A postdoctoral fellowship opportunity is available with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) within the Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The ORISE fellow will join a Biodiversity Research and Policy Center group, which seeks to understand how disturbances such as wildfire and drought drive ecosystem transitions beyond historical baselines and the likely future trajectories of these ecosystems. The fellow will gain experience working with an interdisciplinary team of experts through the full arch of scientific research focused on biodiversity conservation in the face of rapid ecological change.
Qualified candidates should have received a doctoral degree in a relevant field (e.g., ecology, geography, bioinformatics) within the last five years and by 5/31/2025. Preferred skills: * Strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience managing, analyzing, and visualizing natural resources data sets with statistical and spatial analysis programs such as R, Python, Nimble/JAGs, Stan and/or ArcGIS Pro. * Knowledgeable in wildlife, landscape, and/or disturbance ecology. * Experience manipulating large datasets. * Familiar with concepts related to ecosystem transformation, global change impacts, and/or adaptive management. * Ability to communicate technical information to managers and policy makers in the form of briefs, online materials, interactive online tools, etc. * Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. * Experience publishing scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. The mentor for this opportunity is Zack Steel (zachary.st...@usda.gov<mailto:zachary.st...@usda.gov>). If you have questions about the nature of the research, please contact the mentor. Full fellowship announcement and application can be found at: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDA-FS-RMRS-2025-0026 Please pass along this opportunity to anyone who may be interested. [Forest Service Shield] Zack Steel Research Biological Scientist Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station p: 970-498-2567 zachary.st...@usda.gov<mailto:zachary.st...@usda.gov> This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
