Jobs:Job-01273

USFS Postdoctoral Fellowship Investigating Root Zone Controls on Watershed Response to Drought

US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS), California, United States
Apply before: 18 August 2023

Posting: Position: Postdoctoral Fellowship Apply before: 18 August 2023 Apply online: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDA-USFS-2023-0307

A postdoctoral research fellowship is available at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS), Pacific Southwest Research Station to collaborate with partners at the University of Texas at Austin and Simon Fraser University. The appointment is in Davis, California, and there is an opportunity to participate remotely. The fellowship will begin in Summer 2023 with a flexible weekly schedule and will continue through September 2024 with the potential for an extension contingent on funding.

We are seeking a qualified candidate to collaborate with the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station and partners to investigate subsurface drivers of watershed response to drought. We seek a fellow with interests in coupling observational insights from intensively monitored study catchments with remote sensing, hydrological modeling, and/or machine learning methods to upscale process understanding to large watersheds. Diverse backgrounds will be considered, but candidates with Python programming, remote sensing, hydrological modeling, and/or machine learning experience will be given preference.

For more information and the application portal: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USDA-USFS-2023-0307

Application deadline: August 18, 2023

For additional topical context, interested candidates can review recently published manuscripts from this funded project:

• https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022GL100505
• https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2021WR031781
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03761-3

If you have any questions, please contact David Dralle (david.dralle@usda.gov)

David Dralle, PhD
Research Hydrologist

Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Research Station
david.dralle@usda.gov
1731 Research Park Dr.

Davis, CA 95618

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Of interest for:

Hydrology Focus Research Group

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Initiative