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Berkeley, CA | United States

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Job description

Postdoctoral Scholars Environmental Science / Data Science - Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment (DSE)

Position overview Position title: Postdoctoral Employee
Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position . A reasonable estimate for this position is $87,000 - $95,068.

Percent time: 100

Anticipated start: Winter or Spring 2024

Position duration: Initial appointment is for 2 years with possibility of renewal based on performance and availability of funding

Application Window
Open date: January 15, 2024

Next review date: Friday, Feb 16, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Feb 16, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment (DSE) in the Department of ESPM: Organisms and the Environment at UC Berkeley, along with an opportunity from our partners in the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Large Landscape Conservation, is accepting applications for the Postoctoral Employee Title for candidates interested in providing domain specific research that informs the development of data enabled solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges.

Responsibilities:

Postdoctoral researchers will:

• provide domain specific research to improve scientific understanding of the given environmental challenge
  
• collect and analyze data related to one of the project areas described below
  
• develop code and datasets using open source applications and methods
  
• work closely with staff project teams in order to prioritize work
  
• foster engagement with stakeholders and partners
  
• disseminate research results to the broader scientific community via peer reviewed publications, conferences, and seminars
  
• Collaborate on project reporting needs
  Multiple postdoctoral positions are available. Candidates should have a desire to work on one or more of the following project areas. Please clearly indicate the opportunity of while applying.
  Climate resilience in our National Parks
  DSE is actively developing new data-enabled tools to help park managers make informed decisions in a changing climate. The initial projects focus on the management planning for post-fire recovery, so domain specific knowledge around fire impacts and vegetation mapping would be immediately applicable. As our partnership with NPS involves, the postdoc will help develop and enact additional project areas, which may relate to other management areas in the park landscape. Background in downscaling climate models, species range modeling, and/or ecological modeling is desirable.
  Indigenous Environmental Stewardship
  The Biodiversity program seeks an individual with experience handling data to estimate wildlife, vegetation, and/or biodiversity distribution and abundance. The position will be working on a defined project to better understand the movements, migrations, habitat use, and population dynamics of wildlife in northern California. A desired component of this project is building collaborative research partnerships between UC Berkeley and Tribal Researchers.
  Applied hydrology
  The hydrology postdoc would help us expand our freshwater portfolio that currently includes tooling for assessing snow water content from satellite imagery. Our goal is to build out hydrological modeling in all of our project spaces to support tooling for water managers to use for water conservation and flood preparedness/mitigation. Specific project areas potentially include:
  
• the hydrological implications of snowmelt under various snowfall and climate scenarios,
  
• integration of water usage scenarios into agricultural crop yield models,
  
• support of indigenous community water management efforts
  The hydrology program may also include an equitable water management component. We expect this project to evolve in collaboration with the expertise of our faculty partners and the hydrology postdoc. Hydrologists with disciplinary expertise in any of these areas are encouraged to apply.
  Tools for Working Lands
  Increasing the pace and scale of conservation on private, working lands such as ranches and farms is critical to biodiversity and to wide-ranging wildlife in particular. This Stone Fellow will work in partnership with Berkeley's forthcoming James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Large Landscape Conservation to help advance conservation initiatives that protect and restore working lands. We welcome applicants with diverse technical skills related to geospatial analysis, landscape ecology, environmental evaluation, rangeland assessment, and/or animal movement modeling
  Appointment Terms
  DSE postdoctoral scholars are a highly valued part of our community. They will contribute to our programs and projects by:
  Providing depth to our work (80%)
  
• Bringing subject matter expertise on the topics that are critical to the success of our work
  
• Directly contributing to the development of data-enabled tools that help to solve an environmental challenge
  
• Improving the underlying data and models we rely on
  
• Ensuring that our assumptions and outputs are in line with the current understanding in the field
  Growing as a scholar (20%)
  
• Pursuing and publishing novel findings related to a topic of DSE interest
  
• Working closely with our team of data scientists and software engineers and finding ways to both learn from their approaches and contributing to next steps and new ideas for the Center
  
• Engaging faculty and other postdocs across campus for professional development
  PostDocs will be mentored by a DSE affiliated UC Berkeley faculty member.
  Qualifications
  Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
  • PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD (or equivalent international degree) program.
  Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
  • PhD (or equivalent international degree) required by the appointment start date. The candidate should have no more than three years of post-degree research experience by start date.
  Preferred qualifications
  
• Demonstrate a rigorous and scholarly approach to their science, with a strong track record of publication and outreach
  
• Be a compassionate, professional, and reliable team player who values creating and maintaining healthy relationships with partners and stakeholders
  
• Have strong communication and diplomacy skills to give and receive feedback, celebrate successes, and constructively confront challenges
  
• Have excellent time management and organizational skills
  
• Have a PhD in a field related to the opportunity selected at the time of appointment
  
• Demonstrate fluency with quantitative and/or qualitative methods most relevant to the opportunity
  
• Experience or interest in learning open source software design and data curation
  Application Requirements
  Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
    
  • Cover Letter
    
  Reference requirements
  
  • 3 required (contact information only)
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  About UC Berkeley
  UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).
  The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
  In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.
  As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
  Job location
  Berkeley, CA
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