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THE JOB MARKET LISTING
The
dendrochronological community is a small one relative to other scientific
disciplines. This makes making connections difficult, especially in the
job market. The role of this market place is to fill this gap by providing
information on jobs, available and of interest to the tree-ring community.
If you would like to post an announcement on this page for a job position,
send a message to the webmaster using the address at the bottom of this
page. If we all participate, we'll all benefit!
Postdoctoral Position
University of Nevada, Reno
The Department of
Geography DendroLab at the University of Nevada, Reno, invites
applications for a post-doctoral position in the area of landscape-level
modeling applied to tree ring records of environmental change. This
position is available starting on August 15, 2008, and is funded at
least until February 2010 as part of a current agreement between the
University and the Bureau of Land Management within the framework of the
Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit. The overall purpose of
this agreement is to provide scientific information on the
interaction between climate, wildfire regime, and tree population
dynamics in pinyon-juniper ecosystems, with special emphasis on annual
to decadal time scales for the periods before and after Euro-American
settlement. The post-doc will be responsible for the overall
integration, modeling, and scaling-up of field and laboratory data, to
arrive at spatial simulations of landscape patterns over time. Required
qualifications are an earned Ph.D. in Geography, Applied Statistics,
Landscape Ecology, Forestry or a related field at the time of
appointment. In addition, the applicant will need to demonstrate
expertise in one of the following areas: numerical analysis of large
datasets using a statistical package, such as SAS, R, or Matlab;
modeling of spatial and temporal processes; C++ programming; process
modeling of tree population dynamics, of wildfire regime, or of
tree-ring formation. Desired qualifications include ability to perform
interdisciplinary research, good communication skills, and a minimum of
two relevant peer-reviewed articles (either submitted, in press, or
published). Salary and benefits are competitive, and the Department of
Geography is expanding its research programs, which opens the door to
future opportunities for highly motivated individuals. Questions on the
position, as well as applications materials, including a statement of
research experience and interests, curriculum vitae, and contact
information for three professional references, can be sent directly to
Dr. Franco Biondi, fbiondi@unr.edu.
Please bring this opportunity to the attention of any possible
candidates, and apologies for any cross-postings.
Graduate Research
Assistantship
University of British Columbia
Applications are
invited for a Graduate Research Assistantship in dendroecological
analysis of fire history and stand dynamics at the Tree-Ring Lab,
Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,
Canada (www.geog.ubc.ca/~daniels).
Applicants should have a B.Sc. in Geography, Ecology, Forestry or a
related field. Candidates with a strong academic record and field
experience will be preferred.
The successful
candidate will work toward a Master of Science degree in the Department
of Geography. They will join a dynamic group of researchers from UBC,
Guelph and Carleton Universities and contribute to a multidisciplinary
project using dendrochronology and paleoecology to examine fire history
in the Kootenays region of British Columbia.
This two-year position
will begin in September 2008. This assistantship includes a stipend of
$18,000 CAD per year, laboratory and field equipment, and travel
support. Funding is guaranteed for one year, with renewal for a second
year as long as the student remains in good academic standing.
Applicants are
encouraged to contact Dr. Lori Daniels by e-mail (daniels@geog.ubc.ca)
to discuss their interest in this project and their pertinent background
and training. To apply, submit your letter of application including a
statement of research interests, curriculum vitae, unofficial
transcripts from your B.Sc. degree, and the names and contact
information of three referees by email to Dr. Lori Daniels on or before
Monday, May 26, 2008.
M.S.
Assistantship in Forest Ecology
Oklahoma
State University
The Department of Natural Resource Ecology
and Management (NREM) at OSU is seeking applications for a MS
graduate research assistantship (GRA) in forest ecology to study the
extent, magnitude and possible reasons for forest composition and
structure changes over the past 50 years. Research will involve
remeasurement of forest plots and dendroecological techniques and is
part of the project, “Magnitude and geographic distribution
of the threat of eastern redcedar encroachment in Oklahoma Cross
Timbers forests.” In addition to the cooperation of
several departments at OSU, the research includes collaboration with
the Tree Ring Laboratory at the University of Arkansas and the
Oklahoma Biological Survey at the University of Oklahoma.
