Position available - Postdoctoral Researcher. Conduct research, literature review, and publish on the subject of environmental impacts of forest biomass harvesting. The impacts can concern changes in biodiversity, water quality, soil attributes, and other ecosystem functions and services. Other responsibilities will be to examine, test, and refine current spatially explicit biomass availability models and merge them with a draft ecosystem services / functions model to determine the possible location and extent of impact.
Funding is available for 1 year. Funded from a USDA grant. Salary: $33,395 to $35,429 Application deadline: April 23, 2011 Starting date is negotiable. Location: Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama: http://www.aamu.edu About the town: Huntsville, Alabama is on the Forbes' 2009 list of the Top 10 World's Smartest Cities (http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/03/infrastructure-economy-urban-opinions-colu mnists-smart-cities-09-joel-kotkin_2.html), Kiplinger ranked the area's economy in 2009 as No. 1 in the nation (http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2009/07/2009-best-city-huntsvill e.html) For more information and to apply, please visit: http://aamu.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=24360&type=7 If you have questions, please contact: Luben Dimov, 256-372-4545, [email protected] Luben Dimov
