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Multiple Positions Available

  1. Florida International University seeks Ph.D. Candidates
    Miami, Florida

  2. University of Massachusetts seeks Climate System
    Research Center Manager
    Amherst, Massachusetts

  1. Florida International University seeks Ph.D. Candidates
    Miami, Florida

Florida International University (FIU) seeks Ph.D. candidates for
opportunities in arctic plant ecophysiology and ecosystem ecology. The
positions are available starting Fall 2010 and are based in Miami,
Florida.

FIU has space available in the plant ecophysiology and global change lab
(http://www.fiu.edu/~oberbaue/), which currently has several active
projects in arctic tundra in Alaska. Their work focuses on the effects
of climate change on trace gas fluxes, productivity and plant phenology,
and how phenological shifts affect productivity and trace gases. The
project has long-term measurements of carbon fluxes from control and
warmed experiments as part of the International Tundra Experiment
(ITEX), and relates robotic sensors' measurements of canopy reflectance
and structure to manual measurements of tundra phenology and growth in
response to climate change. The lab is also evaluating the importance of
winter processes, particularly water relations, for annual carbon
balance and growing season responses.

Application Deadline: Friday, 12 February 2010.

For application information and forms see:
http://www.fiu.edu/%7Ebiology1/html/application.htm.

Funding is primarily in the form of teaching assistantships (TA), and
interested applicants should complete the T.A. form available at:
http://www.fiu.edu/%7Ebiology1/grad/taapp.htm. Highly competitive
applicants may be selected for Presidential Fellowships. Funding is
available to support summer fieldwork.

For additional information, please contact:
Steve Oberbauer
Email: oberbaue [at] fiu.edu
Phone: 305-348-2580

  1. University of Massachusetts seeks Climate System
    Research Center Manager
    Amherst, Massachusetts

The University of Massachusetts seeks a manager for their Climate System
Research Center. The position is a 12-month calendar year appointment,
and is based in Amherst, Massachusetts.

The successful applicant will provide essential support for research and
teaching activities of the Center, managing critical data, software, and
hardware needs. This position also fields public and media inquiries
related to weather and climate change issues and interacts with
undergraduate students by teaching a course on climatology each fall
semester. Occasional travel and on-call hours are expected.

Candidates must have a background in meteorology, climatology,
paleoclimatology, or a related field (minimum requirement is an M.S.
degree); be familiar with statistical methods of climate data analysis;
have programming experience (e.g. - FORTRAN, IDL, MATLAB) and experience
with using NetCDF.

Review of applications begins Tuesday, 19 January 2010.
Position is open until filled.

Further information on Climate Center activities is available at:
www.paleoclimate.org.

Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, and arrange for three
letters of recommendation to be sent. Materials may be submitted via
email (search [at] geo.umass.edu) or mailed in hardcopy to:

Climate Center Search Committee
Department of Geosciences
University of Massachusetts
611 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA  01003

For further information, please contact:
Raymond Bradley
Email: rbradley [at] geo.umass.edu