The Cross Timbers vegetation
type is a mosaic of oak forest, oak woodland and tallgrass prairie
covering almost 5 million hectares from southeastern Kansas across
Oklahoma to north-central Texas. It retains some of the best
preserved old-growth oak forests in the south-central US because the
forest has little commercial timber value. When Washington Irving
visited these forests in 1835 he called them the “cast iron
forest.” These forests are highly threatened today by overgrazing,
invasive species, exclusion of fire and clearing for agriculture and
urbanization.
Position:
The student will enroll in a MS program in at OSU
starting Summer or Fall 2008. The stipend will be $15,504 per year
for two years and will be renewed after one year based on
satisfactory progress. Benefits include tuition waiver and health
insurance.
Application:
A complete application includes the following:
personal statement, three letters of reference, curriculum vitae,
official transcripts of all college level study, GRE scores and a
completed OSU Graduate College application. Please contact Steve
Hallgren with questions.
Steve Hallgren
022 Ag Hall
Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
office: 405-744-6805
FAX: 405-744-3530
steve.hallgren@okstate.edu
Graduate Studies in Fire Science
The University of Arizona
Applications are being accepted now for graduate assistantships
(M.S. and Ph.D.) in fire science in the University of Arizona,
School of Natural Resources (SNR).
Fire research in SNR includes work in a wide range of vegetation
types, from desert grasslands to subalpine forests. Projects linking
fire history to vegetation and climate dynamics are a central focus.
General research interests in our lab include restoration of fire as
a landscape process, linking fire history and fire behavior, and
reconstructing spatial and temporal properties of fire regimes.
Current research projects are located in the southwestern US, Great
Basin, and northern Mexico. Funded projects available for student
support include work in the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains of
New Mexico and the Pinaleño Mountains of southern Arizona in fire
history, fire behavior, and fire-climate relationships.
Applications should include 1) a statement of interests and goals,
2) c.v. with copies of transcripts and GRE scores, and 3) names and
contact information for 3 references. For general admission
requirements to the University, please see:
http://ag.arizona.edu/srnr/academicprograms/renewable/graduatestudies.html.
Please send applications and information requests (email preferred)
to:
Don Falk
Associate Professor
School of Natural Resources
325 Biological Sciences East
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
Telephone 520 626-7201
dafalk@u.arizona.edu
https://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/people/5
Ph.D. Opportunity
Université du Québec à Montreal
MODELLING THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATIC CHANGES ON FIRE REGIMES AND VEGETATION IN THE MIXED BOREAL
FOREST OF QUEBEC, CANADA
A doctoral graduate student is sought to join an
interdisciplinary project that integrates GIScience, forest and fire
ecology and landscape management. This project is supported by an
NSERC grant and has three objectives. The first part of the project
consists in simulating future fire regimes for the region under
study by using one or a combination of models called 'dynamic' where
vegetation and climate perturbations interact. The goal is to study
the effect of projected climatic change on the following fire
parameters: i) fire returning intervals, ii) consumed organic
matter, iii) changes in forest productivity and iv) ecological
impacts. Second, this project aims to determine if future fire
frequency will exceed historic levels. Existing paleo-ecological
data (stand establishment records, tree rings, fire scars, charcoals
in lake sediments) will be used for comparison with the predicted
fire activity. The third part of the project consists in the
integration of information on fire disturbances in forest management
scenarios that take into account the effect of climatic changes on
forest productivity. The research will be carried at the Laurentian
Forestry Centre of the Canadian Forest Service, Quebec, in
collaboration with the Centre for Forest Research at the Université
du Québec à Montréal, the Université Laval and the Great Lakes
Forestry Centre in Sault-Ste-Marie, Ontario. The Canadian Forest
Service (SCF) has for mission to promote the sustainable development
of the Canadian forests and a dynamic forest sector for Canada. The
SCF exploits six centers through the country, of which five centers
of forestry and two forests of research. The Centre for Forest
Research (CEF) is a new network created with the amalgamation of two
research centres that were unique to Quebec (CRBF and GREFi) and
which brings together the expertise of over 46 scientists at eight
universities whose primary focus is forestry and forest-related
issues. The candidate holds a BA and MA / Masters / DEA in forestry,
biology, geography or a related field. Nature of financing:
scholarship that is not taxable at Quebec and Canadian taxation.
