[DIALOGnews] DIALOG and DISCCRS News Oct. 14, 2003
Susan Weiler
weilercs@whitman.edu
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DIALOG and Disccrs News
Oct. 14, 2003
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Science News
SONAR LINKED TO DEATH OF WHALES, STUDY SAYS
from San Francisco Chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the News
Powerful underwater sonar creates tissue-destroying gas bubbles in the
vital organs of whales and other marine mammals, causing a fatal sickness
similar to the bends that deep-sea divers undergo when they surface too
quickly, a new study contends.
For the first time, scientists say they have pinpointed the reason that
whales mysteriously beach themselves and die after exposure to certain
types of sonar.
The study was based on an international naval exercise in the Atlantic a
year ago that caused the stranding of 14 beaked whales on beaches in the
Canary Islands. Analysis of the whales within hours of their exposure
revealed the cause, according to a team of British and Spanish researchers.
The group's solution to the long-standing mystery is published
today in the
scientific journal Nature.
http://snurl.com/2m3d
and
NAVY AGREES TO LIMIT USE OF SONAR SYSTEM
from The San Francisco chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the News
Hoping to settle a long controversy with environmentalists, the Navy has
agreed to limit the use of its new underwater sound system to small areas
of the far western Pacific Ocean in order to avoid possible harm to whales
and other sensitive marine species.
The Natural Resources Defense Council and five other groups had sued the
Navy in federal court two years ago, charging that the far-ranging sonar
system designed to detect and track silent submarines could deafen,
disorient or even kill mammals with its powerful sound waves.
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte of U.S. District Court in San Francisco
issued an injunction last August halting the Navy from using its powerful
new sonars, but she ordered the contending groups to negotiate a compromise
that would enable the Navy to conduct sonar tests in a limited ocean area
where whales are less likely to be affected.
http://snurl.com/2nxc
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Forum
SURVEY OF CLIMATE-CHANGE SCIENTISTS
In 1996 Dennis Bray and Hans von Storch conducted an international
survey questionnaire of climate scientists in an effort to determine the
collective perspectives of national scientific communities regarding
climate change. (For this survey approximately 1,000 questionnaires were
distributed by regular post with a return response rate of approximately
30%.) This survey is now being repeated electronically to determine
what, if any, changes in perspectives have occurred. The 1996 survey was
conducted in 5 developed countries. In this current effort I hope to
reach some developing nations as well, hence the electronic mail out
format of the survey. In this survey questionnaire a short section
concerning adaptation to climate change has also been added. Your
participation in completing the survey would assist very much in being
able to offer results from a representative sample. The results will be
posted on the web in due course and announcement made in appropriate
journals. If you do choose to participate, the survey can be reached by
opening your web browser and going to the following link:
http://w3g.gkss.de/G/Mitarbeiter/bray.html/
When the page opens click the link to "survey of climate scientists"
Here you will be asked for a username and password.
For username enter "respondent" (without quotation marks)
For password enter "ccsurvey" (again without the quotation marks).
The survey is password protected as an effort to limit the respondents
to those involved in the climate sciences. There is also the option to
print the survey from a PDF file and submit though regular postal
services. Electronic submissions do not transmit your email address and
consequently anonymity is ensured. Thank you in advance for your
cooperation.
Beth Farley
Director, Member Services
American Meteorological Society
45 Beacon St.
Boston MA 02108
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings
Watson International Scholars of the Environment Program
Brown University, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment
Program and the Henry Luce Foundation, is sponsoring an intensive
curriculum that focuses on mid-career environmental leaders from
developing nations.
Program organizers seek an unusual range of practitioners, applied
scientists, policy experts, and technologists from within the diverse
fields of environment who can make linkages among the complex array of
global environmental challenges we now face. This opportunity is
relevant and transferable to developing-nation contexts of
biodiversity conservation, ecosystem management, global climate
change, environmental health, and ecological economics. Approaches and
tools participants will acquire include geographic information systems
(GIS), remote sensing, environmental conflict resolution, rapid
biodiversity assessment, ecological risk assessment, monitoring and
predictive modeling.
An active field component includes the World Resources Institute, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation International, the
environment division of the World Bank, the Smithsonian Institution,
the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods
Hole), several consulting firms and additional universities.
The 2004 program will run from January 27 through May 12, 2004.
