We are seeking several Postdoctoral Research Associates who will support the Biogeochemical Dynamics Group in the Environmental Sciences Division (ESD), Biological and Environmental Systems Science Directorate (BESSD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). We are interested in qualified candidates who can apply their creativity and skills in aquatic biogeochemistry and/or ecology to advance a predictive understanding of how and why watershed hydro-biogeochemical processes (esp. stream metabolism) operate under a range of hydrologic regimes and vary within and across stream networks that drain heterogeneous land covers. The candidates will work with world-leading biogeochemical experimental and field researchers and modelers to support the Watershed Dynamics and Evolution Science Focus Area.
The selected candidates will have responsibility for collaboratively leading field and/or mesocosm investigations to resolve controls on stream metabolism and associated measures of stream function from patch to network scales in watersheds with heterogeneous land cover. Specific research areas include evaluating the resistance and resilience of stream metabolism to disturbance, the response of metabolic communities and emergent patterns to variable inputs associated with dynamic connectivity of the stream network, and (a)synchrony in emergent metabolic regimes along stream networks. This work will be caried out in close collaboration with related research to understand how network connectivity and solute export respond to variable saturation in non-perennial headwaters, and predictively model watershed hydro-biogeochemical function.
The full position description and link to apply is at: https://jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridge-Postdoctoral-Research-Associate-Wate...