[DIALOGnews] DIALOG AND DISCCRS News July 25, 2003
Susan Weiler
weilercs@whitman.edu
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Dear all, I will be out of the office for the next two weeks, and
won't have access to e-mail. So this is the last News till mid
August. Hope you all will have a similar break from your daily
routines this summer! If you applied for the DIALOG symposium and
haven't heard from this office regarding invitations, it means you
are still on the waiting list at this stage, and will be invited if
space opens up.
cheers, Sue
DIALOG and Disccrs News
July 25, 2003
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Resources
Video on Talking Science: Debbie Steinberg reports there is a GREAT
video written and directed by Randy Olson, produced by the USC
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and the Annenberg School
for Communication called "Talking Science: The Elusive Art of the
Scientific Talk" She shows it to her students every year. To order a
copy, Contact tsvideo@wrigley.usc.edu. It currently goes for $39.95.
Integrated Carbon Cycle Research
The program announcement (NSF 03-582) for the FY 2004 Integrated Carbon
Cycle Research Program (ICCR) has been released. The theme this year is
quite focused: drainage basin/ocean margin studies. The url is:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03582/nsf03582.htm
Note that the proposal deadline is 22 OCtober 2003, 1700 hrs proponent's
local time.
Donald L. Rice, Director
Chemical Oceanography Program
Division of Ocean Sciences
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, Virginia 22230
Tel: 703-292-8582
Fax: 703-292-9085
***************************************************
Science News
WHITE HOUSE ISSUES PLAN TO STUDY GLOBAL WARMING
10-year Project Comes amid New Claims of Atmospheric Changes
from The San Francisco Chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the News
A controversial 10-year plan to study global warming was issued
Thursday by
the Bush administration amid new claims that the human impact on Earth's
atmosphere can be detected miles above the planet's surface.
The $103 million White House plan laid out five goals, the first of which
is to study natural variability in climate change.
Critics charged this was designed to appease conservatives who argue that
global warming is mostly a natural phenomenon, and not, as
environmentalists and many scientists believe, the result of industrial
activity and burning of fossil fuels.
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/25/MN251791.DTL>
SPRING ARRIVING EARLIER, STUDY FINDS
from The Associated Press via Sigma Xi Science in the News
PORTLAND, Maine -- Folks who hate those interminable New England winters
can take heart in a new scientific study. Those concerned about global
warming will no doubt have one more thing to be worry about.
A study of river flow data found that spring arrives one to two weeks
earlier than it used to in Northern New England, giving credence to those
who say the region's winters aren't what they used to be.
The study, to be published in Friday's Journal of Hydrology, was based on
river flow data from more than two dozen rivers.
<http://www.ctnow.com/hc-winters0724.artjul24.story>
STUDY: SEAFLOOR VENTS 30,000 YEARS OLD
from The Associated Press via Sigma Xi in the News
WASHINGTON -- A collection of giant seafloor hot vents is thousands of
years old and may be the type of place where life first developed on Earth,
a new study suggests.
Located in the mid-Atlantic about 1,500 miles off the U.S. East Coast, the
collection of towering vents discovered in 2000 has been nicknamed the Lost
City.
Water coming out of the vents is heated by chemical reactions rather than
the volcanic action seen at the better-known hot smoker vents that have
been studied in the past, according to the research team led by Gretchen L.
Fruh-Green of Switzerland's Institute for Mineralogy and Petrology.
Their findings are reported in Friday's issue of the journal Science.
<http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-seafloor-
vents,0,3211690.story>
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
Announcement of Opportunity
Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change
3-21 May 2004
IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
Application Deadline: 15 October 2003
START, in partnership with the International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and with the financial support of
the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, invites applications for
Institute Fellows to participate in an Advanced Institute on
Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change. The Advanced Institute
is to have three components: a three-week long Seminar to be held
3-21 May 2004 at IIASA in Laxenburg, Austria; one-year research
grants for successful Institute Fellows; and a culminating workshop
that will follow completion of the research.
