The Ecological Engineering research group at Ohio State is hiring a watershed and water quality modeling postdoc for two projects led by Dr. Jay Martin. One focuses on impacts and management of agricultural fields with elevated levels of soil nutrients, and the other will model impacts of farmer support and incentives supporting the adoption of management practices in 5,000-acre watershed. The application deadline is Feb 1.
For non-OSU candidate, External Link: https://osu.wd1.
The newly established Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and Environment (NICCEE), spearheaded by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) with key partners in the U.S., Canada, and the UK, is jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, UK Research and Innovation, and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The global center seeks to harness the technological innovation of green ammonia production to bolster clean energy initiatives, combat climate change, and secure food supplies for the future, while minimizing risks of unintended consequences.
NICCEE will serve as an Information Hub with state-of-the-art cyberinfrastructure to monitor the lifecycle and effects of nitrogen in agriculture-food-energy systems, as an Innovation Platform to facilitate the co-development of technological and socioeconomic solutions with a broad spectrum of stakeholders, and as an Education Center to nurture the next generation of scientists and innovators championing sustainable and climate-smart nitrogen management.
To advance its mission in accelerating socioeconomic and technological innovation for sustainable and climate-smart nitrogen management, NICCEE invites applications for the following positions:
PHD Level Graduate Student Position in Nitrogen Information Systems
NICCEE is seeking a motivated Ph.D. student to develop a state-of-the-art data platform to track nitrogen management across the agriculture, food and energy systems, aiding stakeholders in informed decision making.
The selected candidate will be co-advised by Professor Xin Zhang, NICCEE Director, and Professor Dong Liang. The successful candidate will have 1) a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Data science, Statistics, Environmental Science, or similar field; 2) proficient in at least one programming language. Basic knowledge about nitrogen cycles in agriculture-food-energy systems is desirable but not required.
Start Date: January to August 2024. The review of applications will begin Dec. 10, 2023 and continue until a qualified candidate is found. The assistantship will include tuition coverage, benefits, and a 12-month annual stipend of starting at $33,642. Three years of support are available through the NSF research assistantship, with additional support available through AL-UMCES institutional funds and fellowships.
Program: The student will matriculate through the Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Sciences Program (MEES; https://www.mees.umd.edu/
Location: The UMCES Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD. Frostburg is a small college town with a low cost of living and abundant outdoor recreation opportunities. Nearby amenities include numerous state forests and wildlife areas, scenic Appalachian Mountains, and Frostburg State University.
For more information, or to apply, visit the official posting on the UMCES website.
Assistant Research Scientist- Postdoctoral Researcher in Integrated Nitrogen Modeling
NICCEE is seeking a motivated researcher with experience in the areas of agriculture and land use modeling, energy modeling, and/or biogeochemical modeling to work with an interdisciplinary research team at the Joint Global Change Research Institute to develop a nitrogen module in the Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM). Using the model, they will work with collaborators at NICCEE to assess the potential impacts of green ammonia technologies on various sustainability challenges such as climate change, food security, and nutrient pollution.
As a partner institution of NICCEE, the Joint Global Change Research Institute represents a collaboration between the University of Maryland and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (see details https://www.pnnl.gov/projects/
The successful applicant must have (1) a PhD received within the last 5 years or within the next 8 months, (2) a strong publication record, and (3) experience with computer-based modeling, ideally in R, C++, and/or Python.
Start Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a qualified candidate is found. This is a full-time appointment with benefits, renewed annually for up to 3 years, subject to satisfactory performance. Salary is $58,000 per year and includes fringe benefits.
Location: Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD or Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD.
For more information, or to apply, visit the official posting on the UMCES website.
Program Manager- Global Nitrogen Innovation Center for Clean Energy and Environment (NICCEE)
The Program Manager will be instrumental in shaping the trajectory and impact of this global initiative and will be immersed in a diverse environment, collaborating with multiple stakeholders ranging from academic institutions, NGOs, international organizations, governments, to private enterprises.
