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Assistant Research Scientist - Remote Sensing of Wildfire Risk

Postdoctoral Scholar Integrating Remote Sensing and Modeling of Wildfire Risk

Position Details: A three-year NASA-funded postdoctoral position is available in Dr. Mark Cochrane’s global ecology lab (https://www.umces.edu/mark-cochrane) at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science – Appalachian Lab (AL). The postdoc will join an interdisciplinary project designed to provide fundamental understanding of the changing role of wildfire as climate change alters fire regimes across the United States. The postdoc will lead the integration of remote sensing and modeling methods to define and characterize altered fire regimes and Regional Extreme Wildfire Events (REWEs) across the United States. The position is ideally suited to researchers with an interest in developing decision support tools from multiple remote sensing data with model outputs and other geospatial data.

The postdoctoral researcher will be based with Mark Cochrane at AL, but will join a network of
collaborators at the USFS Fire Science Lab in Missoula, MT (Drs. William (Matt) Jolly and Patrick
Freeborn), and South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (Dr. Xiaoyang Zhang). AL is located in Frostburg, Maryland, a small college town in the central Appalachian Mountains that provides a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment unique to smaller, research-intensive institutions. The postdoc will be provided leadership opportunities in the project and coordinate collaborations with post docs and other scientists at collaborating institutions.

Qualifications: A completed Ph.D. in ecology, geography, or a related field. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated expertise in remote sensing, modeling and spatial analysis. Candidates with interest or expertise in diverse types of remote sensing data are highly encouraged to apply. Past experience working with wildfire will be viewed favorably but is not required. A promising record of research productivity is highly valued and the successful applicant will be an independent, motivated scientist who communicates well and thrives in a collaborative setting.

The position is available starting as early as August 2024 but ideally no later than December 2024. The initial appointment is for 1 year, renewable annually thereafter.

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Appalachian Laboratory

Frostburg, MD

Faculty

A completed Ph.D. in ecology, geography, or a related field. The ideal candidate will have
demonstrated expertise in remote sensing, modeling and spatial analysis. Candidates with interest or expertise in diverse types of remote sensing data are highly encouraged to apply.

Past experience working with wildfire will be viewed favorably but is not required. A promising record of research productivity is highly valued and the successful applicant will be an independent, motivated scientist who communicates well and thrives in a collaborative setting.

Exempt

$55,000-$65,000 per year

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science unleashes the power of science to transform the way society understands and manages the environment. By conducting cutting-edge research into today’s most pressing environmental problems, we are developing new ideas to help guide our state, nation, and world toward a more environmentally sustainable future through five research centers—the Appalachian Laboratory in Frostburg, the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, the Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology in Baltimore, and the Maryland Sea Grant College in College Park. www.umces.edu

Start Date: Flexible – as early as August 2024, ideally no later than December 2024
Review of applications begins: July 1st, 2024

For questions, contact Mark Cochrane via email at: mark.cochrane@umces.edu

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05/29/2024

07/01/2024

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