The Advanced Institute is open to young scientists and
professionals, 40 years of age or younger, from developing countries.
Subject to available funding, exceptional applicants from developed
countries will be considered. The Advanced Institute will be
multi-disciplinary and applicants with backgrounds in social science,
natural science, engineering, management and public policy are
welcome. Applicants must at a minimum have a masters degree or
equivalent experience and it is expected that most successful
applicants will have completed a PhD degree or be enrolled in a PhD
program.
Further details can be found on the START website (www.start.org)
under "What's New."
Questions can be directed to Ms. Sara Beresford at
sberesford@agu.org. Application materials should be sent to
start-apps@agu.org
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Jobs for PhDs
USFWS seeks PhD-level fishery biologist to work on endangered delta
smelt and other resident fish species in the Sacramento-San
Joaquin Bay-Delta Estuary.
Full job description and application information available at
http://jsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/ftva.asp?OPMControl=VF1689
Position: FISHERY BIOLOGIST, GS-0482-12/12Salary: $54,275.00
Annually
Duty Location: STOCKTON, CA
Employing Agency: U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE *
Applications will be accepted from: All U. S. Citizens
Vacancy Identification Number: FS153418 DEA MAJOR DUTIES:
Anke Mueller-Solger
Department of Water Resources
(916) 227-2194
amueller@water.ca.gov
Opportunity, nucleic acid vaccination of fish and pathogen interactions.
> I have funding for a graduate student, or a tech, or a post-doc
> for about three years. The incumbent will be working on nucleic acid
> vaccination of fish and pathogen interactions. No job posting has been
> written yet, so I am eager to hear from candidates and structure the
> announcement accordingly. Fish skills are less important than molecular
> skills. The position will be 12 months for 3 years.
> Contact:
> Kenneth E Nusbaum at 334-844-2693 or nusbake@vetmed.auburn.edu
> Kenneth E Nusbaum, DVM, PhD
> Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
> Department of Pathobiology
> College of Veterinary Medicine
> Auburn University, AL 36849
> 334-844-2693
Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change (IDGEC) Executive Officer
University of California Santa Barbara
Additional information on the project may be found at the IDGEC website:
http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~idgec/
Position open until filled
The international project on the Institutional Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change (IDGEC) seeks a highly qualified person to serve
half-time as Executive Officer of the IDGEC International Project Office
(IPO) and half-time as a postdoctoral fellow working on themes of
interest to IDGEC.
IDGEC is a long-term research project dealing with the roles that
institutions play both in causing and confronting large-scale
environmental changes. This project is one of a family of core projects
operating under the auspices of the International Human Dimensions
Program on Global Environmental Change. The IDGEC IPO is located at the
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). It operates under the
general direction of the IDGEC Scientific Steering Committee, which is
chaired by Oran Young who is Professor of Environmental Science and
Management at UCSB.
The director of the IDGEC IPO must have scientific credentials
(preferably a PhD in one of the relevant social sciences) and be able
and willing to participate in the development and conduct of flagship
research activities, to help in forging partnerships with other research
programs, and to interact with members of the IDGEC Network. Computer
skills and familiarity with the development and maintenance of web sites
are essential. Experience with quantitative analysis or modeling would
be helpful.
The occupant of this position will be expected to conduct research on
substantive matters of interest to IDGEC. Among the project's current
interests are the institutional dimensions of carbon management, the
performance of exclusive economic zones, and the political economy of
boreal and tropical forests. Additional themes may emerge in the future.
An interest in one of IDGEC's priority regions - Southeast Asia and the
Circumpolar North - would be helpful but not essential.
Additional information on the project may be found at the IDGEC web site
http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~idgec/.
The successful applicant will be appointed initially for a term of one
year. But the appointment may be extended one year at a time for up to
two additional years. Salary will be in the range of $35-45,000 USD plus
benefits. The position is available from 1 September 2003. Consideration
of applicants for this position will begin immediately and will continue
until the position is filled.