The Program Manager is responsible for providing administrative and programmatic leadership for the NICCEE center. The Program Manager will report to NICCEE’s Director, Dr. Xin Zhang at UMCES.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Location: UMCES Appalachian Laboratory/Hybrid
The UMCES Appalachian Laboratory is located in Frostburg, MD. Frostburg is a small college town with a low cost of living and abundant outdoor recreation opportunities. Nearby amenities include numerous state forests and wildlife areas, scenic Appalachian Mountains, and Frostburg State University.
For more information, or to apply, visit the official posting on the UMCES website.
Two Postdoctoral Research positions (up to 3 years) in aquatic resources restoration and Earth and environmental science at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
Two Postdoctoral Research positions are available, each for up to a three-year term (pending performance) starting January 1, 2024, in the Department of Earth and Environment at Franklin and Marshall College, a liberal arts undergraduate institution in Lancaster PA. We seek two highly motivated postdoctoral scholars in one or more of these disciplines: geomorphology, surface water hydrology, freshwater ecosystem restoration/ecohydrology, carbon and other nutrient cycling, and geochemistry or biogeochemistry. Each postdoctoral scholar will teach two undergraduate course credits per year that support and expand our curricular offerings in these areas and will mentor undergraduate research assistants. Courses can be one class with a lab or two classes with no lab, including seminars in the candidates’ areas of research expertise. Teaching experience is preferred but not required.
The fully-funded research will focus on one of the largest urban floodplain-wetland restoration projects to date in the mid-Atlantic region of the eastern US, the Little Conestoga Creek Blue-Green Corridor project, with one postdoctoral position focusing on water quality and the other on floodplain/wetland biogeochemistry. The postdoctoral researchers will establish and maintain multiple types of monitoring along 2.7 km of the Little Conestoga Creek stream corridor adjacent to the F&M campus. The research will include fieldwork to install and maintain instrumentation to monitor water temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, specific conductance, nitrate-N, and other parameters.
Funding is available immediately for a comprehensive monitoring program with new instrumentation including three fully equipped EXO2 water quality sondes, a Sontek Flowtracker 2 with integrated GPS, greenhouse gas flux monitors, and a stable isotope CRD spectrometer. Our department is well-equipped with ICP-OES, XRF, XRD, SEM-EDS, two gamma spectrometers, two liquid scintillation counters, and an elemental combustion analyzer. The project will involve fieldwork to map the stream corridor using UAV photogrammetry (including a new thermal UAV with RTK GPS) and on-the-ground RTK-GPS surveying with Emlid GPS units.
Applicants should apply here to submit a CV, cover letter, and description of research and teaching interests that include how the applicant approaches inclusive excellence in teaching and mentoring.
Reach out to the following F&M faculty if you have questions:
Dorothy Merritts - dorothy.merritts@fandm.edu
Christopher Williams - chris.williams@fandm.edu
Robert Walter - robert.walter@fandm.edu
Bob Walter will be at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh October 15-18 and can meet candidates in person. Dorothy Merritts and Bob Walter will be available to meet candidates at the AGU meeting in San Francisco in December.
Two open post-doc positions for work at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
One position is to lead TEMPEST, a novel large-scale field manipulation in an upland coastal forest that mimics storm surge-driven intrusion of seawater and intensified precipitation.
The other is to join the team running SMARTX, a long-term experiment on the effects of warming and elevated CO2 on coastal wetland carbon cycling and marsh stability. Details are posted at this link. Applications are due by Sep 12th.
Post-doctoral Position
Reducing Food Waste and Food Insecurity – Modeling, Technology, and Business
A successful candidate should have a background in increasing food security, with experience in modeling, GIS, life cycle assessment (LCA), and/or business incubation for increasing food security. The candidate will work with an interdisciplinary team of engineers, IT, business entrepreneurship, social socialists, and extension specialists on bringing technology to markets that aid in reducing food waste and increasing food security. The candidate should have a background or strong familiarity with modeling, IT, or entrepreneurship. Knowledge of anaerobic digestion and composting processes of food waste is desired, not required. Necessary soft skills include project management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to help manage large teams and keep personnel on-task.
