Postdoc: Forest Disturbance & Climate Resilience Modeling

UC Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

UC Santa Barbara invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to study disturbance impacts on terrestrial carbon cycling across the US and Canada. The role leads development and validation of vegetation models for disturbance processes, within a cross-institution collaboration including University of Utah and UC Irvine, and will be based in the Trugman Lab at UCSB.

The successful candidate will work with ecologists, modelers, and remote sensing experts to integrate datasets into a mechanistic

Qualifications

• PhD in ecology, environmental science, forestry, Earth system science, or a closely related field (completed by start date).
• Experience running land surface models or process-based vegetation models and developing new model processes.
• Familiarity with western U.S. forest ecosystems.
• Track record of scholarship with talks/publications.
• Strong quantitative skills and experience with ecological or Earth system models.
• Proficiency in programming and data analysis (R, Python, C/C++, or similar).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Skills

Land surface models

Process-based vegetation models

Quantitative skills

Programming (R, Python, C/C++)

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

PhD in ecology/environmental science/forestry

Tools

R

Python

C/C++

Job description

UC Santa Barbara invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to study disturbance impacts on terrestrial carbon cycling across the US and Canada. The role leads development and validation of vegetation models for disturbance processes, within a cross-institution collaboration including University of Utah and UC Irvine, and will be based in the Trugman Lab at UCSB.

The successful candidate will work with ecologists, modelers, and remote sensing experts to integrate datasets into a mechanistic