Postdoctoral Fellow
PalEON: a PaleoEcological Observatory Network to assess terrestrial ecosystem models http://paleonproject.org Post-doctoral position in ecosystem model-data synthesis is available with the PalEON research team. Duties: Candidate will be expected to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary research group of paleoecologists, statisticians, and modelers with the aim of assimilating paleoecological data for northern temperate and boreal forests into a suite of Earth System and ecosystem models. The primary responsibility is to coordinate model-data inter-comparison activities and shared data among the modeling teams, to analyze model dynamics, and to assess model-data fidelity across multiple models. The secondary responsibility is to help complete the Ecosystem Demography model runs for the model-data inter-comparison. Research questions focus on validating ecosystem models at centennial time-scales, making inference about pre-settlement ecosystem dynamics and biogeochemical cycles, and exploring the sensitivity of models to historical vegetation. Position will be supervised by Dr. Michael Dietze in the Department of Earth and Environment at Boston University. Qualifications: Minimum qualifications are a doctoral degree in a relevant ecological or environmental science. The ideal candidate would have experience with more than one of the following areas: ecosystem models, paleoecological data, Bayesian statistics, R, linux, computer programming, data assimilation, and climate downscaling techniques. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications with up to four years of funding available. Evaluation of applications is rolling with a preferred start summer 2014 Interested applicants are encouraged to submit a cover letter, CV, and contact info for 3 references to Dr. Michael Dietze (dietze at bu.edu<http://bu.edu>). Candidates planning on attending AGU are encouraged to contact Dr. Dietze prior to the conference. More information available at http://people.bu.edu/dietze
