A GS-12 research chemist/microbiologist position is available at the USGS Menlo Park, CA, campus, conducting fundamental research on soil carbon cycling that supports the Climate and Land Use (CLU) R&D program and externally funded USDA grant. The overarching goal is to study the interactions among mineral assemblages, microbial communities, and carbon forms that will ultimately inform next-generation carbon cycle models. The research will encompass lab and field studies and will employ a combination of spectroscopic, microbial, and isotopic techniques. Field studies will be focused on climo-chronosequences along the California coastal range near Santa Cruz and Mattole, CA. Laboratory studies will focus on constructed soil microcosms, and will involve the development and use of microbeam Raman and infrared (IR) techniques as well as isotope tracing to visualize the fate of carbon in the three dimensional structure of soil.
For questions or more information please contact Mark Waldrop: [email protected] https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/387232400 Job announcement number PAC-2015-0119 Salary $82,275.00 to $106,955.00 / Per Year up to four years.
