Date

Multiple Positions Available

  1. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences seeks Assistant Professor
    of Fisheries
    Kodiak, Alaska

  2. Jet Propulsion Laboratory seeks Postdoctoral Candidate
    Ice Sheet Modeling
    Pasadena, California

  3. University of Texas at Arlington seeks Applicants to Graduate
    Research Assistantship
    Arctic Ecology
    Arlington, Texas

  1. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences seeks Assistant Professor
    of Fisheries
    Kodiak, Alaska

The University of Alaska Fairbanks' School of Fisheries and Ocean
Sciences seeks an Assistant Professor of Fisheries. The position will be
based in Kodiak, Alaska.

This tenure-track (9 months guaranteed, 3 months grant-funded) position
provides marine extension services to the city of Kodiak and six rural
villages located throughout the Kodiak Archipelago. The position is part
of a statewide system of Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program (MAP)
specialists and agents who provide informal education, information and
technical assistance to the public relating to coastal economic
development (such as fish processing, tourism, or marine business
management), commercial and subsistence fisheries, and marine resource
education (from children to adults).

The Kodiak MAP position is headquartered in the city of Kodiak, within
the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Fishery Industrial Technology Center
(FITC). The MAP office serves as a source of general information for the
public related to marine and coastal community resources and works
closely with other university educators located at the Fishery
Industrial Technology Center.

To see a more detailed description of this position, please click on the
'MAP Kodiak Agent' link at: http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/employment/. To
apply, please go to: https://www.uakjobs.com. Click on the 'Create
Application' link and select a User Name and Password to begin your
application. Once you have completed this step, click 'Job Posting
Search' and enter position number 0060760. Please upload a statement of
interest, curriculum vitae, names and contact information of three
references and examples of written work products such as reports and
publications. The three references must include the name, address, phone
number, and email address of your reference.

The position is open until filled.

For further information, please contact:
Quentin Fong
Phone: 907-486-1516
Email: qfong [at] sfos.uaf.edu

  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory seeks Postdoctoral Candidate
    Ice Sheet Modeling
    Pasadena, California

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Postdoctoral Scholars
Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) invites applications for
a postdoctoral research position in JPL's Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM)
team, Mission and Technology Development Group, Thermal and Cryogenics
Engineering Section.

The research will involve running short and long term projections of ice
flow using a coupled ice sheet/ocean circulation model. The goal is to
run simulations to project future mass balance in Antarctica and
Greenland. This work will be done within the framework of ISSM (the
large scale Ice Sheet System Model developed at JPL/UCI) and the Climate
Research Center, whose goal is to utilize satellite observations in the
assessment and improvement of climate model areas key to reducing
climate projection uncertainties. The candidate will be tasked with
running a coupled ice sheet/ocean circulation model at the regional
scale, developing improved modules for coupling ISSM with the underlying
ocean, giving feedback on long-term simulations to the ISSM team for
code improvements, developing ISSM modules to capture the physics of ice
flow, initializing and processing input datasets as needed to ensure
smooth spin-up of continental ice flow models, using data assimilation
methods to constrain unknown parameters such as basal drag or ice
rheology and using newly developed assimilation methods to ensure model
inputs are physical and respect the mass conservation equations.

Candidates should have a recent PhD in cryospheric sciences, applied
mathematics, computational fluid and/or solid dynamics, or a related
field with a strong background in Ice Sheet Modeling. Experience in
Unix/Linux, C++, Matlab, and parallel computing (using MPICH) is highly
desirable. The appointment is contingent upon evidence of completion of
a PhD. Postdoctoral Scholar positions are awarded for a one-year period.
Appointments may be renewed in one-year increments for a maximum
addition of two years. The appointee will be guided by the JPL advisor,
Eric Larour, to ensure that the research work will result in
publications in the open literature.

Please send a letter describing your research interests, a curriculum
vitae, and a list of three references (with telephone numbers, postal
address, and email address) to:

Eric Larour
MS 157-316,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena CA 91109

Application deadline: 31 December 2010.

For further information, please contact:
E. Larour
Email: eric.larour [at] jpl.nasa.gov

  1. University of Texas at Arlington seeks Applicants to Graduate
    Research Assistantship
    Arctic Ecology
    Arlington, Texas

The University of Texas at Arlington seeks to fill a Graduate Research
Assistantship (GRA) in arctic ecology. The position will be based in
Arlington, Texas, with fieldwork in northern Alaska.

The position is in the plant ecology laboratory of Laura Gough
(http://www.uta.edu/biology/gough/lab/index.htm). The successful
candidate will participate in an NSF-funded arctic ecology research
project with fieldwork based at Toolik Field Station
(http://www.uaf.edu/toolik/) in northern Alaska, the Arctic Long-Term
Ecological Research (LTER) site (http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/).
Ideally the student will spend several weeks in Alaska during Summer
2011 and could begin formal graduate study in Summer or Fall 2011. The
project is focused on determining how migratory songbird species are
affected by availability of shrub habitat across several sites on the
North Slope. The goal is to predict how ongoing changes in vegetation
associated with climate warming may affect bird mating success and
population viability. The project is conducted in collaboration with
Natalie Boelman (Columbia University) and John Wingfield (University of
California, Davis).

Applicants must be in good physical condition, be able to hike over
uneven terrain carrying heavy packs, and be available to spend most
field seasons (up to three months) in a remote location. PhD students
are preferred. Applicants can find information relevant to the
University of Texas at Arlington graduate program at:
http://www.uta.edu/biology/graduate/index.htm.

To apply for this position, please email a curriculum vitae, names and
contact information for three references, and a brief statement of
interest to Laura Gough (gough [at] uta.edu).

The position is open until filled.

For further information, please contact:
Laura Gough
Email: gough [at] uta.edu