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Contract linked to the TransHyMed research project

Pilar Llorens: pilar.llorens@idaea.csic.es

The Research, Development and Innovation Secretary of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness is funding a 4-year PhD contract. This contract is associated to the project:

Patrones espacio-temporales de transferencia de agua en cuencas Mediterráneas de cabecera. Conexiones entre vegetación y respuesta hidrológica (TransHyMed) (CGL2016-75957-R).

Spatio-temporal patterns of water in headwater Mediterranean catchments. Links between vegetation and hydrological response.

Research activity will be developed within the Surface Hydrology and Erosion group at IDAEA-CSIC ...

Skills:

• Population dynamics modelling; a first experience in individual-based modelling would be an additional asset.
• Interest for programming.
• Knowledge in biological aquatic science would be appreciated.

Application deadline : 22 october 2017

Starting date : January 2018 Duration : 18 months

Location: Irstea, UR RECOVER 3275 Route de Cézanne – CS 40061, F-13182 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 5 France

http://www.irstea.fr/recover

For more information: http://www.irstea.fr/sites/default/files/freshco2017_postdoc1.pdf

Position summary: A new position for a postdoctoral associate to collaborate with a vibrant, interdisciplinary research team working in freshwater ecology is available in the Carey Lab at Virginia Tech. This position is part of a recently-funded NSF project that will develop a water quality forecasting system for a drinking water supply reservoir and Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) site. As part of the project, we are combining high-frequency sensor monitoring, modeling, ecosystem forecasting, and data-intensive analytical approaches from ecology, computer science, ...