Job Description: We invite applications for a postdoctoral scholar for an Assistant Research Scientist ( ARS ) position at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory ( CBL ) of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science ( UMCES ) in Solomons, Maryland. This ARS position is a one-to-two-year position that combines Arctic ecosystem modeling with the possibility of ship based field work. The successful applicant will contribute ecosystem-based modeling of multidisciplinary data focused on benthic systems and key environmental drivers in the Pacific Arctic as part of the Distributed Biological Observatory ( DBO ; The successful applicant will work to incorporate DBO physical, biogeochemical, and biological field data into a coupled biophysical model to be developed for the Pacific Arctic. The successful applicant will link field and modeling activities that will promote development of forecasts for predicting ecosystem responses to changing sea ice conditions and warming seawater in the Pacific Arctic. A key focus of the modeling effort will be studies of the status and trends related to pelagic-benthic coupling and benthic population dynamics in responses to key physical drivers in the Pacific influenced Arctic. Many of these environmental drivers for changing biological communities are not directly driven by differences in ice cover, but instead relate to different advective regimes, stratification, current patterns, and upwelling events that influence nutrient content, plankton and benthic populations dynamics.
This ARS position requires a doctorate by the start of the position and has the potential for an extension beyond two years, if funding becomes available.
Contact Drs. Jackie Grebmeier () and/or Lee Cooper () for additional information about the position.
Unit: Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Location: Solomons, MD
Minimum Qualifications: The successful applicant should have a background that includes understanding of oceanographic systems and be experienced in multidisciplinary modeling approaches. The applicant will also have the opportunity to participate in international planning efforts to expand the DBO to a pan-Arctic network. PhD in Oceanography or Marine Science field and/or an advanced degree in Spatial Modeling or a related analytical field.
EEO Statement: The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is an equal opportunity employer. The Center's policies, programs, and activities are in conformance with pertinent Federal and State laws and regulations on nondiscrimination regarding race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, and disability. Inquiries regarding compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Educational Amendments; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; or related legal requirements should be directed to the Director of Human Relations, Center Administration, P.O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613.
Salary Range: $62,500
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Beginning with Reginald Truitt's dockside laboratory in 1925, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has traveled the road to discovery. For more than 80 years, UMCES students, researchers and faculty have gathered information and developed theories that have helped improve society's scientific understanding of the environment. By sharing this newfound knowledge on important issues such as fisheries management, ecosystem health and climate change, the Center has had an undeniable impact on the way we think about the natural world. As Maryland's premier research institution aimed at advancing scientific knowledge of the environment, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is one of twelve institutions within the University System of Maryland.
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