Salary: $ 18000 per year CDN. Interested candidates should send
their resume, two letters of recommendation, transcripts and notes
as soon as possible to:
Martin P. Girardin
Chercheur scientifique
Service canadien des forêts
Centre de Foresterie des Laurentides
1055, rue du P.E.P.S.
Case postale 10380 Succ Sainte-Foy
Québec, Qc G1V 4C7
Tel: 418.648.5826 Fax: 418.648.5849
E-mail:
magirard@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Web:
http://www.freewebs.com/mpgirardin/
Graduate Student Opportunities for Research in Labrador
Interdisciplinary/Environment Research on Climate Change Impacts
on Paleo-treelines in Labrador - Starting in the summer of 2008, the
Labrador Highlands Research Group at Memorial University (www.mun.ca/geog/lhrg/)
will be accepting graduate student(s) to work on the following two
funded M.Sc. projects: 1. Determining the past and forecasting the
future radial growth of trees in northern Labrador. 2.
Reconstruction of neoglacial environments using submerged subfossil
wood in Labrador highlands. If you are interested and are up to the
challenge of working in a rigorous field environment, email your CV
and unofficial transcript, with your interests to tbell@mun.ca or
claroque@mta.ca, at your earliest convenience. These projects are
part of an overall International Polar Year project and both
postilions will be fully funded at attractive rates.
Dr. Colin P. Laroque
Mount Allison University
Department of Geography and Environment
144 Main Street
Sackville, NB Canada E4L 1A7
(506) 364-2390 Office (506) 364-2625 FAX
http://www.mta.ca/madlab/
PhD scholarship
The University of
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
"High resolution past climate reconstruction/modelling for New
Zealand".
An opportunity exists to undertake PhD studies in the School of
Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science as part of a research
programme entitled “Modelling Palaeoclimate Data to Inform the
Future”, funded by the New Zealand Foundation for Research Science &
Technology.
The primary aim of the research is to provide New Zealand with
improved predictions of future climate by combining multi-proxy
palaeoclimate reconstruction and global climate modelling. The
palaeoclimate emphasis is on high resolution proxies (tree rings,
speleothems, sediment laminations) and the modelling component
incorporates both global climate modelling and nested regional
modelling.
The PhD candidate we are seeking will work within the above context,
but the topic is not prescribed. We are seeking someone to work on
palaeoclimate reconstruction (especially tree rings, speleothems, or
multi-proxy analysis), but a candidate able to incorporate a
modelling component to their work would also be very suitable. A
biological or geoscience background is anticipated.
The PhD scholarship available is for three years. It covers fees and
carries an annual stipend of NZ$25,000. The position is available
immediately.
Interested candidates are invited to contact Anthony Fowler ( a.fowler@auckland.ac.nz)
in the first instance to obtain further information about the
research programme and details about how to apply.
Dr Anthony Fowler
School of Geography, Geology &
Environmental Science
The University of
Auckland
Private Bag 92019 e-mail:
a.fowler@auckland.ac.nz
Auckland
phone: +64-9-373-7599 (85380)
NEW ZEALAND
fax: +64-9-373-7434
Postdoctoral Position in
Dendroclimatology
Université du Québec en Abitibi -Témiscamingue
We are seeking a postdoctoral candidate to work in the following
multidisciplinary project:
Impact of climate change on the productivity of mixed boreal forests.
Climate warming is believed to directly affect the growth of trees and
the natural disturbance regime and, consequently, the productivity of
the boreal forest in Quebec. This research project will attempt to
determine the effects of future climate changes on growth of two
dominant boreal tree species (black spruce and trembling aspen) of
western Quebec and quantify the impacts on annual allowable cut and fire
frequency for a forest management unit in north-western Quebec.
Dendroclimatic analysis of forest stands along latitudinal and
topographic gradients, from hardwood forest in the south to the northern
conifer-dominated forest, will allow identification of the major
climatic factors determining diameter growth of the two species. The
resulting climate - growth relationships will drive a series of models
to in order to develop climate sensitive growth and yield tables and,
based on climate simulations of the Regional Canadian Climate Model, to
estimate future changes in annual allowable cut due to climate change.
