Apologies for cross-posting Technician fellowships at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Summary: A technician position is available within the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division to assist with field and laboratory work focused on understanding the dynamics of vegetation in relation to climate change. In particular, the applicant will work with arctic vegetation exposed to permafrost thaw and degradation, and vegetation from numerous other ecosystems, including coniferous forests native to New Mexico. Our main work goals for the technician are collect, process, analyze and interpret carbohydrate concentration and isotope composition to aid in understanding water stress and physiology under climate stressors. Additional field and laboratory work across a number of projects is a likely perk of this position, exposing the technician to more science questions, ecosystems, and techniques. The successful applicants will work within an interdisciplinary team of staff members, postdocs and graduate students focused on explaining patterns of vegetation survival and mortality in response to climate variability and on linking their data to vegetation models. This position can become a graduate student position (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) depending on mutual interest and funding. Required skills include experience doing field work, experience doing wet chemistry in the laboratory environment, effective written and oral communication skills, willingness to work in a team environment, and a B.Sc. pending or received within the last five years. Desired skills include knowledge of physiological or ecosystem ecology. For more information or to apply please send a resume and a <1 page statement of your future research/career goals to Nate McDowell (mcdow...@lanl.gov, http://climateresearch.lanl.gov/).
