Hello Biogeosciences members,
Your section officers and officers-elect are working to put together an
offsite mixer at the ESA meeting this year with Soil Ecology and
Agroecology, location TBD. Stay tuned for details! For now, one job
posting, from UC Riverside:
*Postdoctoral Scholar–Dryland Soil Nitrogen Cycling and Ecosystem Ecology*
Center for Conservation Biology, University of California at Riverside
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to investigate dynamics and controls
on soil N trace gas emissions and cycling in southern California drylands.
The researcher will work on two projects: 1) a network of wetting
experiments distributed across a nitrogen deposition gradient from Los
Angeles to the eastern edge of Joshua Tree National Park and 2) a recently
initiated seasonal rainfall manipulation in a 30-year post-fire Pinyon
Juniper woodland. Research activities will include substantial field work
and opportunities for integrating field data with process models.
Instruments available for the project include field-deployable automated
soil chambers and several fast-response analyzers: NO, N2O isotopomers, δ13
C-CO2, δ13C-CH4, NH3, and water isotopes. Collaborative opportunities are
encouraged to integrate field work with soil molecular biology, atmospheric
modeling, isotope geochemistry, remote sensing, and/or eddy covariance
approaches. Development of individual research activities and
collaborations with others is encouraged. Candidates will need preparation
in field ecosystem ecology, ecohydrology, biogeochemistry, or soil science.
Candidates with experience using or collaborating with environmental
sensing techniques, remote and in-situ data integration, or land surface
modeling approaches are encouraged to apply.
The position is based at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), in
both the labs of Pete Homyak (https://envisci.ucr.edu/faculty/homyak.html)
and Darrel Jenerette (
http://plantbiology.ucr.edu/people/faculty/jenerette.html). The successful
candidate will provide leadership to the research team, which includes
graduate and undergraduate students, technicians, postdocs, and other
faculty. Riverside is an excellent location for ecosystem research
featuring large gradients resulting from maritime effects, elevation, and
human development. UCR provides valuable training opportunities—in
addition to opportunities with both lab groups, UCR has a vibrant
postdoctoral association and broader community that values diversity.
Salary and benefits are competitive and based on experience. The position
will be offered as an annual contract with an expectation the position will
be renewed for two years. Applications should be sent as a *single* PDF
containing cover letter with qualifications and research interests, CV, and
contact information for three references to either Pete Homyak (
phomyak@xxxxxxx) or Darrel Jenerette (darrel.jenerette@xxxxxxx). Initial
review of candidates will begin *March 15, 2019* with a start date in May
2019. We encourage applications from participants with backgrounds
underrepresented in higher education.
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