Candidates should submit applications, consisting of a curriculum vitae,
a writing sample, the names of three referees, and a letter explaining
their interest in the position either by email to Maria Gordon
(mgordon@bren.ucsb.edu) or by fax to (805) 893-7064.
The project is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to
the diversity and excellence of the academic community. UCSB is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) has two opening for
>postdoctoral research associates to join a project modeling water
>quality and nutrient dynamics in small estuarine embayments. The
>estuarine ecosystem modeler will help derive and test models of
>estuarine ecosystems subject to multiple stressors. The watershed
>modeler will help develop geographic descriptions of Chesapeake Bay
>subestuaries and their watersheds and will use time series analysis and
>watershed models to predict nutrient and sediment discharges from
>watersheds to subestuaries under current and future land use and
climate
>scenarios. Both modelers will help integrate watershed and estuary
>models into a decision support system. Estuarine modeler applicants
>should have a Ph.D. in ecology or estuarine, ocean, or environmental
>sciences; experience with ecosystem and water quality simulation
>modeling and multivariate statistical analysis; and background in
>estuarine ecology, ecosystem ecology, nutrient dynamics, or planktonic
>food webs. Watershed modeler applicants should have a Ph.D. in science
>or geography; experience with watershed modeling, statistical analysis,
>and geographic information system analysis, and background in landscape
>ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient transport, or
>hydrology. Other desirable skills for both positions include computer
>programming and data base management. The incumbents will be active
>participants in project planning, data analysis, and scientific
>publications and must be able to work as part of a research team. The
>position is funded by a 3-year grant from the USEPA Science to Achieve
>Results (STAR) Program. Salary $40,000-42,000 (depending on
>qualifications) plus benefits. For best consideration, send letter of
>application, resume, graduate and undergraduate transcripts
(photocopies
>are acceptable), and names of three references (with telephone numbers
>and e-mail addresses) by August 15, 2003. Estuarine modelers apply to
>Dr. Charles Gallegos ( <mailto:gallegosc@si.edu>gallegosc@si.edu )
>and watershed modelers to Dr.
>Donald Weller ( <mailto:wellerd@si.edu>wellerd@si.edu ), both at
>SERC, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD
>21037-0028. For more information on SERC visit
><http://www.serc.si.edu/>http://www.serc.si.edu .
>EOE.
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Opportunities for BA, MS or Students
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This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler for the purpose
of distributing information of potential interest to recent PhDs
engaged in interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate change
research, and to build an international sense of community among
recent grads. It provides an international forum for the exchange of
information and opinions regarding research, professional and social
issues.
The views and opinions expressed are strictly those of C.S. Weiler or
of the individual who has submitted a particular item for
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producer and editor and reserves the right to edit or reject material
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Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to
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For ease of transmission, please do not send attachments. Send a
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Biology Department
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Tel: 509-527-5948
Fax: 509-527-5961
Programs for Recent PhDs http://aslo.org/phd.html
DIALOG and DIACES poster http://aslo.org/dialog/dialogposter.pdf
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<div>Dear all, I will be out of the office for the next two weeks, and
won't have access to e-mail. So this is the last News till mid August.
Hope you all will have a similar break from your daily routines this
summer! If you applied for the DIALOG symposium and haven't heard from
this office regarding invitations, it means you are still on the
waiting list at this stage, and will be invited if space opens
up.</div>
<div>cheers, Sue</div>
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Disccrs News</b></font></div>
<div align="center">July 25, 2003</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Resources</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>Video on Talking Science</b>: Debbie Steinberg reports
there is a GREAT video written and directed by Randy Olson, produced
by the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies and the
Annenberg School for Communication called "Talking Science: The
Elusive Art of the Scientific Talk" She shows it to her students
every year. To order a copy, Contact tsvideo@wrigley.usc.edu. It
currently goes for $39.95.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Integrated Carbon Cycle Research</b></div>
<div>The program announcement (NSF 03-582) for the FY 2004 Integrated
Carbon<br>
Cycle Research Program (ICCR) has been released. The theme this
year is</div>
<div>quite focused: drainage basin/ocean margin studies.
