TEMPORARY RESEARCH POSITION IN TREE MODELING Re-advertisement with new application instructions
The Genetic and Silvicultural Foundations for Management Team, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station in Olympia, WA is advertising to fill 1 or 2 research positions on modeling plant responses to environment or management. The candidate will contribute to on-going studies that focus on testing hypotheses related to the growth and survival of Douglas-fir and other northwest tree species. The candidate will also develop statistical models based on research results. Examples of on-going studies include examining the impacts of bole damage on growth of Douglas-fir, modeling growth of small trees, and evaluating the impacts of genetic and environmental factors on growth and phenology. This involves data collection, compilation of data from multiple data sets, editing, and analysis of large data sets (>100,000 records) as well as providing training and equipment support to field crews. More information on the team can be found at: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/olympia/silv/ Information about the Olympia area is at: http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/ Initial appointment will be 10 months. Position will be filled approximately Dec 1, 2011. Salary approximately $73,400 per year. Qualifications: (1) US citizen with a PhD in natural resources completed prior to beginning of employment. (2) The candidate should have a high proficiency in the R statistical language. Skills in R should include: a) writing scripts to automate the process of combining, querying, and updating large databases and generating graphical reports; b) model fitting using nonlinear mixed-effects models; and c) developing graphical user interfaces for data exploration and model fitting. (3)The candidate should have experience and proficiency working with Campbell data loggers such as the CR10X and CR1000. This means experience in programming and wiring data loggers with a wide range of sensors. (4) The candidate should have high proficiency in developing field and laboratory data collection applications for touch screen handheld computers using SprintDB or similar program. It would be desirable if the applicant also had knowledge of regional growth models such as the forest vegetation simulator (FVS) and ORGANON and experience developing model components and knowledge of forest genetics including tree improvement programs and provenance studies. To apply, Send one pdf document which includes a letter of interest, resume, list of references, and transcripts to: Connie Harrington ([email protected]) . You may send a second document which includes a recently authored publication related to the position if that publication would not be readily available online. If the document is available online, just provide the hyperlink in your resume.
