[DIALOGnews] DISCCRS News 11/16/2007
Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Fri Nov 16 14:01:33 CST 2007
Note: Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, DISCCRS News will not be sent
11/23/2007.
DISCCRS News
11/16/2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Resources from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm.
http://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr07096
(see RESOURCES 1 below)
Journey To Planet Earth - 10-part PBS Environmental Series - Now
Available for Colleges
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth
(see RESOURCES 2 below)
New American Institute for Global Change Research program to focus on
policy implications of projects in the Americas
(see RESOURCES 3 below)
FORUM
Debate on global warming: is the threat dangerous now or in the future?
Recorded on WNPR Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Features Anthony
Leiserowitz (DISCCRS II)
http://tinyurl.com/2d4gxm
SCIENCE NEWS
Experts Discuss Engineering Feats to Slow Climate Change
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/science/earth/10geo.html Or:
http://tinyurl.com/2gtsb3
(see NEWS 1 below)
Convention Discourages Ocean Fertilization
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071112/full/news.2007.230.html
Or: http://tinyurl.com/2xvo8o
(see NEWS 2 below)
Hydrogen Gas Made From Renewable Organic Material
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071113-hydrogen-
fuel.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/28dty4
(see NEWS 3 below)
A Melting Alaska Draws Visitors
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1114/p03s02-usgn.html Or: http://
tinyurl.com/2my5sv
(see NEWS 4 below)
How to Fight a Rising Sea
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1115/p13s02-wogi.html Or: http://
tinyurl.com/ynqyy5
(see NEWS 5 below)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
DISCCRS Climate Research Network for New Ph.D. Graduates – DISCCRS
IV Symposium - November 2-8, 2008 – Saguaro Lake Ranch, AZ (USA)
http:/disccrs.org
(see SYMPOSIUM 1 below)
NECSI Complex Systems Winter School - January 7-18, 2008 - MIT,
Cambridge, MA (USA)
http://www.necsi.org/events/winter2008.html
(see WORKSHOP 1 below)
CLIMECO workshop - $500 Travel Award for Young Marine Scientists
http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html
(see WORKSHOP 2 below)
JOBS
Asst/Assoc Prof tenure track – Energy Sustainability Science –
School of Engineering - University of California, Merced CA (USA)
http://jobs.ucmerced.edu/n/academic/position.jsf?positionId=1328
http://jobs.ucmerced.edu/n/academic/position.jsf?positionId=1329
Postdoc - Polar Climate Change - Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences - University of California – Los Angeles CA (USA)
(see JOB 1 below)
Postdoc – Modeling - Aqueous phase photochemistry leading to SOA
formation - Turpin lab - Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ (USA)
(see JOB 2 below)
2008-2009 AMS-UCAR Congressional Science Fellowship
www.ametsoc.org/CSF
(see JOB 3 below)
Research Prof Tenure track - Weather/Climate Modeling – Department
of Earth Sciences – State University of New York – Oswego, NU (USA)
(see JOB 4 below)
Post Doc - Compound-specific isotopes in DOM cycling/ Microbial
ecology - Ocean Sciences - University of California, Santa Cruz XA (USA)
http://es.ucsc.edu/~mccarthy/MDM_HOME_page/postdoc.htm
(see JOB 5 below)
Asst Prof - Ecology - Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal
Arts –New York, NY (USA)
careers.newschool.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51070
(see JOB 6 below)
Post-doc Research Scientist - Florida International University /
South Florida and Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network (SFCN)
– Florida (USA)
(see JOB 7 below)
Asst. Prof. - Plant Physiology - Connecticut College - New London CT
(USA)
www.conncoll.edu
(see JOB 8 below)
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Resources and Funding Opportunities
(RESOURCES 1) Resources from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm.
http://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr07096
The following two resources were used at the recent DISCCRS III
Symposium. They will soon be posted in the resource section of the
DISCCRS webpage, http://www.disccrs.org/career.html. While the
publications are specific to the U.S. NSF, the elements of a good
proposal described in the first document are quite universal. The
second includes valuable information about NSF proposal success rates
and how these have changed over time.
They are available on the NSF website at the following locations:
A Guide for Proposal Writing
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm.
