[LTER-All-lter] Job opening: Ecohydrological Modeler at Jornada LTER

[Marty Downs]

Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research Program (Jornada LTER) at New
Mexico State University (NMSU) is hiring a Research Assistant Professor as
an ecohydrological modeler. Jornada LTER (http://jornada.nmsu.edu/lter) is
an interdisciplinary team of investigators from seven major universities
and three federal agencies conducting research at the USDA Jornada
Experimental Range and the NMSU Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center
near Las Cruces, NM, USA. The goals of the Jornada LTER are to understand
and quantify the mechanisms that generate alternative states in dryland
ecosystems, and to predict future states and their consequences for the
provisioning of ecosystem services.

A brief description of the two-year position is below – for more details,
and to apply, see the web links below. Please forward this information to
interested applicants. Dr. Debra Peters (debpeter at nmsu.edu), Lead Principal
Investigator of the Jornada Basin LTER, can be contacted for more
information.

https://jobs.nmsu.edu/postings/24372



*Position job title:* Research Assistant Professor

*Rank:* Assistant Professor

*Tenure status:* Non-Tenure Track

*Appointment status:* Regular, Full-time

*Appoint base:* Annual

*Posting date:* 2/1/2016

*Closing date:* 3/15/2016



*Position summary:* This is a two-year appointment (starting fall 2016).
New Mexico State University and the Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological
Research (LTER) project invite applications for a research faculty position
in ecohydrological modeling. We seek highly qualified individuals with
research experience and interest in coupling ecosystem and hydrological
models, distributed ecohydrological modeling, and semiarid ecohydrological
processes involving vegetation transitions and state changes.



*Required Qualifications:*

·         Ph.D. in ecology, hydrology, earth and environmental science or
closely related field is required at the time of appointment.

·         Experience in:

1)      using ecohydrologic models, including code development,

2)      calibration and testing techniques with observations, and

3)      scenario analyses.

·         Strong written and oral communication skills required, as
evidenced by peer-reviewed publications and presentations at professional
meetings.







Jin Yao, Ph.D.

Ecoinformatics Specialist

Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research Program
Jornada Experimental Range

New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, NM
Tel: 575.646.6453





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Marty Downs
Communications Officer
LTER Network Communications Office (LTER NCO)

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California, Santa Barbara
805-893-7549
downs at nceas.ucsb.edu
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