The url is:</div>
<div>http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03582/nsf03582.htm<br>
Note that the proposal deadline is 22 OCtober 2003, 1700 hrs
proponent's</div>
<div>local time.</div>
<div>Donald L. Rice, Director<br>
Chemical Oceanography Program<br>
Division of Ocean Sciences<br>
National Science Foundation<br>
4201 Wilson Boulevard<br>
Arlington, Virginia 22230<br>
Tel: 703-292-8582</div>
<div>Fax: 703-292-9085</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Science
News</b></font></div>
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color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><b>WHITE HOUSE ISSUES PLAN TO STUDY GLOBAL WARMING</b><br>
10-year Project Comes amid New Claims of Atmospheric Changes</div>
<div>from The San Francisco Chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the
News</div>
<div> A controversial 10-year plan to study
global warming was issued Thursday by<br>
the Bush administration amid new claims that the human impact on
Earth's</div>
<div>atmosphere can be detected miles above the planet's surface.<br>
The $103 million White House plan laid out
five goals, the first of which</div>
<div>is to study natural variability in climate change.<br>
Critics charged this was designed to appease
conservatives who argue that<br>
global warming is mostly a natural phenomenon, and not, as<br>
environmentalists and many scientists believe, the result of
industrial<br>
activity and burning of fossil fuels.<br>
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?</div>
<div>file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/25/MN251791.DTL></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>SPRING ARRIVING EARLIER, STUDY FINDS</b></div>
<div>from The Associated Press via Sigma Xi Science in the News</div>
<div>PORTLAND, Maine -- Folks who hate those interminable New England
winters<br>
can take heart in a new scientific study. Those concerned about
global</div>
<div>warming will no doubt have one more thing to be worry about.<br>
A study of river flow data found that spring
arrives one to two weeks<br>
earlier than it used to in Northern New England, giving credence to
those</div>
<div>who say the region's winters aren't what they used to be.<br>
The study, to be published in Friday's
Journal of Hydrology, was based on<br>
river flow data from more than two dozen rivers.</div>
<div><http://www.ctnow.com/hc-winters0724.artjul24.story></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>STUDY: SEAFLOOR VENTS 30,000 YEARS OLD</b></div>
<div>from The Associated Press via Sigma Xi in the News<br>
WASHINGTON -- A collection of giant seafloor
hot vents is thousands of<br>
years old and may be the type of place where life first developed on
Earth,</div>
<div>a new study suggests.<br>
Located in the mid-Atlantic about 1,500 miles
off the U.S. East Coast, the<br>
collection of towering vents discovered in 2000 has been nicknamed the
Lost</div>
<div>City.<br>
Water coming out of the vents is heated by
chemical reactions rather than<br>
the volcanic action seen at the better-known hot smoker vents that
have<br>
been studied in the past, according to the research team led by
Gretchen L.</div>
<div>Fruh-Green of Switzerland's Institute for Mineralogy and
Petrology.<br>
Their findings are reported in Friday's issue
of the journal Science.<br>
<http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-seafloor-</div>
<div>vents,0,3211690.story><br>
</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Summer
Programs, Courses, Internships</b></font>,<font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b> Meetings</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div>Announcement of Opportunity</div>
<div><b>Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental
Change</b><br>
3-21 May 2004</div>
<div>IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria</div>
<div>Application Deadline: 15 October 2003</div>
<div> START, in partnership with the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and with
the financial support of the David and Lucille Packard Foundation,
invites applications for Institute Fellows to participate in an
Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change.