Survey on the Impact of Proposal and Award Management Mechanisms
http://nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=pr07096
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(RESOURCES 2) Journey To Planet Earth - 10-part PBS Environmental
Series - Now Available for Colleges
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth
WASHINGTON, DC: Today's news headlines tell of a world that faces
increased hunger, water shortages, massive floods, and species
extinction because of climate change and sea level rise.
Funded by the National Science Foundation, JOURNEY TO PLANET
EARTH is the only DVD series that helps teachers explain to college
students the science behind these headlines.
To receive a 30-day free preview of the entire 10-episode series
or individual episodes simply reply to this e-mail --
screenscope at screenscope.com -- with your name, institutional mailing
address and phone number. Or visit our website for more information
about the series: http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth
Find out why publications like the The School Library Journal,
Booklist, The Journal Of Academic Librarianship and the California
Instructional Technology Clearinghouse hail the JOURNEY TO PLANET
EARTH series as the most comprehensive environmental video series
ever produced!
Here's a quick description of each 56-minute episode:
STATE OF THE OCEAN’S ANIMALS takes a hard look at why nearly
half the world's marine animals may face extinction over the next
twenty-five years. Locations: Pacific Northwest (whales, salmon and
sea otters), Florida (sea level rise and its effect on loggerhead
turtles), the Antarctic (threats to Emperor Penguins), and Africa
(coastal fisheries). Narrated by Matt Damon.
STATE OF THE PLANET’S WILDLIFE -- Explores what scientists are
calling the “sixth great extinction” of our world’s plants and
animals. Locations: the Arctic, Montana, China, Kenya, Brazil,
Singapore, and the Everglades. Narrated by Matt Damon.
STATE OF THE PLANET -- Looks at how population, climate change,
and economic pressures affect the world’s resources such as food and
water. Locations: Kenya, India, Israel, Bangladesh, the Amazon,
Mexico, China, and the United States. Narrated by Matt Damon.
FUTURE CONDITIONAL -- Looks at the spread of air pollution from
disparate locations such as the Arctic, Uzbekistan, Mexico, and
California, and how contamination in one area can affect people
thousands of miles away. Narrated by Matt Damon.
ON THE BRINK -- Investigates a growing national security threat
throughout the world: how environmental pressures can lead to
terrorism and regional conflict. Locations: Haiti, South Africa,
Bangladesh, India, Peru and along the United States/Mexico border.
Narrated by Matt Damon.
SEAS OF GRASS -- Examines the devastating environmental,
political and economic effects of the degradation of the world's
grasslands, which make up 30 percent of Earth's land surface.
Locations: Argentina, Inner Mongolia, Kenya, South Africa, and North
America. Narrated by Matt Damon.
HOT ZONES -- Explores how recent trends in globalization and the
altering of ecosystems have led to dramatic increases in the spread
of infectious diseases. Locations: Kenya, Peru, Bangladesh, New York
City, and Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. Narrated by Matt Damon.
RIVERS OF DESTINY -- Investigates problems associated with the
tampering of the natural environment of rivers. Locations:
Mississippi, Amazon, Jordan, and Mekong Rivers. Narrated by Kelly
McGillis.
THE URBAN EXPLOSION -- Explores ways to sustain burgeoning urban
populations without destroying the environment. Locations: Mexico
City, Istanbul, Shanghai, and New York City. Narrated by Kelly
McGillis.
LAND OF PLENTY, LAND OF WANT -- Examines how farmers can feed
Earth’s growing population without impoverishing the land.
Locations: Zimbabwe, France, China, and the United States. Narrated
by Kelly McGillis.
Series Price: $1099 (set of ten) $599 (any five) or $149 per
episode. Includes Teachers Guide.
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(RESOURCES 3) New American Institute for Global Change Research
program to focus on policy implications of projects in the Americas
Six multinational research projects are being implemented as part
of a new Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)
program that will investigate the human dimensions and policy
implications of Collaborative Research Network (CRN) projects in the
Americas.
Each project funded under the Small Grants for the Human
Dimensions Program (SGP-HD) has been awarded a total of up to $160
thousand US dollars and will, over the next two years, study the
interactions of global change, climate variability, land use and
human beings. In collaboration with CRN projects, researchers will
look at how human health, welfare and activities depend on the
productivity, diversity and functioning of ecosystems. Both CRN and
SGP-HD Programs receive funding from the United States National
Science Foundation (NSF).
