[APWG] JOB OPPTY: Postdoctoral Fellowship // The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (Raleigh, NC) (closes: Dec. 30)

[Krone, Elizabeth C]

*Overview:  USGS Office/Lab and Location: A research opportunity is currently available with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) within the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center located in Raleigh, North Carolina. Remote participation will be considered for this opportunity. The appointment will initially be for one year but may be extended for up to four more years upon recommendation of USGS and is contingent on the availability of funds.

*Duties: The Post-Doctoral Associate will work closely with the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and the Southeast Plant Conservation Alliance to develop climate-impacts information for subsets of plant species from the forthcoming Southeastern Plants Regional Species of Greatest Conservation Need (RSGCN), which will be the nation’s first regional SGCN list for plants. This regional list of plant species will provide an important resource to state and federal agencies, conservation organizations, and researchers focused on rare-plant conservation.

The Post-Doctoral Associate will develop climate-impacts information both at the level of species and for ecosystems. For subsets of species, the Post-Doctoral Associate will compile information on existing index-based vulnerability assessments (e.g., CCVI) as well as climatic niche models. At the level of ecosystems, the Post-Doctoral Associate will work with colleagues at NatureServe, USGS, Atlanta Botanical Garden, and with botanists and ecosystem experts from other institutions, to select southeastern ecosystems that provide habitat to relatively large numbers of RSGCN plants. For these selected ecosystems, the Post-Doctoral Associate will use existing downscaled climate projections to produce climate-impacts summaries, which will take the form of brief, user-friendly narrative summaries of how climate change may impact habitat viability for rare plant species, as well as highlight potential adaptation actions that natural-resource managers may want to consider.

*Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

*Eligibility: This opportunity is available to U.S. citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR), and foreign nationals.

*Compensation: monthly stipend

See the full announcement: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/USGS-2022-20



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