Rutgers University
Location
New Brunswick, NJ | United States
Job description
Position Summary:
The Chen Lab of Ecosystem Dynamics and Remote Sensing is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Associate to lead research in modeling vegetation photosynthetic activities using space-borne LiDAR data.
The successful candidate will lead research on 1) Developing remote sensing products focusing on canopy vertical leaf area distributions; 2) Upscaling leaf-level processes to the canopy level; 3) Investigating seasonal and vertical structural changes in vegetation.
This role will involve using in situ measurements from eddy covariance flux towers and utilizing vertical mapping data from NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation ( GEDI ) mission. Through GEDI , we aim to apply eco-evolutionary optimization theories to constrain vegetation carbon and water fluxes, as well as explore photosynthetic traits
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The candidate will be responsible for drafting manuscripts for publication and participating in regional, national, and international conferences, including NASA GEDI science team meetings.
This is a three-year project, with an initial contract duration of 12 months, extendable based on the candidate's performance.
Minimum Education and Experience:
The candidate must have a Ph.D. by the time of appointment.
City: New Brunswick
State: NJ
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is one of America's leading public research universities, and is located in the New York metropolitan area. Rutgers University follows a policy to provide affirmative action and equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment. As a university, it is committed to fostering and maintaining a diverse and welcoming workplace.
The PI will provide the successful candidate an office space, a computer workstation, access to high-performance computing clusters and storages (Rutgers Amarel HPC ), and other supports related to the posted academic position. The successful candidate will access Rutgers university-wide resources and benefit from potential collaboration of team projects within Rutgers and other institutions. The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources is the home department of an active cluster of researchers at the Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis.
Posting Number: 24FA0050
About Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.
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