Interested applicants should send application materials by January 27th, 2023 to Dr. Stephanie Lansing (slansing@umd.edu). The application must include the following: 1) a complete CV that includes a list of publications, 2) contact information for 3 references (no references required at this time), and 3) a two-page cover letter outlining any relevant experience in technology adaptation, modeling, GIS, LCA, food security, anaerobic digestion, composting, and project management.
This position will involve modeling, business development, and technology implementation, with no laboratory-based analytical work. A PhD is required. The post-doc position is a one-year, 100% research position, with no teaching responsibilities.
The expected start date (in Maryland, USA) is March 1, 2023 for the project. The expected base salary is $54,000 USD/yr, with a University of Maryland benefits package. The University of Maryland is an EOE/AA Employer. Minorities, Women, Protected Veterans, and individuals with disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.
The CMNH is offering a three-phase program for a successful candidate that provides: (1) a pre-doctoral fellowship to support dissertation development and doctoral defense; (2) a post-doctoral fellowship to support the development of a core research program and enhance experience in science communication; and (3) an assistant curatorial position at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
"The Cleveland Museum of Natural History seeks applicants for an exciting new initiative sponsoring one Ornithology predoc for the final 1-2 years of their doctoral studies, followed by one year of postdoctoral study with transition to a full-time permanent endowed position as William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Assistant Curator of Ornithology.
Center for Urban Research, Engagement and Scholarship is recruiting two Postdoctoral Scholars.
Here’s information about each position.
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to design, implement, and coordinate research initiatives to establish the Climate CORE (Community Outreach, Research and Education) program at UDC. Specifically, the Postdoctoral Scholar will help recruit and mentor graduate and undergraduate researchers, ascertain best practices for recruiting BIPOC students into STEM fields, and identify priorities of BIPOC communities for mitigating/adapting to climate change and how their priorities overlap with federal priorities. Initial work will largely be completed through literature reviews, surveys and focus groups with community stakeholders, and desktop analyses and reporting of data. Salary is pending approval from Human Resources, but is anticipated to be between $63,000-$73,000. More information can be found here: https://udc.applicantstack.
We also seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to design, implement, and coordinate research initiatives that advance our knowledge about consumer preferences for varieties of Hibiscus sabdariffa (edible hibiscus; roselle; sorrel). Specifically, the Postdoctoral Scholar will help grow hibiscus at UDC’s Agricultural Experiment Station (Beltsville, MD), generate products to be evaluated in sensory panels, collect feedback from sensory panels with trained in-house sensory judges and untrained consumer panel members at the USDA-ARS, analyze data, contribute to reporting and presentations, and perform other related duties as assigned. Salary is pending approval from Human Resources, but is anticipated to be between $63,000-$73,000. More information can be found here: https://udc.applicantstack.
Here is a unique post-doc opportunity as part of a novel project at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center:
In brief, we are looking for a colleague to advance our work on Hydraulic and Hydrologic Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forest Soils and Trees and Detection with Radon as a Novel Tracer. We are interested in people with experience in field or lab biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, hydrology, or a related field. We do not expect anyone to have a background in this topic and look forward to providing training.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Tree Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Annual salary: $61,947 plus benefits
Appointment term: 1 year minimum with potential renewal for a second year
Applications Due: 15 Dec 2022
Job Description
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join a collaboration between the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, American University, and Washington State University on an NSF-funded grant to study Hydraulic and Hydrologic Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Forest Soils and Trees and Detection with Radon as a Novel Tracer. The Fellow will share leadership with the PIs to design a field study that links the physical transport and chemical evolution of water across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum to sources and sinks of natural methane emissions across wetland, upland, and transitional forest ecosystems.
Our project also includes a substantial Broader Impacts component focused on developing and carrying out an environmental science field trip program for elementary school students in nearby Prince George’s County, MD. The postdoc will be welcome, although not required, to assist with this program and other outreach and DEI efforts at SERC and AU.
