What are the responsibilities and job description for the Researcher/Scientist III (Oracle, AZ) position at arizona?
Duties & responsibilities:
- Coordinates efforts to cultivate and advance scientific community engagement with LEO science by promoting collaboration among researchers within the fields of biology (from evolutionary ecology to plant and microbial biology to ecosystem science), and within related disciplines of hydrology, geomorphology, geochemistry, remote sensing, and data integration.
- Leading, co-leading, or coordination, as appropriate, of proposal-writing efforts to advance LEO-related science and sustain a long-term research plan for LEO. These efforts will be critical for developing the next “Life on LEO” science phase to investigate the role of plant and microbial processes in landscape evolution, and for deriving new approaches to answer novel scientific questions in the field of ecology in relation to landscape evolution.
- Leads, coordinates, and assists, as appropriate, scientific planning and implementation activities on the LEO hillslopes, working closely with the LEO director of Science, with scientific collaborators, and with Biosphere 2 research staff, postdocs, and students.
- Identifies, prioritizes, and engages in research and data product development and delivery to the scientific community, with a focus on remote sensing and related methods to scale exchange of CO2 and water from individual plants to the LEO landscape.
- Implements grant-funded projects, according to the management plan of the particular proposals funded. Co-leads (with the LEO director of science) the writing of strategic planning documents and reports. Authors several peer-reviewed scientific articles, poster,s and professional presentations per year.
- Additional duties may be assigned.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively with different groups/individuals.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Proven grant writing skills.
- Skilled in public speaking and presenting information to large groups.
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