Applications are due October 1, 2003. Complete information, including
scholarship opportunities, is available at
http://www.watsoninstitute.org/GE/Watson_Scholars/.
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Jobs for PhDs
>TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN
>GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE,
>NATURAL RESOURCES AND HUMAN HEALTH
>
>UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON
>
>The University of Wisconsin, Madison, is searching for a new faculty
>member in the areas of the "Global Environmental Change, Natural
>Resources and Human Health" as part of a campus-wide initiative in
>international environmental affairs.
>
>We seek an outstanding scholar who examines the linkages between
>global environmental issues (including land use / land cover change,
>climate change, atmospheric pollution), the state of crucial natural
>resources (such as freshwater systems, agricultural lands, forests
>and timber resources, fisheries, biological reserves) and issues of
>human health (air quality, risk of natural hazards, emerging
>diseases). For example, topics of interest include:
>
>* Effects of global environmental change on freshwater resources or
>agriculture
>* Land use practices and their effects on regional and global
>environmental conditions
>* Connections between atmospheric chemistry, air pollution and human health
>* Changing environmental conditions and the emergence of disease
>* Urban environments and the linkages between environmental
>conditions and health
>* Environmental change and natural disasters
>* Vulnerability / resilience of human-environment systems to
>environmental change
>
>We will consider applicants from a broad range of backgrounds,
>including (but not limited to) environmental science, global change,
>ecology, geography, earth and atmospheric sciences, and public
>health. Scientists who explore connections to the social sciences
>and policy aspects of their work are especially encouraged. We are
>also especially eager to enhance campus diversity and to forge new
>international research collaborations.
>
>The position will be based in a new interdisciplinary research and
>graduate training center - the Center for Sustainability and the
>Global Environment (SAGE), which is part of the campus' Gaylord
>Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Teaching, research and
>service responsibilities will be shared between the Nelson Institute
>and other appropriate departments on campus (which will be
>negotiated to best suit the candidate's interests). We expect that
>the faculty members will be hired at the Assistant (tenure-track)
>Professor level. In exceptional cases, we may consider candidates
>for the Associate or Full Professor levels.
>
>Consideration of applicants will begin on December 19, 2003. For
>full consideration, applicants should submit the following materials
>by that date: (1) a current curriculum vitae, including a complete
>list of publications; (2) a personal statement discussing the
>candidate's research, teaching and outreach philosophy, and how
>these would fit into a framework of collaborative, interdisciplinary
>scholarship; and (3) three letters of reference.
>
>All application materials must be sent electronically. Cover
>letters, curriculum vitae and personal statements should be sent as
>a single PDF file (no more than 3 mbytes). Copies of the
>candidate's publications are not needed. Letters of reference
>should be sent as plain text, a Microsoft Word file or a PDF
>document. All materials must be sent to jfoley@wisc.edu.
>
>Inquiries about the position may be directed to Prof. Jonathan
>Foley, Director - Center for Sustainability and the Global
>Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University
>of Wisconsin (email: jfoley@wisc.edu).
>
>For a more complete description of the position and the campus-wide
>initiative in international environmental affairs please visit
>http://www.sage.wisc.edu/cluster.
>
>--
>Prof. Jon Foley, Director
>Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)
>Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
>University of Wisconsin, Madison
>1710 University Avenue
>Madison, WI 53726
>jfoley@wisc.edu (email) -- www.sage.wisc.edu (web)
608.265.9119 (phone) -- 608.265.4113 (fax)
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Nutrient dynamics in coastal systems
(externally supported)
http://www.mbari.org/oed/jobs/Postdoc_NSF1.html
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is seeking
applicants for a postdoctoral appointment with a research project
funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biocomplexity program.
The major goal of this NSF-funded project is development of a
real-time observing system for nutrient dynamics in the Elkhorn
Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. This observing system
will couple an array of nitrate, phosphate, and carbon sensors with a
hydrodynamic model to produce real-time estimates of nutrient cycling
within Elkhorn Slough.
We are looking for applicants with backgrounds and interests in
various fields, such as biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, chemical
sensor development, sensor network implementation, observing system
validation, or data management, visualization, and display via the
Internet. Applicants should be highly self-motivated and outstanding
team players.
This position is funded for up to 5 years.
