Postdoctoral Researcher Position: Understanding the Interface between Roots, Regolith, Rocks, and Climate-the R3-C Frontier - UC Riverside

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Postdoctoral Researcher Position: Understanding the Interface between Roots, Regolith, Rocks, and Climate-the R3-C Frontier

 

A postdoctoral researcher position is available in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. This position is split between two laboratories: the Catchment Hydrology and Spatial Analysis Lab (https://www.hooriajami.ucr.edu/) and the Pedology Lab at Texas Tech University (https://www.ttupedology.com/).

We are looking for a highly-motivated, independent researcher to join a collaborative, NSF-funded project to understand how critical zone thickness and root water uptake dynamics interact to regulate evapotranspiration dynamics under changing water supply and demand conditions. 

The successful candidate will lead the hydrologic modeling experiments using a physically-based numerical model (e.g., ParFlow.CLM and EcoSLIM, HYDRUS) at multiple sites in the project. 

The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to participate in regular and annual project meetings as well as lead papers stemming from this work. This position will provide the successful candidate with professional development opportunities within the context of a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications: 

The successful candidate should hold a Ph.D. in Hydrology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Soil Science, or a related field with a specialization in physical hydrology, hydrogeology, or soil hydrology. Candidates must have received a PhD within the past five years. 

Skills: The ideal candidate will have: 

• Strong programming skills in a Unix/Linux environment 
• Experience using ParFlow.CLM or other integrated modeling platforms 
• Experience with inverse modeling and high performance computing 
• Demonstrated record of high-quality publications
• Demonstrated success working and communicating in a team environment
• Excellent communication and presentation skills   

Contact: Interested applicants should fill in the application form. Informal inquiries can be sent to Dr. Hoori Ajami at hoo...@ucr.edu and Dr. Daniel Hirmas at dhi...@ttu.edu with R3-C POSTDOC as the subject line.