We are offering a 2 year postdoc position at The University of Queensland to work on understanding the spatial drivers of ecosystem services and biodiversity in urban systems.
The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary research team on the Australian Research Council Discovery Project "Achieving Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Service Delivery: the Role of Landscape Structure" within the Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group and the Biophysical Remote Sensing Group (School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland). The person will take a lead role in the project and focus on: (1) deriving biophysical parameters from high spatial resolution LiDAR and image data for mapping ecosystem services; and (2) modelling the spatial drivers of ecosystem services and biodiversity. There will be a strong emphasis on urban systems in conducting this work. The candidate will be expected to independently make conceptual advances in this area of research and actively publish their work in the peer-reviewed literature. The role will also involve the supervision of research students and active contribution to the activities of the Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group and the Biophysical Remote Sensing Group. Interested applicants can apply at: http://uqjobs.uq.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=494637&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&sJobNo=ecosystem+services&lCategoryID=&lBrandID=&sKeywords=ecosystem+services&stp=AW&sLanguage=en Regards, Jonathan Rhodes Senior Lecturer Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group (LECG) and Environmental Decisions Group (EDG) School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management The University of Queensland Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia Phone +61-(0)7-33656838 Web Links Home Page: http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/jonathan-rhodes/ Landsape Ecology and Conservation Group: http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/lec/ Environmental Decisions Group: http://www.edg.org.au/ School of GPEM: http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/ Decision Point: http://www.decision-point.com.au/
