PalEON, an NSF-funded PaleoEcological Observatory Network to Assess Terrestrial Ecosystem Models (www.paleonproject.org), is looking for highly qualified graduate and post-doc candidates interested in working with an interdisciplinary team of statisticians, paleoecologists, ecosystem modelers, and climate scientists. Graduate positions are available at the University of Idaho and the University of Notre Dame. Post-doc positions available at University of Arizona.
University of Idaho Work at the University of Idaho focuses on understanding ecosystem change in boreal forests of Alaska. Specifically, the successful student will utilize paleoecology, dendrochronology, and varying modeling approaches to (1) quantify the patterns and causes of boreal fire regime variability over the past 2000 years, (2) quantify the impacts of climate variability on tree growth over the past several centuries, and (3) help assimilate these data into ecosystem models to project ecosystem response to future climate change. Details about Dr. Higueras lab and graduate position can be found at: http://www.uidaho.edu/cnr/paleoecologylab and http://webpages.uidaho.edu/phiguera/gradResearchAssistAdd_2013_08.pdf Review of applications begins November 1, 2013 and the position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame is looking for 1-2 highly motivated PhD students with strong ecological and quantitative skills interested in bridging between long-term data, statistics and modeling. Projects will fall within the PalEON general approach of validating and improving ecosystem models through the inclusion of information from historical and paleoecological data spanning the last 2000 years. Details about Dr. McLachlans lab and applying for the positions can be found at: www.paleonproject.org and https://www3.nd.edu/~paleolab/opportunities/ Applications are due January 5, 2014. University of Arizona 2 Assistant Research Positions are available with Dr. Moores laboratory in the School of Natural Resources. The first position is focused on long term controls of vegetation and the paleoecological reconstruction of the carbon cycle in the Northeast USA and Alaska. The second position will focus on ecophysiological processes controlling carbon uptake and storage in forest ecosystems from daily, seasonal to inter-annual timescales. For details and to apply: www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=209329
