Dear Colleagues, EPA is advertising a new PhD level ORISE opportunity in the EPA’s Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment. This will involve collaboration with various federal agencies and researchers to assess and analyze research efforts focused on reactive nitrogen (Nr). This will involve an interdisciplinary team including researchers in ecology, atmospheric sciences, agriculture, hydrology, and economics, among others, to synthesize our understanding of Nr in the U.S. and promote its sustainable management. Motivation for this opportunity partially stemmed from a multi-agency workshop in June 2014, the abstract of which is copied below. There will also be opportunities for individual research projects focused on a variety of topics, including critical loads of atmospheric deposition, climate change impacts and adaptation, interactions between carbon and nitrogen cycles, urban ecology, and quantification of ecosystem services, depending on area of expertise and interest.
Please forward to any persons, groups, etc. that you think would be useful to solicit to find a strong candidate for this opportunity. ORISE url: http://orise.orau.gov/epa/applicants/description.aspx?JobId=18387 Abstract: In June 2014, scientists and managers from government, academia, NGOs and the private sector came together to review the science and management related to reactive nitrogen and co-pollutants (e.g. phosphorus, sulfur) across the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The purpose of the meeting was to develop a collaborative research and management partnership between USDA, USGS and EPA, in order to promote sustainable management of reactive nitrogen. Achieving our common goals of improving air and water quality, food security, and human health and welfare will require coordination of research, policies and management across a variety of Federal agencies, and this workshop identified a number of key areas of future coordination. An outcome of this meeting is the formation of a collaborative relationship between EPA, USGS and USDA that advances reactive N research to inform science based management, improves communications, and recommends alternative approaches to managing N in an integrated framework. Please contact Dr. Chris Clark for more information: [email protected] Thanks.