“The SGP-HD program will not only integrate a broad range of
human science with the natural sciences of the CRN projects but will
also build on the network synergies to further enhance the linkages
between individual projects and provide the human dimensions research
teams with a rich field of study and interdisciplinary interaction”,
said Holm Tiessen, IAI Director.
CRN is a major international global change research effort
designed to support research while encouraging multinational and
multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists investigating global
change problems of importance to the continent. Its unique focus on
scientific excellence, multinational collaboration and capacity
building is invaluable as we prepare to deal with current and future
environmental challenges.
“One finding of the research on climate risk is that climate
stress does not cause human vulnerabilities but only unveils them.
Close cooperation between natural and human sciences is required to
establish full causal chains between natural events and human
conditions. This interdisciplinarity has been one of the most
difficult tasks of the research networks”, stressed Tiessen.
The first round of CRNs (CRN I) supported 14 large-scale
projects, with a program budget of about US$10 million from 1999 to
2006. This budget was doubled by national funding agencies which
supported proposals derived from CRN I activities. CRN I and several
associated smaller projects were led by over 400 scientists in the
Americas and created a stronger and more cohesive science community
in the region.
The IAI, in collaboration with the Scientific Committee on
Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), has recently published the book /
Communicating Global Change Science to Society, /which presents both
a collection of experiences from CRN I and an analysis of the policy
interface that has developed in these networks.
In 2006, the IAI started a second round of its successful CRN
Program (CRN II). CRN II includes 12 international research consortia
involving more than 40 institutions across 18 countries in the Americas.
For more information on the IAI and its programs, please visit:
http://www.iai.int or contact: Ione Anderson, Program Manager at:
ianderson at dir.iai.int
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Science News
(NEWS 1) Experts Discuss Engineering Feats to Slow Climate Change
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/science/earth/10geo.html Or:
http://tinyurl.com/2gtsb3
New York Times (Registration Required) - CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 9
- There is now "no doubt" that some of the effects of human-induced
climate change could be offset with engineering fixes, according to
David Keith, an expert on climate and energy at the University of
Calgary.
But what action should be taken, based on this knowledge? That
was one of the knotty questions he and other experts wrestled with at
a two-day conference that ended here on Friday.
Dr. Keith, an organizer of the conference, said that at one time
he thought scientists should not talk in public about
"geoengineering" remedies for global warming ... Like many other
researchers, he explained, he worried that the potential for a
climate fix, even an imperfect one, would only encourage people to
continue the profligate burning of fossil fuels that got the planet
into trouble in the first place.
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(NEWS 2) Convention Discourages Ocean Fertilization
http://www.nature.com/news/2007/071112/full/news.2007.230.html
Or: http://tinyurl.com/2xvo8o
Nature News - The parties to the London Convention, an
international treaty that governs ocean pollution, have agreed that
large-scale ocean 'fertilization' isn't yet justified, given gaps in
scientific knowledge.
The convention, which regulates activities such as the dumping of
garbage at sea, had not previously taken a stand on the notion of
throwing nutrients into the ocean with the intention of promoting
plankton growth.
Such projects have been proposed to help increase ocean
productivity and thereby boost the uptake of carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere, combating climate change. But critics warn that little is
known about the ecological effect of dumping large quantities of
nutrients into the sea.
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(NEWS 3) Hydrogen Gas Made From Renewable Organic Material
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071113-hydrogen-
fuel.html Or: http://tinyurl.com/28dty4
National Geographic News - Hydrogen may be getting a step closer
to becoming a mainstream, renewable fuel. Researchers have invented a
way to harvest protons and electrons from bacteria in a reactor and
create small quantities of hydrogen gas.
The process can use any biodegradable organic material,
potentially freeing the production of clean-burning hydrogen fuel
from its current dependence on nonrenewable energy sources such as
natural gas.
"Hydrogen is an excellent transportation fuel, but you've got to
make it in a sustainable way," said study author Bruce Logan of
Pennsylvania State University. "We think this is the key method to do
that."
