Postdoctoral position: Impacts of Socio-Ecological Adaptation to Global Change on Forest Ecosystems School for Environment and Sustainability University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
We are seeking one postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary collaboration on assessing synergistic effects of global change and human adaptation behavior on forests. The postdoctoral researcher and PIs will work together to (1) synthesize existing social and natural science research and (2) model impacts of land managers’ behavioral responses to environmental stressors on forest ecosystems’ trajectories under global environmental change. We will leverage research and data from the work of the two PIs in both forest dynamics under global change and land management responses to local stressors. PI Fischer has carried out extensive work on land managers’ perceptions and behaviors regarding forest stressors, including wildfire and forest pests. PI Ibáñez has 10 years of tree species demographic data collected across environmental and urbanization gradients and has developed multiple models of tree species performance under environmental change. We propose to combine our data and expertise into a coupled natural-human system (CNHS) model to generate scenarios of forest dynamics under a variety of environmental and managerial conditions in the Upper Midwest. Start date: April 1, 2019 (flexible) Term: 2 years 1.00 FTE Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Salary: $49,000 (benefits eligible) Institution: School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), University of Michigan The candidate should be an interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in ecology, geography, natural resources, environmental science or a similar field. The candidate should have: • Background in forest systems from an ecological and/or social science disciplines • Experience with quantitative coupled natural-human systems modeling The hire will join an interdisciplinary team studying human behavior and environmental change in temperate forest systems https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/fischerresearchgroup and https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/ines-ibanez. To apply, please submit the following in a single PDF file to Dr. Paige Fischer at apfi...@umich.edu and Dr. Inés Ibáñez iiba...@umich.edu: • Cover letter describing your relevant experience and scholarly interests • Curriculum vitae • Relevant publications • References Applications will be considered until the position is filled. The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity employer.
