Postdoc Research Associate - Natural Resource Ecology and Management

About the position

The Postdoc Research Associate will conduct research in support of the Nutrient Reduction Strategy Advancing Progress and Assessment Program, a multifaceted effort that will advance progress towards the goals outlined in the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy. The position involves exploring methods to improve efficiency, expand applications, or reduce costs of edge-of-field water quality practices, providing technical support to partners in outreach, assessment, and design of these practices, monitoring and reporting outcomes from edge-of-field practice installations, overseeing undergraduate research assistants, and publishing research results in peer-reviewed journals.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in support of the Nutrient Reduction Strategy Advancing Progress and Assessment Program.
• Explore methods to improve efficiency, expand applications, or reduce cost of edge-of-field water quality practices.
• Provide technical support to partners in outreach, assessment, and design of edge-of-field water quality practices.
• Monitor and report outcomes from edge-of-field practice installations.
• Oversee undergraduate research assistants.
• Publish research results in peer-reviewed journals.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Natural Resources, Agricultural Sciences, or Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship.

Nice-to-haves

• Evidence of independent and/or collaborative research experience quantifying interactions among biological, chemical and physical processes of water resources in natural and human-impacted systems.
• Experience in design and monitoring of edge-of-field engineering practices for water quality improvement.
• Demonstrated proficiency in analysis of water quality and environmental data using R statistical computing and graphics software.
• Demonstrated and relevant record of publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Record of communicating research to technical and non-technical audiences at professional conferences and extension events.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental.
• Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans.
• Generous vacation, holiday, and sick time and leave plans.
• Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa).
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Various voluntary benefits and discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Wellbeing Program.