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(NEWS 4) A Melting Alaska Draws Visitors
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1114/p03s02-usgn.html Or: http://
tinyurl.com/2my5sv
Christian Science Monitor - Portage Glacier, Alaska - Tourists
still flock to Alaska to see Mount McKinley and ice caves, but a
small and steady stream of visitors now head to the last frontier to
see thawing tundra, crumbling glaciers, and ailing forests.
Take Shishmaref, an Inupiat Eskimo village on the state's remote
northwest coast. ... When a team of scientists and religious leaders
arrived in August, a highlight of the tour was viewing a house that
had tumbled over the edge of the beach bluff; A storm had cut 20 feet
from the shoreline previously held fast by frozen permafrost and sea-
ice buildup.
"To many of us, Alaska is the distant early-warming system for
the future of climate change," says Eric Chivian, of the Center for
Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School ...
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(NEWS 5) How to Fight a Rising Sea
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1115/p13s02-wogi.html Or: http://
tinyurl.com/ynqyy5
Christian Science Monitor - Dordrecht, Netherlands - The Dutch
enjoy a hard-earned reputation for building river dikes and sea
barriers. Over centuries, they have transformed a flood-prone river
delta into a wealthy nation roughly twice the size of New Jersey.
If scientific projections for global warming are right, however,
that success will be sorely tested. Globally, sea levels may rise up
to a foot during the early part of this century, and up to nearly
three feet by century's end.
This would bring higher tidal surges from the more-intense
coastal storms that scientists also project, along with the risk of
more frequent and more severe river floods from intense rainfall
inland. Nowhere does this aquatic vise squeeze more tightly than on
the world's densely populated river deltas.
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
(SYMPOSIUM 1) DISCCRS Climate Research Network for New Ph.D.
Graduates – DISCCRS IV Symposium - November 2-8, 2008 – Saguaro
Lake Ranch, AZ (USA)
http:/disccrs.org
Did you recently get your Ph.D.? Are you interested in climate
change and its impacts? If yes, then read on...
DISCCRS (pronounced "discourse ") is an interdisciplinary
initiative for recent Ph.D. graduates conducting research related to
climate change and its impacts. The goal is to broaden research
interests and establish a collegial peer network extending across the
spectrum of natural and social sciences, humanities, mathematics,
engineering and other disciplines related to climate change and its
impacts. The initiative includes a public webpage, weekly electronic
newsletter, and annual symposia funded through 2008.
Symposium Application Deadline April 30, 2008
Symposium Participant Expenses: Airfare and on-site expenses are
provided through NSF grant EAR-0435728 to Whitman College.
Eligibility: Ph.D. requirements completed April 1, 2006 - March
31, 2008 in any discipline related to climate change and impacts.
Although the focus is on the U.S., recent Ph.D. graduates from all
countries are invited to join the DISCCRS network and apply to be a
DISCCRS symposium scholar.
Thirty-six applicants will be selected by an interdisciplinary
committee of research scientists. During the week, participants will
provide oral and poster presentations in plenary format, hone
interdisciplinary communication and team skills, and discuss emerging
research, societal and professional issues with each other and with
established researchers invited to serve as mentors.
Sponsors: DISCCRS is jointly sponsored by the following
societies: AAG, AGU, AMS, ASLO, ESA, ESS-ISA, STEP/APSA and USSEE.
Funding: DISCCRS is supported through U.S. National Science
Foundation Collaborative Grants EAR-0435728 to Whitman College, C.S.
Weiler PI, and EAR-0435719 to University of Oregon, R.B. Mitchell
PI. Contact : disccrs at whitman.edu
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(WORKSHOP 1) NECSI Complex Systems Winter School - January 7-18, 2008
- MIT, Cambridge, MA (USA)
http://www.necsi.org/events/winter2008.html
Week One - Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems
Week Two - Modeling, Networks and Evolution of Complex Systems
Each program is the equivalent of a one semester course in a one
week format. They may be taken independently or consecutively. If
desired, arrangements for credit at a home institution should be made
in advance.
WEEK ONE - January 7-11, 2008
CX201: Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems
This course offers an introduction to the essential concepts of
complex systems and related mathematical methods and simulation
strategies with application to physical, biological and social
systems. The course will particularly focus on the use of multiscale
representations as a unifying approach to complex systems concepts,
methods and applications.
