Research Scientist I

Job Summary

This post doctoral scholar position is to support the NSF funded Ross Sea marine protected area (MPA) Research Coordination Network (RCN). The RCN works to improve the understanding of the Ross Sea ecosystem structure and function and to support research and monitoring in the Ross Sea MPA. The RCN includes three key components: (i) policy engagement, (ii) community partner engagement, and (iii) integrated science comprising three themes: data science and cyberinfrastructure; biophysical modeling; and observations, which includes monitoring and process studies.

Who We Are

As the University's oldest institute, INSTAAR has a long history of responding to pressing environmental issues including climate change. Our traditional focus has been on alpine, Arctic, and Antarctic regions, where effects of global change are especially pronounced. In recent decades, our research has broadened to include environmental challenges that span local, regional, and global scales. INSTAAR's research activities integrate field studies, state-of-the-art laboratory experiments, sample analysis, and numerical and laboratory modeling. Our field sites are located across all seven continents and the world's oceans.Our expertise across disciplines helps us generate influential science that can inform public and policy decisions and move us toward a more sustainable society. INSTAAR's national and international research leadership is augmented by exceptional strength in graduate education and bringing undergraduates into the research process.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

The main responsibilities will be helping to complete and coordinate research activities for the Ross Sea MPA. This includes activities under MPA objective 3, focused on research activities and objective 6, focused on preyscape. For this position, the post doc will perform research syntheses, including of literature and data, and create prey distribution models. The postdoc will also support research towards developing a ecological index for the Ross Sea in collaboration with RCN PIs.

What We Can Offer

$67,000 - $68,000/year.