The results will allow government and industrial forest managers to
adapt currently used growth and yield tables and adjust annual allowable
cut evaluations in order to improve forest planning and silviculture of
these mixed forests.
In addition to participating in this research, the postdoc will be
responsible for the Dendroecological Laboratory located in the Lake
Duparquet Research and Teaching Forest (http://web2.uqat.ca/ferld/).
Responsabilities will include training and supervision of graduate
students in dendrochronology. Accommodation at the research station will
be available.
Position is for 2 years; initial salary is $40,000 Canadian per year.
Send a curriculum vitae, copies of 2 publications, and names of two
people who can provide letters of references to:
Yves Bergeron
Chaire industrielle CRSNG-UQAT-UQAM en aménagement forestier durable
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
445 boul. de l'Université
Rouyn-Noranda, QC
Canada J9X 5E4
Tel: 819-762-0971-2347
Fax: 819-797-4727
email: yves.bergeron@uqat.ca
http://web2.uqat.ca/cafd/
PhD
studentships
Department of Geography, Swansea University
Applications are invited for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
and University of Wales Swansea funded PhD studentships.
Funding will be granted
to several of the proposed projects in the Department of Geography.
Unfortunately full funding is restricted to
UK residents.
Further details of the studentships may be obtained from the
departmental web-page:
http://geography.swan.ac.uk/pgrdinfo/pgradops2007.htm
Projects of
interest to dendrochronologists, modellers or organic biogeochemists
include:
Effect of changes in
plant water use efficiency on the hydrology of a watershed
Did the Medieval Warm
Period exist in Fennoscandia?
Tropical
dendrochronology
Late-Holocene
environmental reconstruction in the White Mountains, California
We also welcome applications funded
from other sources!
Dr I Robertson
Dept of Geography, Swansea University
Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
Tel. + 44 1792 295184
Fax. + 44 1792 295955
Cell + 44 7725 722278
E-mail dendro@gmail.com
(alternative)
Graduate student
opportunities
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR), University of Arizona (UA)
We invite applications
from innovative and highly motivated students for masters and doctoral
work beginning Fall 2007. Women and students from backgrounds
under-represented in science are especially encouraged to apply. Both
research assistantships and teaching assistantships including
competitive stipend and health insurance may be available. Active fields
of research include: archaeological sciences; human-environment
interactions; evolutionary, forest and fire ecology; observational and
modeling studies in high resolution multiproxy paleoclimatology;
synoptic and monsoon climatology; hydroclimatology, hydrology and water
resources; statistical techniques in dendrochronology; environmental
chemistry; biogeochemical cycling; and stable isotope dendroclimatology.
Students directed by
LTRR faculty are admitted and receive formal degrees from associated
units at UA, including Geosciences, Anthropology, Geography and Regional
Development, School of Natural Resources, Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology, Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology and Water Resources, Arid Lands
Studies, and Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences. Participating
Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDPs) include: Global Change (PhD
minor), Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (PhD minor), Statistics,
Applied Mathematics, and Arid Lands Resources Science. See
http://www.gidp.arizona.edu/ for more details
on GIDPs.
The Laboratory of
Tree Ring Research is a leading center for research and training in
dendrochronology, the science of tree rings. The department currently
includes 12 core, 3 joint and 4 adjunct research faculty, 2 postdoctoral
research associates, 6 research specialists, 20 graduate students, 3
administrative staff, and a number of international visitors at any
given time. The LTRR is embedded within the multidisciplinary UA global
change research environment, which spans over 20 departments, six
colleges, and the cross-cutting Institute for the Study of Planet Earth.
Research facilities at the LTRR and associated departments include:
archived sample material from a century of wood and charcoal collection
at a variety of sites worldwide; analytical facilities for tree ring
width measurement, x-ray and microwave-based microdensitometry, stable
isotope mass spectrometry, radiocarbon/accelerator mass spectrometry, Th/U
chronometry, elemental analysis, and networked micro, cluster and
supercomputing. For more information please see our graduate studies web
pages at
http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/graduate.html
contact associated faculty, researchers and students directly, or
contact our graduate coordinator. The LTRR and UA are equal
opportunity/affirmative action employers.
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