Concepts to be discussed include: emergence, complexity,
networks, self-organization, pattern formation, evolution,
adaptation, fractals, chaos, cooperation, competition, attractors,
interdependence, scaling, dynamic response, information, and function.
Methods to be discussed include: statistical methods, cellular
automata, agent-based modeling, pattern recognition, system
representation and informatics.
WEEK TWO - January 14-18, 2008
CX202: Modeling, Networks & Evolution of Complex Systems
This course offers a systematic study of three key complex
systems areas.
Modeling: "how to" build models of complex systems (physical,
biological, social and engineering).
Networks: network models of complex systems: nodes and links,
connectivity; topologies: small worlds, scale free, modular; dynamics
of networks.
Evolution: evolution in biology, social and engineered systems,
altruism and selfishness, speciation, diversity, and spatial models.
TARGET AUDIENCE: These courses are intended for faculty, graduate
students, post-doctoral fellows and others who would like to gain an
understanding of the fundamentals of complex systems, and develop
methodological tools for conducting research in their respective fields.
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(WORKSHOP 2) CLIMECO workshop - $500 Travel Award for Young Marine
Scientists
http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html
A new award is made available for PhD students and young post-
docs to attend the CLIMECO training workshop 'climate driving of
marine ecosystem changes'. The workshop is targetted at young marine
scientist and aims to increase the interactions between physical
climate science and marine biogeochemistry/ecosystems communities
with focus on impacts of climate variability on the marine
environment, as well as take stock of IPCC 4AR results, ocean/
atmosphere reanalysis data, observational data where relevant for
impacts on the marine environment.
There are only 30 places, and candidates will be chosen based on
motivation and expertise. Candidates will be given partial financial
support buy the organisers. An additional travel award of $500 is
made available by EUROCEANS' Model Shopping Tool (MoST), databank for
ocean ecosystem model equations (http://www.eur-oceans.eu/models).
The award has no restrictions and will be granted based on candidate
motivation and expertise as well as contribution to MoST (see
application for full details).
CLIMECO is supported by CLIVAR, IMBER, GLOBEC, EUROCEANS, WCRP, IUEM,
UBO, Region Bretagne.
Deadline for applying to CLIMECO - 15 Jan 2008
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Jobs
Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs
To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:
planktonnet-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
Or, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/ and click on
'Join this group'
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(JOB 1) Postdoc - Polar Climate Change - Department of Atmospheric
and Oceanic Sciences - University of California – Los Angeles CA (USA)
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 5 December 2007
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences seeks a postdoctoral scholar in
Polar Climate Change. The postdoctoral scholar will be supervised by
Professor Alex Hall and will focus on constraining simulations of
climate change in high latitudes with observations. Depending on the
scholar's research interests, the project may also involve analyses
of simulated and observed climate variability in both the Arctic and
Antarctic.
Applicants should have a PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
or a related field, and should be able to exhibit strong oral and
written communication, analytical, and programming skills.
To apply, please submit a brief statement of research interests
and goals, with a complete CV, and contact information for three
references to:
Alex Hall, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University
of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Box 951565, Los
Angeles, CA 90095 E-mail: alexhall at atmos.ucla.edu
Applications may also be submitted electronically to: Alex
Hall E-mail: alexhall at atmos.ucla.edu
For further information about Professor Hall's research, please
visit his website at: http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/csrl/
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(JOB 2) Postdoc – Modeling - Aqueous phase photochemistry leading to
SOA formation - Turpin lab - Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ
(USA)
Drs. Turpin and Seitzinger at Rutgers University are seeking a
Post-doctoral Associate to conduct modeling and participate in
laboratory experiments investigating aqueous phase photochemistry
leading to SOA formation. This EPA funded research builds on our
previous investigations: Altieri et al. Atmos. Environ. in press;
Carlton et al 2007 Atmos.; Environ. doi: 10/1016/j.atmosenv.
2007.05034; Altieri et al. 2006 EST; 40:4956-4960; Carlton et al.