Founded in 1987 and supported by the David and Lucile Packard
Foundation, MBARI is a non-profit oceanographic research institute,
dedicated to the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation,
systems, and methods for scientific research in the oceans. MBARI's
research center includes science and engineering laboratories, as
well as an operations facility to support our research vessels and
oceanographic equipment, including remotely operated vehicles.
Located in Moss Landing, California, the heart of the nation's
largest marine sanctuary, MBARI places a balanced emphasis on science
and engineering, with established programs in marine robotics, ocean
physics, chemistry, geology, and biology, as well as information
management and ocean instrumentation research and development.
Applicants should be recent Ph.D. recipients. Applications for
this externally supported position must include:
Curriculum vitae
At least three professional letters of recommendation
Succinct statements of the applicant's doctoral research
Address your application to:
MBARI, Human Resources
Job code: Postdoc-NSF1
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644
Or send by fax to (831) 775-1620
Or by e-mail to jobs@mbari.org
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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
distribution. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those
of the funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler serves as
producer and editor and reserves the right to edit or reject material
submitted to the list.
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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--
C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Biology Department Tel: 509-527-5948
Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
weiler@whitman.edu
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<div><b>SONAR LINKED TO DEATH OF WHALES, STUDY SAYS</b></div>
<div>from San Francisco Chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the News<br>
Powerful underwater sonar creates
tissue-destroying gas bubbles in the<br>
vital organs of whales and other marine mammals, causing a fatal
sickness<br>
similar to the bends that deep-sea divers undergo when they surface
too</div>
<div>quickly, a new study contends.<br>
For the first time, scientists say they have
pinpointed the reason that<br>
whales mysteriously beach themselves and die after exposure to
certain</div>
<div>types of sonar.<br>
The study was based on an international naval
exercise in the Atlantic a<br>
year ago that caused the stranding of 14 beaked whales on beaches in
the<br>
Canary Islands. Analysis of the whales within hours of their
exposure</div>
<div>revealed the cause, according to a team of British and Spanish
researchers.<br>
The group's solution to the long-standing
mystery is published today in the<br>
scientific journal Nature.<br>
http://snurl.com/2m3d</div>
<div align="center">and</div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>NAVY AGREES TO LIMIT USE OF SONAR SYSTEM</b></div>
<div>from The San Francisco chronicle via Sigma Xi Science in the
News<br>
Hoping to settle a long controversy with
environmentalists, the Navy has<br>
agreed to limit the use of its new underwater sound system to small
areas<br>
of the far western Pacific Ocean in order to avoid possible harm to
whales</div>
<div>and other sensitive marine species.<br>
The Natural Resources Defense Council and
five other groups had sued the<br>
Navy in federal court two years ago, charging that the far-ranging
sonar<br>
system designed to detect and track silent submarines could
deafen,</div>
<div>disorient or even kill mammals with its powerful sound waves.<br>
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte of U.S.
District Court in San Francisco<br>
issued an injunction last August halting the Navy from using its
powerful<br>
new sonars, but she ordered the contending groups to negotiate a
compromise<br>
that would enable the Navy to conduct sonar tests in a limited ocean
area<br>
where whales are less likely to be affected.</div>
<div align="center">http://snurl.com/2nxc</div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
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color="#0000FF"><b>***************************************************</b
></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+1"
color="#0000FF"><b>Forum</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div><b>SURVEY OF CLIMATE-CHANGE SCIENTISTS</b></div>
<div>In 1996 Dennis Bray and Hans von Storch conducted an
international<br>
survey questionnaire of climate scientists in an effort to determine
the<br>
collective perspectives of national scientific communities
regarding<br>
climate change. (For this survey approximately 1,000 questionnaires
were<br>
distributed by regular post with a return response rate of
approximately<br>
30%.) This survey is now being repeated electronically to
determine<br>
what, if any, changes in perspectives have occurred. The 1996 survey
was<br>
conducted in 5 developed countries. In this current effort I hope
to<br>
reach some developing nations as well, hence the electronic mail
out<br>
format of the survey. In this survey questionnaire a short section<br>
concerning adaptation to climate change has also been added. Your<br>
participation in completing the survey would assist very much in
being<br>
able to offer results from a representative sample. The results will
be<br>
posted on the web in due course and announcement made in
appropriate<br>
journals. If you do choose to participate, the survey can be reached
by</div>
<div>opening your web browser and going to the following link:</div>
<div><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://w3g.gkss.de/G/Mitarbeiter/bray.html/<br>
</u></font>When the page opens click the link to "survey of
climate scientists"<br>
Here you will be asked for a username and password.</div>
