Postdoctoral Fellow: Greenland Ecosystem Ecologist

• United States

The Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska Anchorage, is recruiting an ecosystem ecologist for a postdoctoral position on a new NSF project with field studies in NW Greenland. The incumbent will conduct observational studies in a small watershed and experimental studies quantifying the consequences of long-term warmer summer temperatures and deeper snow on ecosystem carbon cycling, and stream water DOC and DON fluxes.  In addition, the individual will collaborate with others in the consortium using ?14C techniques to estimate the age of respired and transported carbon. The postdoctoral fellow will join a team (collaborators at UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine) that has been conducting observational and long-term experiments in NW Greenland since 2003.  Familiarity with field photosynthesis systems (i.e. LiCor 6200 or 6400), steam water chemistry techniques, data logging systems and stable isotope techniques (?14C, ?13C, ?15N, ?18O and ?D) will be necessary. The candidate will be expected to be in the field from late May to late August each year and periodic winter campaigns will be necessary.  Excellent lodging and laboratory facilities are used by our team at the Thule Station for Arctic Research (TSTAR) during the field season.  During the academic year, the candidate will be housed in the Ecosystem Laboratory at UAA where the expanded UAA Stable Isotope Facility is located along with the research laboratories of 10 other UAA ecologists. The successful applicant will be expected to assist in supervising graduate and undergraduate students and to assist the project PI’s with project management. A Ph.D. or previous postdoctoral research experience in ecosystem or physiological plant ecology, with a background in tundra ecosystem studies is desired. Review of applicants will begin on 1 November with an anticipated appointment date of 1 February 2010.  To be considered please apply to the CAS/Environment and Natural Resources Institute Postdoctoral pool posting #0056785 at http://www.uakjobs.com/.   If you have questions, Dr. Jeff Welker may be contacted at afjmw1@uaa.alaska.edu.