2006 GRL 33:L06822; Lim et al. 2005 EST; 39:4441; Blando et al
2000 Atmos. Environ. 34:1623-1632.
Qualifications: Ph.D. with experience modeling chemical kinetics
is preferred. An understanding of chemical transport modeling,
aerosol science, organic chemistry, and (or) aqueous chemistry are
highly desirable. Excellent communication skills are valued. Three
years of funding is available; annual reappointment is based on
performance.
Position is available January 1 and will remain open until
filled. Applications will be reviewed as received. Send your
application by mail or email (with subject line: SOA Post-doc).
Include a letter describing interest in and qualifications for the
position, CV, selected reprints, and names and contact information
for 3 references to:
Dr. Barbara Turpin
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Environmental Sciences
14 College Farm Rd
New Brunswick, NJ, USA 08901
Tel: 1-732-932-9800 x6219
Email: turpin at envsci.rutgers.edu
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(JOB 3) 2008-2009 AMS-UCAR Congressional Science Fellowship
www.ametsoc.org/CSF
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) seek candidates with
backgrounds in the Earth sciences for the 2007-2008 AMS-UCAR
Congressional Science Fellowship. Fellows participate in the
legislative process by joining a Congressional office of their
choosing in the United States Senate or House of Representatives.
Typical duties include developing legislation, negotiating
legislative compromises, writing speeches and briefing memos, meeting
with constituents, and conducting background research. The AMS-UCAR
Congressional Science Fellow joins more than 100 other fellows
through the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program.
Fellows must be US citizens and complete all requirements for
their Ph.D. prior to the start of the fellowship year, which runs
from September 1, 2007 through August 31, 2008. Support includes a
$50,000 stipend, and up to $10,000 for moving, travel, health care,
and other expenses.
Applications must be submitted by 1 February 2008. For
additional information contact Paul Higgins (phiggins at ametsoc.org).
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(JOB 4) Research Prof Tenure track - Weather/Climate Modeling –
Department of Earth Sciences – State University of New York –
Oswego, NU (USA)
SUNY-Oswego has reopened its search for a tenure track Research
Professor in Weather/Climate Modeling who has at least the equivalent
of several years post-doc experience in modeling and also has grant
writing experience. We are especially interested in someone with
research interests in the great lakes. If you know of anyone who
might be interested, have them contact me at stamm at oswego.edu or give
them the attachment above. I would also appreciate your posting the
attachment. Thanks for passing the word.
Alfred Stamm, Chair, Department of Earth Sciences, SUNY Oswego,
Oswego, NY 13126 stamm at oswego.edu
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(JOB 5) Post Doc - Compound-specific isotopes in DOM cycling/
Microbial ecology - Ocean Sciences - University of California, Santa
Cruz XA (USA)
http://es.ucsc.edu/~mccarthy/MDM_HOME_page/postdoc.htm
The Ocean Sciences Department at the University of California,
Santa Cruz , Dr. Matthew McCarthy and Dr. Raphael Kudela seek a post-
doc to conduct research in marine organic geochemistry/biological
oceanography. The appointee will be expected to conduct original
research as part of a NSF-funded collaborative project between the
McCarthy and Kudela labs into compound-specific amino acid stable
isotope patterns as metabolic signatures for microorganisms, and
tracers for organic nitrogen source and transformation in the sea.
The successful candidate will be expected to design and conduct algal
and microbial growth and degradation experiments, and protocols for
isolation, purification, and isotopic measurements of organic
compounds of interest. The candidate may alsobe expected to
participate in field work. Because this position bridges biological
oceanography and organic/stable isotope chemistry, experience in both
is highly desirable, however experience in one area and interest in
the other is acceptable; i.e., experience in either 1) organic
isolation methods, extractions, chromatography, stable isotope
chemistry or 2) algal and/or microbial laboratory and field methods
are required. In particular, expertise in compound-specific isotope
ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) methods is highly desirable, as is
experience in hydrolysis, purification and derivatization of amino
acids, carbohydrates or other biopolymers for quantitative analysis.
This appointment will initially be for one year, with possible
extension contingent on performance and availability of funding.
RANK: Postdoctoral Scholar-- Employee
SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
(proportionate to time worked if part time)
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants are expected to have a Ph.D.
or equivalent in Oceanography, Chemistry or Biochemistry, Biology, or
a related field involving the appropriate analytical and research
experience, in hand at the time of appointment.
