IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
SUMMARY: The Woods Hole Research Center seeks a postdoctoral researcher to participate in research projects focused on mapping and monitoring carbon in forests, primarily in the tropics, incorporating field forest inventories with satellite observations (optical/radar/lidar). The successful candidate will work closely with the principle investigator and collaborators, applying satellite observations to improve tropical forest characterization, monitoring and improve carbon management in the tropics. This position requires advanced remote sensing experience, including the ability to manipulate large data sets using personally developed scripts.
Responsibilities: The successful candidate will:
- Conduct research on remote sensing data fusion and the development of robust algorithms integrating ground, and airborne data, at local to national scale for forest carbon mapping and carbon change
- engage in a highly collaborative environment to analyze, synthesize, and present results
- advance analysis of forest disturbance/carbon change
- perform complex geoprocessing, frequently beyond the ‘push-button’ approach
- participate in capacity building and technology transfer in tropical countries
Qualifications and Experience:
- Ph.D. degree in Environmental Science, Forestry, Biology, Geography, Computer Science and/or a related discipline, with experience using earth observation imagery and a demonstrated ability to write scripts, conduct spatial analysis and manage databases. Applicants should be confident in using a variety of software/geospatial tools and possess the ability to continuously learn new technical skills as needed.
- Experience in processing multi-sensor imagery for mapping applications
- Experience in digital image processing software packages (Erdas, Imagine, Idrisi, ENVI/IDL, or open source alternatives)
- Experience working with forestry data sets
- Geospatial script writing (Python, R, gdal, C/C#, SQL, Perl, Java, and AML also useful)
- Experience in performing GIS tasks in a multi-operating system environment(Windows/Linux/Mac/Solaris)
- Ability to work well alone and as part of a team in a constantly evolving environment
- Foreign language skills desirable (French)
Appointment: This is a two-year appointment.
Application deadline: June 3rd, 2011.
Desired Start Date: August 1st, 2011
Salary Range: $45,000 to $50,000, with full benefit package
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