SEARCH REOPENED-POSTDOCTORAL POSITION, WATERSHED IMPACTS ON STREAM CONDITION (closing 15Oct2004)

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) has a postdoctoral opening on a research team evaluating human impacts on streams across the Chesapeake and New England regions. The research will quantify and predict stream ecosystem condition by integrating measurements of hydrologic flow, water quality, and biological indicators with watershed attributes (such as land cover, stream network configuration, nutrient
budgets, and metrics of disturbance and human activities). The work
will synthesize existing data on landscape characteristics and stream condition, so the project will not collect new field data. The work will produce a system of landscape models for quantifying stream condition, predicting stream impairment, and prioritizing watershed management responses. The work will require strong skills in spatial analysis (particularly GIS), statistical analysis, and interpreting relationships between landscape properties and stream measurements. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in science or geography, peer-reviewed publications, and professional presentations. Applicants should also have experience with geographic information systems and multivariate statistical analysis and background in landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient transport, stream ecology, or hydrology. Other desirable skills include: watershed modeling, computer programming, data base management, remote sensing, or ecological assessment of water quality or stream biota. The incumbent will be an active participant in project planning, data analysis, and scientific publications and must be able to work as part of an extended research team. The position is funded by a 3-year grant from the EPA STAR Program on Watershed Classification. Salary $34,184-$41,815 (depending on qualifications) plus benefits. For best consideration, send letter of application, resume, graduate and undergraduate transcripts (photocopies are fine), and names of three references (with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) by October 15, 2004 to Dr. Donald Weller (wellerd@si.edu), SERC, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028. For more information on SERC visit http://www.serc.si.edu. EOE.