JOB DESCRIPTION Global Agriculture and Ecosystem Services
JOB TITLE: Postdoctoral Scholar - Quantifying
effects of global agricultural commodity chains on ecosystem services
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC-Berkeley
REPORTS TO: Professor Claire Kremen
GENERAL SUMMARY
The Department of Environmental Science, Policy
and Management at the University of
California-Berkeley seeks a postdoctoral
researcher to conduct a quantitative comparison
of the ecosystem service outcomes of smallholder
agricultural production versus large-scale
agri-business along global commodity chains. The
successful applicant will be a PhD scholar with
demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative
cross-disciplinary work. Relevant topical areas
of expertise include environmental economics,
ecology, ecosystem services, food systems
studies, international trade, agricultural
economics, natural resource management, land use/cover, and global change.
Creating sustainable food production systems
requires mitigating environmental impacts of
agriculture as food is produced, processed, and
distributed. This research aims to inform
international policies to meet global food
security needs without sacrificing the
environment and is funded by the National
Academies Keck Futures Initiative (NAKFI,
<http://www.keckfutures.org/conferences/ecosystem-services/grantees.html>http://www.keckfutures.org/conferences/ecosystem-services/grantees.html).
The post-doc will be directly supervised by PI
Prof. Claire Kremen but will report to the
advisory team of co-PIs on the project (Elena
Bennett (McGill), Holly Gibbs (U Wisconsin),
Nathalie Walker (National Wildlife Federation), Kim Walker (U Minnesota).
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Relevant disciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise (see above)
Quantitative analytical skills and ability to work with large datasets
Ability to work at multiple scales
Excellent organizational skills
Desirable Additional Experience (any or all of the below):
Life cycle analysis
Commodity supply chain analysis
Agro-ecosystems with expertise in tropics
Valuation of ecosystem services and embodied ecosystem services
Geographic Information Systems
Additional Responsibilities:
In addition to their research, the postdoctoral researcher will:
* Organize a small workshop on the research
topic to generate ideas from an international
assembly of interdisciplinary scholars
* Have the opportunity to participate in
graduate teaching related to the research mission of the project
* Disseminate results at scientific
professional conferences and in peer-reviewed literature
* Develop new grant proposals stemming from
this work and write reports to the donor (NAKFI)
* Serve as the node between project
collaborators at the National Wildlife
Federation, McGill University, the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Minnesota
Salary: Salary is commensurate with experience
(full-time starting salary at UC Berkeley is
$39,264 per year). This position is eligible for benefits.
Timing and Duration: This one-year position is
available beginning September, 2012 (an earlier start date may be negotiable).
Location: Center for Diversified Farming Systems,
University of California, Berkeley, CA,
(<http://dfs.berkeley.edu/>http://dfs.berkeley.edu/)
Please submit PDFs of a CV, a brief cover letter
highlighting your relevant experience, interests
and career goals, and names and contacts of 3
references by email to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
no later than July 2, 2012. Applicants should
have a recent PhD degree, or their degree will be
conferred before the starting date.
Applications may be reviewed as they are
received. For further information about the
project, contact Dr. Claire Kremen directly at
<file:///C:/Users/DAVIDI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/%22m>[email protected].
The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed
to excellence through diversity. Applicants
should ask referees to review the UC Berkeley
Statement of Confidentiality found at
<http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html>http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.
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Claire Kremen
Associate Professor and Chair, Graduate Program Committee
Environmental Sciences Policy and Management
130 Mulford Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3114
510-643-6339
Fax 510-643-5438
<http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/>http://nature.berkeley.edu/kremenlab/