<div>For username enter "respondent" (without quotation
marks)</div>
<div> For password enter "ccsurvey" (again
without the quotation marks).<br>
The survey is password protected as an effort to limit the
respondents<br>
to those involved in the climate sciences. There is also the option
to<br>
print the survey from a PDF file and submit though regular postal<br>
services. Electronic submissions do not transmit your email address
and<br>
consequently anonymity is ensured. Thank you in advance for your</div>
<div>cooperation.</div>
<div>Beth Farley<br>
Director, Member Services</div>
<div>American Meteorological Society<br>
45 Beacon St.</div>
<div>Boston MA 02108</div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
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color="#0000FF"><b>***************************************************</b
></font></div>
<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><b>Watson International Scholars of the Environment
Program</b></div>
<div><br>
Brown University, in collaboration with the United Nations
Environment<br>
Program and the Henry Luce Foundation, is sponsoring an intensive<br>
curriculum that focuses on mid-career environmental leaders from<br>
developing nations.<br>
<br>
Program organizers seek an unusual range of practitioners, applied<br>
scientists, policy experts, and technologists from within the
diverse<br>
fields of environment who can make linkages among the complex array
of<br>
global environmental challenges we now face. This opportunity is<br>
relevant and transferable to developing-nation contexts of<br>
biodiversity conservation, ecosystem management, global climate<br>
change, environmental health, and ecological economics. Approaches
and<br>
tools participants will acquire include geographic information
systems</div>
<div>(GIS), remote sensing, environmental conflict resolution,
rapid</div>
<div>biodiversity assessment, ecological risk assessment, monitoring
and<br>
predictive modeling.<br>
<br>
An active field component includes the World Resources Institute,
the<br>
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation International,
the<br>
environment division of the World Bank, the Smithsonian
Institution,<br>
the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods<br>
Hole), several consulting firms and additional universities.<br>
<br>
The 2004 program will run from January 27 through May 12, 2004.<br>
Applications are due October 1, 2003. Complete information,
including<br>
scholarship opportunities, is available at<br>
http://www.watsoninstitute.org/GE/Watson_Scholars/.</div>
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></font></div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
<div align="center"><font size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>Jobs for
PhDs</b></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"><b>TENURE-TRACK
FACULTY POSITION IN</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"><u><b>GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE,</b></u></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"><u><b>NATURAL
RESOURCES AND HUMAN HEALTH</b></u></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><b><br></b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"><b>UNIVERSITY OF
WISCONSIN, MADISON</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">The University of
Wisconsin, Madison, is searching for<b> a new faculty member in the
areas of the "Global Environmental Change, Natural Resources and
Human Health"</b> as part of a campus-wide initiative in
international environmental affairs.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">We seek an outstanding
scholar who examines the linkages between global environmental issues
(including land use / land cover change, climate change, atmospheric
pollution), the state of crucial natural resources (such as freshwater
systems, agricultural lands, forests and timber resources, fisheries,
biological reserves) and issues of human health (air quality, risk of
natural hazards, emerging diseases). For example, topics of
interest include:</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Symbol">*</font><font
face="Arial"> Effects of global environmental change on freshwater
resources or agriculture</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Symbol">*</font><font
face="Arial"> Land use practices and their effects on regional and
global environmental conditions</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Symbol">*</font><font
face="Arial"> Connections between atmospheric chemistry, air pollution
and human health</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Symbol">*</font><font
face="Arial"> Changing environmental conditions and the emergence of
disease</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Symbol">*</font><font
face="Arial"> Urban environments and the linkages between
environmental conditions and health</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Symbol">*</font><font
face="Arial"> Environmental change and natural
disasters</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Symbol">*</font><font
face="Arial"> Vulnerability / resilience of human-environment systems
to environmental change</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">We will consider
applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, including (but not
limited to) environmental science, global change, ecology, geography,
earth and atmospheric sciences, and public health. Scientists
who explore connections to the social sciences and policy aspects of
their work are especially encouraged. We are also especially
eager to enhance campus diversity and to forge new international
research collaborations.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">The position will be
based in a new interdisciplinary research and graduate training center
- the<i> Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment</i>
(SAGE), which is part of the campus'<i> Gaylord Nelson Institute for