The Advanced Institute is to have three components: a three-week long
Seminar to be held 3-21 May 2004 at IIASA in Laxenburg, Austria;
one-year research grants for successful Institute Fellows; and a
culminating workshop that will follow completion of the
research.</div>
<div> <b> The Advanced Institute is open to young
scientists and professionals, 40 years of age or younger, from
developing countries.</b> Subject to available funding, exceptional
applicants from developed countries will be considered. The Advanced
Institute will be multi-disciplinary and applicants with backgrounds
in social science, natural science, engineering, management and public
policy are welcome. Applicants must at a minimum have a masters degree
or equivalent experience and it is expected that most successful
applicants will have completed a PhD degree or be enrolled in a PhD
program.</div>
<div>Further details can be found on the START website (www.start.org)
under "What's New."</div>
<div align="center">Questions can be directed to Ms. Sara Beresford at
sberesford@agu.org. Application materials should be sent to
start-apps@agu.org</div>
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<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Jobs for
PhDs</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"><b>USFWS seeks PhD-level
fishery biologist</b> to work on endangered delta smelt and other
resident fish species in the
Sacramento-San </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Joaquin Bay-Delta
Estuary.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Full job description and
application information available at
http://jsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/ftva.asp?OPMControl=VF1689</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Position: FISHERY
BIOLOGIST, GS-0482-12/12Salary: $54,275.00
Annually <span
></span
> <span
></span
> <span
></span> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Duty Location:
STOCKTON, CA</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Employing
Agency: U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
* <span
></span> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Applications will be
accepted from: All U. S. Citizens
</font
></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Vacancy Identification
Number: FS153418 DEA MAJOR
DUTIES: </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Anke Mueller</font><font
face="Times New Roman">-Solger</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Department of Water
Resources</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">(916)
227-2194</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"
size="-1">amueller@water.ca.gov</font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Opportunity, nucleic acid vaccination of fish and pathogen
interactions.</b></div>
<div>> I have funding for a graduate student, or a tech, or a
post-doc</div>
<div>> for about three years. The incumbent will be working
on nucleic acid</div>
<div>> vaccination of fish and pathogen interactions. No job
posting has been<br>
> written yet, so I am eager to hear from candidates and structure
the<br>
> announcement accordingly. Fish skills are less important
than molecular<br>
> skills. The position will be 12 months for 3 years.</div>
<div>>
Contact:</div>
<div>>
Kenneth E Nusbaum at 334-844-2693 or nusbake@vetmed.auburn.edu</div>
<div>> Kenneth E Nusbaum, DVM, PhD<br>
> Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists<br>
> Department of Pathobiology<br>
> College of Veterinary Medicine<br>
> Auburn University, AL 36849</div>
<div>> 334-844-2693</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental</b></div>
<div><b>Change (IDGEC) Executive Officer</b></div>
<div>University of California Santa Barbara<br>
Additional information on the project may be found at the IDGEC
website:</div>
<div>http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~idgec/</div>
<div>Position open until filled</div>
<div> The international project on the
Institutional Dimensions of Global<br>
Environmental Change (IDGEC) seeks a highly qualified person to
serve<br>
half-time as Executive Officer of the IDGEC International Project
Office<br>
(IPO) and half-time as a postdoctoral fellow working on themes
of</div>
<div>interest to IDGEC.<br>
IDGEC is a long-term research project dealing with the
roles that<br>
institutions play both in causing and confronting large-scale<br>
environmental changes. This project is one of a family of core
projects<br>
operating under the auspices of the International Human
Dimensions</div>
<div>Program on Global Environmental Change. The IDGEC IPO is located
at the<br>
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the<br>
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). It operates under
the<br>
general direction of the IDGEC Scientific Steering Committee, which
is<br>
chaired by Oran Young who is Professor of Environmental Science
and</div>
<div>Management at UCSB.<br>
The director of the IDGEC IPO must have scientific
credentials<br>
(preferably a PhD in one of the relevant social sciences) and be
able<br>
and willing to participate in the development and conduct of
flagship<br>
research activities, to help in forging partnerships with other
research<br>
programs, and to interact with members of the IDGEC Network.