POSITION AVAILABLE: As soon as possible following initial
screening date.
TO APPLY: Electronic submissions are preferred. Applicants
should send 1) Curriculum Vitae, 2) a summary of research, and 3)
three letters of recommendation (all letters will be treated as
confidential documents*) to: mccarthy at pmc.ucsc.edu Please refer
to position #T08-16 in your reply, and verify that your electronic
submission has been received.
CLOSING DATE: Position is open until filled, with initial
screenings extended to DEC 10, 2007.
Inquiries can be sent to mccarthy at pmc.ucsc.edu
For further information: UCSC Institute of Marine Sciences:
http://ims.ucsc.edu
UCSC Department of Ocean Sciences: http://oceansci.ucsc.edu
Kudela Lab: http://people.ucsc.edu/~kudela
McCarthy Lab: http://es.ucsc.edu/~mccarthy/index.htm
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(JOB 6) Asst Prof - Ecology - Eugene Lang College The New School for
Liberal Arts –New York, NY (USA)
careers.newschool.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51070
The New School (www.newschool.edu) has launched an innovative, cross-
disciplinary environmental studies program that will be housed in a
new center, The Tishman Center for Environment and Design, offering
majors in environmental studies and sustainable design. We are
searching for an Ecologist to help build this new program and teach
courses in ecology and environmental issues, with a focus on urban
ecosystems.
While this tenure track position will be based in the Science,
Technology & Society program of Eugene Lang College (www.lang.edu),
the liberal arts college of The New School, the successful candidate
will be involved in teaching and research with colleagues from across
the university and will be an associate faculty member of the Tishman
Center for Environment and Design.
Successful applicants will have a strong research background and
interest in urban ecosystems, ecological issues pertaining to the
urban environment, and the interaction between human and natural
resources, and a record of teaching. The successful candidate must
be able to teach introductory and advanced level courses in Ecology,
as well as courses that serve as an introduction to Environmental
Studies, and have the interest, experience or ability to teach, work
and research with both liberal arts and design students. A Ph.D. in
Ecology or closely related field is required, postdoctoral research
experience and some teaching experience preferred.
Eugene Lang College is located in the heart of Greenwich Village
in New York City and promotes active learning through small,
innovative seminar discussion classes. The college and university are
interested in candidates who are committed to the development of a
campus climate that supports racial, ethnic and cultural diversity.
Although the position will remain open until filled, applicants who
submit materials before December 15 will receive fullest consideration.
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(JOB 7) Post-doc Research Scientist - Florida International
University / South Florida and Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring
Network (SFCN) – Florida (USA)
We are seeking a post-doctoral research scientist to assist the
South Florida and Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network (SFCN)
in development of long term monitoring of vital sign indicators to
evaluate park ecosystem health. The postdoctoral scientist will
develop and field test quantitative assessment methods for evaluating
long term changes in indicator species and ecological processes.
These methods can include: assessing existing monitoring for
efficiency, power, and practicality; designing and piloting
monitoring protocols and sampling design; and developing analytical
methods for data analysis and reporting. The research scientist will
be a visiting research scientist in the Department of Biological
Sciences at Florida International University but will be housed at
SFCN. The term of appointment is 2 years with a starting salary of
$42,000 plus fringe benefits.
Position description and required qualifications--Candidates must
have a Ph.D. and experience in field sampling; vegetation monitoring
experience is preferred. As duties will include assessing extant
monitoring programs, candidates should be able to interact with
groups of scientists and resource managers; to critically evaluate
projects and programs, analyzing them for monitoring gaps and needs;
and to develop and test new protocols to fill those gaps. To apply,
submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and
contact information for two references. In addition, please answer
the four questions on knowledge, skills and abilities that can be
found at http://bio.fiu.edu/richards/SFCN/KSA_questions.pdf
Application materials should be e-mailed to Dr. Jennifer Richards
(Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University,
University Park, Miami, FL 33199) at richards at fiu.edu. To assure
consideration, applications should be received by Dec. 3, 2007.
The Department of Biological Sciences of FIU has 39 faculty
members, 900 undergraduate majors, and 100 graduate students.