Environmental Studies</i>. Teaching, research and service
responsibilities will be shared between the<i> Nelson Institute</i>
and other appropriate departments on campus (which will be negotiated
to best suit the candidate's interests).<i> </i> We expect that
the faculty members will be hired at the Assistant (tenure-track)
Professor level. In exceptional cases, we may consider candidates for
the Associate or Full Professor levels.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><u><b><br></b></u></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Consideration of
applicants will begin on<b> December 19, 2003</b>. For full
consideration, applicants should submit the following materials by
that date: (1) a current curriculum vitae, including a complete list
of publications; (2) a personal statement discussing the candidate's
research, teaching and outreach philosophy, and how these would fit
into a framework of collaborative, interdisciplinary scholarship; and
(3) three letters of reference.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">All application
materials must be sent electronically. Cover letters, curriculum
vitae and personal statements should be sent as a<i> single</i> PDF
file (no more than 3 mbytes). Copies of the candidate's
publications are not needed. Letters of reference should be sent
as plain text, a Microsoft Word file or a PDF document. All
materials must be sent to<font color="#1919FF"><u><b>
jfoley@wisc.edu</b></u></font>.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Inquiries about the
position may be directed to Prof. Jonathan Foley, Director - Center
for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for
Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin (email:<font
color="#1919FF"><u> jfoley@wisc.edu</u></font>).</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Arial"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">For a more complete
description of the position and the campus-wide initiative in
international environmental affairs please visit<font
color="#1919FF"><u>
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/cluster.</u></font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>--</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Prof. Jon Foley, Director</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Center for Sustainability and the Global
Environment (SAGE)</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Gaylord Nelson Institute for
Environmental Studies</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>University of Wisconsin,
Madison</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>1710 University Avenue</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Madison, WI 53726</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>jfoley@wisc.edu (email) --
www.sage.wisc.edu (web)</blockquote>
<div align="center">608.265.9119 (phone) -- 608.265.4113 (fax)</div>
<div align="center"><br></div>
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<div><br></div>
<div>Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute</div>
<div><b>Postdoctoral Research Fellowship</b></div>
<div><b>Nutrient dynamics in coastal systems</b><br>
(externally supported)</div>
<div> http://www.mbari.org/oed/jobs/Postdoc_NSF1.html</div>
<div>The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is seeking
applicants for a postdoctoral appointment with a research project
funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biocomplexity
program.</div>
<div> The major goal of this NSF-funded
project is development of a real-time observing system for nutrient
dynamics in the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
This observing system will couple an array of nitrate, phosphate, and
carbon sensors with a hydrodynamic model to produce real-time
estimates of nutrient cycling within Elkhorn Slough.</div>
<div> We are looking for applicants with
backgrounds and interests in various fields, such as biogeochemical
cycling of nutrients, chemical sensor development, sensor network
implementation, observing system validation, or data management,
visualization, and display via the Internet. Applicants should be
highly self-motivated and outstanding team players.</div>
<div> <b> This position is funded for up to 5
years</b>.</div>
<div>Founded in 1987 and supported by the David and Lucile Packard
Foundation, MBARI is a non-profit oceanographic research institute,
dedicated to the development of state-of-the-art instrumentation,
systems, and methods for scientific research in the oceans. MBARI's
research center includes science and engineering laboratories, as well
as an operations facility to support our research vessels and
oceanographic equipment, including remotely operated vehicles. Located
in Moss Landing, California, the heart of the nation's largest marine
sanctuary, MBARI places a balanced emphasis on science and
engineering, with established programs in marine robotics, ocean
physics, chemistry, geology, and biology, as well as information
management and ocean instrumentation research and development.</div>
<div> Applicants should be recent Ph.D.
recipients. Applications for this externally supported position must
include:<br>
Curriculum vitae<br>
At least three professional letters of recommendation</div>
<div> Succinct statements of the applicant's doctoral
research</div>
<div> Address your application to:<br>
MBARI, Human Resources<br>
Job code: Postdoc-NSF1<br>
7700 Sandholdt Road</div>
<div>Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644<br>
Or send by fax to (831) 775-1620</div>
<div>Or by e-mail to jobs@mbari.org</div>
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Programs for Recent
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<div> Minorities in the Aquatic Sciences
http://www.aslo.org/mas.html<br>
DIALOG and DIACES poster
http://www.aslo.org/phd/dialogposter.pdf<br>
DISCCRS poster
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