The Fellow will be based in the Biogeochemistry Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Dr. Patrick Megonigal) with a co-appointment in the Environmental Science Department at nearby American University (Dr. Karen Knee, project PI). The Fellow will further have access to networking and co-mentoring from the Ecohydrology and Landscape Dynamics lab at Washington State University (Dr. Kevan Moffett). Current funding anticipates a two-year position, pending a successful first year, with possibility for extension if further funding is obtained.
We value diversity in promoting innovative science and creative solutions, and strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. We recognize that each applicant will bring unique skills, knowledge, experiences and background to the position, and that competitive candidates will not necessarily have all of the qualifications and experiences the project requires. We look forward to training people in new methods and instruments.
Successful candidates will have:
• A PhD in physical or natural sciences awarded by the time the position starts
• Experience in field or lab biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, hydrology, or a related field
• Ability to work effectively both independently and in collaborative, inclusive teams
An ideal candidate may (or may not) have experience in one or more of the following:
• Studying trees, soils, wetland, and/or forested ecosystems
• Measuring and interpreting trace gas fluxes
• Interpreting tree or soil hydrology (sap flux, matric potential, etc.)
• Constructing, monitoring, or maintain field equipment
• R, python, or other coding languages for data analysis
• Communicating through journals and presentations to technical and non-technical audiences
How to Apply
Please email Dr. Karen Knee (knee@american.edu), using the subject heading “Methane Trees Postdoc”. Include your entire application as a single pdf file with your name as the file name (e.g., “Knee_Karen.pdf”). Application review will begin on Dec. 15, and applications will be accepted until Dec. 31, 2022.
The pdf file should contain the following:
1. A cover letter describing your relevant experience, qualifications, and motivation (2 page limit)
2. A current CV (no length limit)
3. Contact information for three professional references familiar with your research skills and experience.
About SERC
SERC is a research center of the Smithsonian Institution, located on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay, approximately 10 miles south of Annapolis, 40 miles west of Washington D.C., and 40 miles south of Baltimore. The 2,650-acre SERC campus contains a laboratory and office complex, educational and waterfront facilities, and also serves as a research arboretum and living-laboratory, including for this project. The postdoctoral scientist will be hired as a ‘Trust Employee’ through Smithsonian’s non-profit wing, entitling them to health, vision, dental, and other benefits.
The SERC staff has several self-organized interest groups to engage one another and build a strong sense of community around topics such as Parents, Caregivers & Allies; Women in Science; and Unlearning Racism in Geoscience. The Smithsonian Institution is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a policy of non-discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, marital/parental/caregiver status, and disability.
Two Postdoctoral Associate positions available at the University of Maryland in Manure Processing and Anaerobic Digestion Policy
One successful applicant will be primarily located at College Park, Maryland in the Department of Environmental Science and Technology (enst.umd.edu), and one applicant will be primarily located in Queenstown, MD at the Wye Research and Education Center (https://agnr.umd.edu/
Interested applicants should send a complete CV, including list of publications, and a 2-3 page cover letter outlining your area of interest, relevant experience in US anaerobic digestion and/or nutrient management policy, life cycle assessment, greenhouse gas emissions, and nutrient runoff/emissions from manure to Dr. Stephanie Lansing (slansing@umd.edu) by July 1st, 2022 for best consideration.
Expected start date is August 2022, with a one-year contract. The base salary will be $50,000 USD/yr, with a University of Maryland benefits package. The University of Maryland is an EOE/AA Employer. Minorities, Women, Protected Veterans, and individuals with disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.
Dear ENST Grad Students:
See below this opportunity at Trinity Washington University in DC. This announcement was sent to us from a former ENST grad.We're replacing our previous post doc - who is now a tenure track faculty member at Trinity! It is a fantastic work environment. I love working here. There is a serious sense of community, support, and dedication to quality.The position is focused on teaching and improving inclusive educational practices and classroom experiences. There is a research component studying how different practices affect student learning and student experiences and opportunities to be involved with students experiential research projects. There will be frequent opportunities to present findings at conferences. Please pass along to any grad students that might be interested!Here is the link to the description:
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Stroud Water Research Center is searching for a Postdoctoral Associate to study molecular microbial ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments.