Postdoc: Coastal Wetlands Landscape Ecologist

Cherokee Federal; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Cherokee United Services in Lafayette, LA, seeks a Postdoctoral Landscape Ecologist to advance coastal wetland research and assess responses to droughts, hurricanes, and freeze events. The role emphasizes integrating climate, geospatial, and ecological data for landscape-scale analyses.

The candidate will develop hypotheses, manage long-term datasets, and contribute to peer‑reviewed publications while collaborating with federal partners and stakeholders. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in ecology, geography, landscape ecology, coastal ecology, environmental science, or closely related field preferred.
• Experience in landscape ecology and coastal wetland dynamics required.
• Experience with extreme-event responses and remote sensing data preferred.
• Experience managing long-term ecological, geospatial, and remote-sensing datasets.
• Ability to develop research questions and publish results.
• Familiarity with metadata standards and reproducible research practices.

Responsibilities

• Conduct literature reviews on extreme events affecting coastal wetlands.
• Develop hypotheses on coastal wetland responses to droughts, hurricanes, and freeze events.
• Acquire, organize, document, and analyze abiotic and extreme-event data.
• Analyze long-term remote sensing data to quantify effects of extreme events on wetlands.
• Analyze long-term field-based ecological data to assess impacts on vegetation and ecosystem conditions.
• Apply landscape ecology methods to study stability, productivity, and vegetation cover.
• Integrate climate, vegetation-change, geospatial, and remote-sensing data for analyses.
• Maintain complete technical documentation and FGDC-compliant metadata.
• Produce publication-ready figures, tables, data sets, and reports.
• Communicate results to staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver conference presentations and briefings.

Skills

Landscape ecology

Coastal wetlands

Remote sensing

Geospatial data analysis

Data management

Scientific writing

Collaboration

Project planning

Education

Doctoral degree in ecology or closely related field

Job description

Cherokee United Services in Lafayette, LA, seeks a Postdoctoral Landscape Ecologist to advance coastal wetland research and assess responses to droughts, hurricanes, and freeze events. The role emphasizes integrating climate, geospatial, and ecological data for landscape-scale analyses.

The candidate will develop hypotheses, manage long-term datasets, and contribute to peer‑reviewed publications while collaborating with federal partners and stakeholders. Travel may be required.