Dear Colleagues, EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) announced a post-doc opportunity to work with a team of scientists assessing anthropogenic influences on aquatic resources: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ordpd/PostDoc_Position.cfm?pos_id=777.
NCEA is responsible for scientific assessment activities related to the potential risks of environmental activities and stressors and the potential causes of biological degradation in aquatic systems. These activities provide key scientific support for EPA policy and regulatory decisions. Assessment activities are generally related to aquatic resources and typically have significant implications for national and international environmental policy development and implementation. NCEA develops logical, credible ecological assessment documents that reflect current scientific principles and risk and causal assessment methodologies. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with EPA scientists on projects relevant to assessing and managing anthropogenic impacts to water resources. Activities may involve: •Scoping and problem formulation including the development of conceptual models and analysis plans to guide ecological assessments related to the management of nutrients in aquatic ecosystems. •Reviewing and analyzing field and laboratory research results to, derive, integrate, and synthesize information.. •Developing innovative methods to synthesize literature results, such as weight of evidence approaches, statistical methods and visualization techniques. There is the potential for more than one selection to be made from this postdoctoral position announcement. Please contact Dr. Scot E. Hagerthey, [email protected], 703-347-0315, for more information.
