Ecosystem Ecologist Postdoc
Postdoctoral Fellow: NSF funded-Ecosystem Ecologist position.
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is seeking an Ecosystem Ecologist for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship. The research will quantify the biogeochemical and feedback consequences of changes in the interactions between geese and wet sedge ecosystems that are occurring as a result of shifts in the timing of
migration and vegetation phenology and is focused in the Y-K Delta of western Alaska. He/she will
undertake summer-long measurements of carbon cycling in a manipulated field study to characterize how the timing of goose grazing affects carbon exchange, plant growth, soil and plant mineral nutrition, and biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks. He/she will use a suite of measurement packages including in situ CO2 exchange system (LiCor 8100a), stable isotopes of plants, soils, geese (δ13C and δ15N), and micrometerological stations. The successful candidate will also work with collaborators to parameterize the SAVANNA model in an effort to expand the spatial and temporal resolution of research findings. The project team consists of faculty, students and scientists from: University of Alaska-Anchorage, Utah State University, University of Nevada Reno, Colorado State University, and the USGS Alaska Science Center.
We seek individuals with training in ecosystem ecology, field-based C exchange measurements, and ecosystem process modeling. Additional interests in plant-animal interactions, food web ecology, bird migration studies, diet ecology, or climate change in arctic systems is desirable. The postdoctoral scientist will be supervising graduate and undergraduate students and will have some intellectual flexibility to pursue associated studies.
The successful individual will be based at UAA in Anchorage and will be a member of the J Welker lab (http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/biology/facultyandstaff/WelkerLab/index.cfm), and stationed at a remote field camp from May to August. The appointment is expected to begin February 2014.
Screening of applicants will begin September 1, 2013 and continue until filled. To be considered please apply to the CAS Postdoctoral pool posting #0066898 athttp://www.uakjobs.com/. If you have questions, you may contact Jeff Welker at jmwelker@uaa.alaska.edu. Salary will be ~$4,000 per month depending on experience and includes benefits.
Anchorage is a coastal city nestled against the Chugach Mountain Range that rises to over 6,000 feet along Cook Inlet, adjoining the Gulf of Alaska. Anchorage is the environmental research center of Alaska with academic (University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Pacific University), Federal (US Geological Survey & Climate Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service, & National Park Service), state (Department of Environmental Conservation & Department of Natural Resources), and Conservation (Wilderness Society, The Nature Conservancy, & the Audubon Society) research, outreach and education programs with local to global reach.
Anchorage is the epicenter of the finest outdoor adventures in the US. This includes deep powder skiing at Alyeska (30 min from town-home of the Extreme Skiing Championships), thousands of acres
of backcountry skiing, and championship skate and x-country skiing trails throughout the city, 50 miles that are lit all winter. Anchorage is a mere 60 minutes from Prince William Sound and the picturesque scenery of dozens of glaciers calving into the ocean, orcas and sea birds, and is within 1 hr of world-famous salmon fishing on the Kenai Peninsula.
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is seeking an Ecosystem Ecologist for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship. The research will quantify the biogeochemical and feedback consequences of changes in the interactions between geese and wet sedge ecosystems that are occurring as a result of shifts in the timing of
migration and vegetation phenology and is focused in the Y-K Delta of western Alaska. He/she will
undertake summer-long measurements of carbon cycling in a manipulated field study to characterize how the timing of goose grazing affects carbon exchange, plant growth, soil and plant mineral nutrition, and biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks. He/she will use a suite of measurement packages including in situ CO2 exchange system (LiCor 8100a), stable isotopes of plants, soils, geese (δ13C and δ15N), and micrometerological stations. The successful candidate will also work with collaborators to parameterize the SAVANNA model in an effort to expand the spatial and temporal resolution of research findings. The project team consists of faculty, students and scientists from: University of Alaska-Anchorage, Utah State University, University of Nevada Reno, Colorado State University, and the USGS Alaska Science Center.
We seek individuals with training in ecosystem ecology, field-based C exchange measurements, and ecosystem process modeling. Additional interests in plant-animal interactions, food web ecology, bird migration studies, diet ecology, or climate change in arctic systems is desirable. The postdoctoral scientist will be supervising graduate and undergraduate students and will have some intellectual flexibility to pursue associated studies.
The successful individual will be based at UAA in Anchorage and will be a member of the J Welker lab (http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/biology/facultyandstaff/WelkerLab/index.cfm), and stationed at a remote field camp from May to August. The appointment is expected to begin February 2014.
Screening of applicants will begin September 1, 2013 and continue until filled. To be considered please apply to the CAS Postdoctoral pool posting #0066898 athttp://www.uakjobs.com/. If you have questions, you may contact Jeff Welker at jmwelker@uaa.alaska.edu. Salary will be ~$4,000 per month depending on experience and includes benefits.
Anchorage is a coastal city nestled against the Chugach Mountain Range that rises to over 6,000 feet along Cook Inlet, adjoining the Gulf of Alaska. Anchorage is the environmental research center of Alaska with academic (University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Pacific University), Federal (US Geological Survey & Climate Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service, & National Park Service), state (Department of Environmental Conservation & Department of Natural Resources), and Conservation (Wilderness Society, The Nature Conservancy, & the Audubon Society) research, outreach and education programs with local to global reach.
Anchorage is the epicenter of the finest outdoor adventures in the US. This includes deep powder skiing at Alyeska (30 min from town-home of the Extreme Skiing Championships), thousands of acres
of backcountry skiing, and championship skate and x-country skiing trails throughout the city, 50 miles that are lit all winter. Anchorage is a mere 60 minutes from Prince William Sound and the picturesque scenery of dozens of glaciers calving into the ocean, orcas and sea birds, and is within 1 hr of world-famous salmon fishing on the Kenai Peninsula.
Deadline: Sunday, September 1, 2013
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