to identify environmental flow needs for regions representing high priority conditions (e.g. threatened ecological integrity), and representing a variety of hydrologic regimes/stream classes. The Environmental Flows Post-doctoral Fellow will have an office at both Duke and TNC in Durham, and will work closely with both Dr. Catherine Burns at TNC and Dr. Martin Doyle at Duke. The post-doc will: 1) review existing literature documenting ecological responses to flow alteration in the southeast US, 2) analyze existing hydrologic data and models to quantify flow regimes in targeted watersheds, 3) assess the impacts of dams and other pressures (i.e. land use change, water withdrawals) on flow regimes, 4) generate a set of environmental flow recommendations based on the above research. Candidates must have expertise in both ecology and hydrology. The position is currently a 1-yr position beginning no later than January 2012. An additional 6 months of funding may be available to expand the project into additional regions (SC, GA, TN) or topics (e.g., flow shifts due to climate change) depending on funding availability and performance. PhD should be completed prior to start date. Send (as pdf) a CV, statement of interests, up to 3 representative publications, and contact information for 3 references to both Catherine Burns ([email protected]) and Martin Doyle ([email protected]). Apply by October 1 for full consideration. Duke is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
