Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecosystem Modeling, Boise State University We are seeking a qualified and enthusiastic scientist-colleague for a postdoctoral position in dynamic ecosystem modeling. The position is funded through grants from the NASA Terrestrial Ecology and EPSCoR programs and the Joint Fire Science Program.
Core activities of this postdoctoral position include: -Using existing field, lidar, and hyperspectral datasets at a number of study areas in the Great Basin of the Western US to parameterize, initialize, calibrate, and verify the Ecosystem Demography (ED) model, and -Parameterizing and exploring the impacts of fire mitigation strategies (e.g., mowing, green strips) on the long-term distribution, abundance, and coexistence of grasses, forbs, and shrubs in these ecosystems. The successful candidate is expected to work collaboratively with and benefit from the expertise of a number of research scientists, postdocs, and graduate students with expertise in land modeling, remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystems and hydrology, and land management and restoration ecology. These potential colleagues are currently housed within the Lab for Ecohydrology and Alternative Futuring (LEAF), the Boise Center Aerospace Laboratory (BCAL), and the USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC). Boise State is Idaho’s largest university, enrolls the largest number of graduate students in Idaho, and is a metropolitan research university of distinction. For more information and how to apply, visit: http://bcal.boisestate.edu/blog/postdoctoral-fellow-in-ecosystem-modeling-at-leaf-and-bcal/
