Postdoctoral Scholar – Urban Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California at Riverside
I am seeking a highly motivated and well prepared Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct NASA funded research investigating relationships between urban land cover, surface temperatures, evaporation, and socioeconomics throughout a coastal to desert urban transect in southern California. The successful candidate will use airborne imaging spectrometer (AVIRIS) and multi-band thermal (MASTER) data collected seasonally in 2013 and 2014 and combine these data with space-borne and in-situ sensors to support a 3-year analysis of urban dynamics. Project objectives are to quantify regional patterns and drivers of surface temperature and evaporation rates and connect these patterns to sustainability trade-offs associated with reducing urban temperatures and irrigation. Opportunities are available for using handheld thermal imagers, field spectrometers, and micrometeorological sensors including a mobile eddy-covariance tower. Candidates will need excellent preparation in remote sensing, GIS, landscape ecology, ecohydrology, urban ecology, or related field. Candidates with experience using imaging spectrometer or thermal imaging data, remote and in-situ data integration, or land surface modeling are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will provide leadership to the research team including graduate and undergraduate students, scientists, and cooperative extension personnel. Development of individual research activities and collaborations with other postdocs, students, and faculty is encouraged. Additional research activities in the lab are directed towards agricultural, forest, and desert systems in southern California. Location: The position is based at University of California at Riverside, CA. Salary: Salary and benefits are competitive and based on NIH standards Duration: 1 year, renewable annually Position requires a Ph.D. with relevant research preparation and a successful publication record, excellent scientific and nonscientific communication skills (written and oral). Underrepresented applicants are encouraged to apply. Inquiries and applications should be sent as a single PDF containing CV, contact information for three references, and cover letter with qualifications and research interests to Dr. Darrel Jenerette ([email protected]). Position is available July, 2013 and is open until filled.