Tropical biology and conservation, especially of wetlands, are major
research themes in the department. The Florida Coastal Everglades
LTER, funded by the National Science Foundation, is based at FIU,
providing further opportunities for collaboration. Additional
information about the University can be found at http://www.fiu.edu/;
additional information about the Department can be found at http://
www.fiu.edu/~biology/
The South Florida/Caribbean Inventory and Monitoring Network
(SFCN) of the National Park Service is charged with providing long-
term inventory and monitoring of South Florida and Caribbean parks.
The SFCN network consists of seven parks: Big Cypress National
Preserve, Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument,
Dry Tortugas National Park, Everglades National Park, Salt River
National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, and Virgin Islands
National Park. The network has nearly 2.5 million acres with
dominant communities that include coral reefs, seagrass beds, dry
tropical forests, mangrove forests, swamps and wetlands. The
international significance of these natural resources is recognized
by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) through its Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
program, which designated Dry Tortugas National Park, Everglades
National Park, and Virgin Islands National Park as biosphere
reserves. Additionally, Everglades National Park is a RAMSAR wetland
of international importance and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ground-
breaking natural resource management activities are being developed
at a number of the parks within the network. Three of the parks (Big
Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park, and Everglades
National Park) are affected by Comprehensive Everglades Restoration
Plan (CERP) efforts to restore portions of the larger Everglades
ecosystem over the next century. For more information on the SFCN
long-term monitoring plan, please see vital signs. For more
information on the SFCN see http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sfcn/
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(JOB 8) Asst. Prof. - Plant Physiology - Connecticut College - New
London CT (USA)
www.conncoll.edu
Connecticut College invites applications for an Assistant
Professor position in the Department of Botany with expertise in
plant physiology. Ph.D. and evidence of teaching and research
excellence required. Expertise in the physiology of higher plants in
marine systems preferred.
The successful candidate will participate, by a rotating cycle,
in the introductory organisms course, a cornerstone of the Botany,
Biological Sciences, and Environmental Studies majors. Additional
teaching expectations, some offered alternate years, include
comparative physiology (using examples of plants and animals), plant
structure and function, and coastal marine biology. The normal
teaching load is five courses per year (3/2) with lab sections
counting as a full course. Physiological ecologists are welcome to
apply.
The College believes strongly that research participation is a
critical component of undergraduate science education, and the
successful candidate will be expected to develop a research program
that actively involves students. Tenure-track faculty receive a
research stipend for their first two summers and a semester's leave
at full salary after their third year if they are reappointed for the
full probationary period. Tenure review is in the sixth year of service
The Connecticut College Arboretum surrounds the campus and
represents an important academic resource for a scientist exploring
the physiological aspects of plant biology, with a wide diversity of
habitats. The Arboretum includes over 450 acres of plant
collections, natural and experimental areas, a five-acre tidal salt
marsh, and access to the Thames estuary and Long Island Sound. There
are many possibilities for the development of new research programs
in the Arboretum, and for a plant physiologist to collaborate on
existing research projects on topics such as controlled burning,
herbicide treatments, and invasive species. The department has a
strong tradition of interdisciplinary teaching and research. The
Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental
Studies provides an opportunity for faculty from a wide range of
disciplines to collaborate on environmental education and scholarship.
Connecticut College is a private, highly selective undergraduate
college with a strong commitment to the liberal arts tradition and an
emphasis on broad interdisciplinary teaching and research. The
College is a member of the Academic Career Network, a resource for
dual-career couples. Salary is competitive. Developing and
sustaining a diverse faculty and staff further the College's
educational mission.
Applications should include a cover letter; curriculum vitae;
copies of transcripts; statements about teaching philosophy and
research interests; and three letters of reference sent directly to:
Plant Physiology Search Chair, P.O. Box 5213, Connecticut College,
270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT 06320. Review of applications
will begin December 3, 2007.
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This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler to distribute
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 do not necessarily reflect those of the
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right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.
Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to
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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Office for Earth System Studies Tel: 509-527-5948
Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
weiler at whitman.edu
Programs for Recent PhDs http://disccrs.org
DISCCRS poster http://disccrs.org
Workshop Report, Meeting the Needs of
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Graduates in a
Changing Global Environment
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