The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and Stanford University together seek 3 post-doctoral researchers for the Natural Capital Project. We seek an OCEANOGRAPHER, an ECONOMIST, and a HYDROLOGIST. We are developing tools to model and map the distribution of biodiversity and the flow of multiple ecosystem services across land- and seascapes, with a focus on coastal and marine services. We seek imaginative individuals for 2 year post-docs to support development, documentation, and application of the marine InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) models.
1. POST-DOCTORAL OCEANOGRAPHER. The successful applicant will help design and implement a marine biophysical model that can be linked to hydrological, ecological, and socio-economic models of marine ecosystem services (fisheries, shoreline protection, tourism and recreation, etc.) created by other postdoctoral researchers and project collaborators. Together, these models will provide a spatially-explicit tool that tracks the production and valuation of ecosystem services. The models are intended to aid in the support of coast and marine management decisions and to be general and widely applicable, so applicants must be passionate about creating simple, elegant, scientifically robust models for decision-making purposes. The post-doc will also analyze data to parameterize these models in diverse sites and decision-making contexts. The position is based at Stanford University with Gretchen Daily and will require extensive interaction with interdisciplinary teams and travel. I nteraction with oceanographers and marine scientists at Hopkins Marine Station and the Marine Biological Research Institute at the Monterey Aquarium is also expected. Required Qualifications �h A Ph.D. in oceanography, quantitative ecosystem sciences, or a related field �h Experience conducting quantitative analyses and modeling with oceanographic data �h Experience integrating oceanographic models with other biological, physical, social, or economic models �h Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and good at working with interdisciplinary teams �h Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and capacity and interest to work with interdisciplinary teams �h Excellent communication and computer skills Applications For full consideration, applications including a cover letter, CV, and the names of three references should be received at [EMAIL PROTECTED]; with the subject line “Oceanographer” by Dec. 1 2008. However, the position will remain open until filled. Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications. 2. POST-DOCTORAL HYDROLOGIST. We seek a creative individual for a 2 year post-doc to explore and integrate models of water-related ecosystem services with biophysical and socio-economic models of other services across the terrestrial-marine interface. The post-doc will develop, maintain, and improve hydrology models that feed into a suite of production function models of key ecosystem services (fisheries, tourism and recreation, shoreline protection, etc.). Together, these models will provide a spatially-explicit tool that tracks the production and valuation of ecosystem services. This tool, named InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is intended to aid in the support of coastal and marine management decisions and to be general and widely applicable, so applicants must be passionate about creating simple, elegant, scientifically robust models for decision-making purposes. The post-doc will and analyze data to parameterize these models in diverse sites and decision-making contexts. The position is based at Stanford University with Gretchen Daily and will require extensive interaction with interdisciplinary teams and travel. Required Qualifications �h A Ph.D. in hydrology, water resources, quantitative ecosystem sciences, or a related field �h Experience conducting quantitative analyses and modeling with hydrographic and land use data at the land-sea interface �h Experience in water quality, sediment deposition, coastal zone erosion, and developing and applying regional hydrology models in the context of coastal issues �h Experience integrating hydrology models with other biological, physical, social, or economic models �h Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and capacity and interest to work with interdisciplinary teams �h Excellent communication and computer skills More information on the project, a partnership among the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, WWF, and TNC can be found at www.naturalcapitalproject.org. Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications. Application For full consideration, applications including a cover letter, CV, and the names of three references should be received at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line “Hydrologist” by Dec. 1 2008. However, the position will remain open until filled. 3. POST-DOCTORAL ECONOMIST. We seek a creative individual for a 2 year post-doc to integrate biophysical models with socio-economic models. The post-doc will develop economic models for valuation and resource-management purposes that link to production function models of key marine ecosystem services (fisheries, tourism and recreation, shoreline protection, etc.). Together, these models will provide a spatially-explicit tool that tracks the production and valuation of ecosystem services. This tool, named InVEST (Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs) is intended to aid in the support of coastal and marine management decisions and to be general and widely applicable, so applicants must be passionate about creating simple, elegant, scientifically robust models for decision-making purposes. The post-doc will also analyze data to parameterize these models in diverse sites and decision-making contexts. The position is based at Stanford University with Gretche n Daily and Steve Polasky and will require extensive interaction with interdisciplinary teams and travel. Required Qualifications �h A Ph.D. in environmental or agricultural and natural resource economics or a related field �h Experience conducting empirical analyses related to market and non-market valuation �h Experience developing spatially-explicit economic models in the context of natural resource and or land-use management �h Experience integrating economic models with other biological, physical, or social models �h Experience working with collaborators from diverse backgrounds and capacity and interest to work with interdisciplinary teams �h Excellent communication and computer skills More information on the project, a partnership among the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, WWF, and TNC can be found at www.naturalcapitalproject.org. Stanford University is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action in employment and we are especially eager to identify minority persons and women with appropriate qualifications. Application For full consideration, applications including a cover letter, CV, and the names of three references should be received at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject line “Economist” by Dec. 1 2008. However, the position will remain open until filled.
