The Genetic and Silvicultural Foundations for Management Team, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station in Olympia, WA is advertising to fill a research (post-doc) position on modeling tree responses to environment or management. The candidate will contribute to on-going studies that focus on testing hypotheses related to the growth and function of northwest tree species, especially in relation to climate change. Examples of on-going studies include evaluating the impacts of genetic and environmental factors on growth, phenology, and physiology in both field and greenhouse trials or other data sets to look at phenology of vegetative and reproductive budburst. This involves limited data collection (as several data sets already exist), compilation of data from multiple data sets, editing, and analysis of multiple data sets and writing up results for scientific journals. The candidate may also provide training and equipment support to other staff.
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 1 year but may be renewed for 1 or more additional years. Note, this could be a sabbatical opportunity. Position will be filled approximately August 1, 2013. Salary approximately $61,255 per year (GS-11) depending on qualifications. Position includes paid holidays, vacation and sick days as well as health care benefits. Qualifications: (1) US citizen with a PhD in natural resources completed prior to beginning of employment; (2) Knowledge of tree physiology, genetics, and ecology. (3) High proficiency in R. [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.] ; and (4) Experience in publishing in peer reviewed journals. To apply: Send one pdf document which includes a letter of interest (including date when you could start), resume, list of references, and transcripts to: Connie Harrington ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) . Apply by June 3, 2013. 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. This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately.