Computer<br>
skills and familiarity with the development and maintenance of web
sites<br>
are essential. Experience with quantitative analysis or modeling
would</div>
<div>be helpful.<br>
The occupant of this position will be expected to conduct
research on</div>
<div>substantive matters of interest to IDGEC. Among the project's
current<br>
interests are the institutional dimensions of carbon management,
the<br>
performance of exclusive economic zones, and the political economy
of<br>
boreal and tropical forests. Additional themes may emerge in the
future.<br>
An interest in one of IDGEC's priority regions - Southeast Asia and
the</div>
<div>Circumpolar North - would be helpful but not essential.<br>
Additional information on the project may be found
at the IDGEC web site</div>
<div>http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~idgec/.<br>
The successful applicant will be appointed
initially for a term of one<br>
year. But the appointment may be extended one year at a time for up
to<br>
two additional years. Salary will be in the range of $35-45,000 USD
plus<br>
benefits. The position is available from 1 September 2003.
Consideration</div>
<div>of applicants for this position will begin immediately and will
continue</div>
<div>until the position is filled.<br>
Candidates should submit applications,
consisting of a curriculum vitae,<br>
a writing sample, the names of three referees, and a letter
explaining<br>
their interest in the position either by email to Maria Gordon</div>
<div>(mgordon@bren.ucsb.edu) or by fax to (805) 893-7064.<br>
The project is especially interested in candidates who
can contribute to<br>
the diversity and excellence of the academic community. UCSB is an
Equal</div>
<div>Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.</div>
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<div><b>The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) has two
opening for</b></div>
<div>>postdoctoral research associates to join a project modeling
water</div>
<div>>quality and nutrient dynamics in small estuarine embayments.
The</div>
<div>>estuarine ecosystem modeler will help derive and test models
of</div>
<div>>estuarine ecosystems subject to multiple stressors. The
watershed</div>
<div>>modeler will help develop geographic descriptions of
Chesapeake Bay</div>
<div>>subestuaries and their watersheds and will use time series
analysis and</div>
<div>>watershed models to predict nutrient and sediment discharges
from</div>
<div>>watersheds to subestuaries under current and future land use
and</div>
<div>climate</div>
<div>>scenarios. Both modelers will help integrate watershed and
estuary</div>
<div>>models into a decision support system. Estuarine modeler
applicants</div>
<div>>should have a Ph.D. in ecology or estuarine, ocean, or
environmental</div>
<div>>sciences; experience with ecosystem and water quality
simulation</div>
<div>>modeling and multivariate statistical analysis; and
background in</div>
<div>>estuarine ecology, ecosystem ecology, nutrient dynamics, or
planktonic</div>
<div>>food webs. Watershed modeler applicants should have a Ph.D.
in science</div>
<div>>or geography; experience with watershed modeling, statistical
analysis,</div>
<div>>and geographic information system analysis, and background in
landscape</div>
<div>>ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, nutrient
transport, or</div>
<div>>hydrology. Other desirable skills for both positions include
computer</div>
<div>>programming and data base management. The incumbents will be
active</div>
<div>>participants in project planning, data analysis, and
scientific</div>
<div>>publications and must be able to work as part of a research
team. The</div>
<div>>position is funded by a 3-year grant from the USEPA Science
to Achieve</div>
<div>>Results (STAR) Program. Salary $40,000-42,000 (depending
on</div>
<div>>qualifications) plus benefits. For best consideration, send
letter of</div>
<div>>application, resume, graduate and undergraduate
transcripts</div>
<div>(photocopies</div>
<div>>are acceptable), and names of three references (with
telephone numbers</div>
<div>>and e-mail addresses) by August 15, 2003. Estuarine modelers
apply to</div>
<div>>Dr. Charles Gallegos (
<mailto:gallegosc@si.edu>gallegosc@si.edu )</div>
<div>>and watershed modelers to Dr.</div>
<div>>Donald Weller ( <mailto:wellerd@si.edu>wellerd@si.edu
), both at</div>
<div>>SERC, P.O. Box 28, Edgewater, MD</div>
<div>>21037-0028. For more information on SERC visit</div>
<div>><http://www.serc.si.edu/>http://www.serc.si.edu .</div>
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