Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M University System•College Station, TX
•Onsite
About The Position
This position is for a Postdoctoral Research Associate within Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology. The role involves developing ecohydrological modeling for plant water stress and irrigation optimization, studying drought impacts on land-atmosphere interaction, and contributing to scientific publications and presentations. The associate will also collaborate on grant proposals and potentially supervise graduate students. This is a grant-funded position.
Requirements
- PhD degree in a field related to the tasks above
- Ability to multi task and work cooperatively with others.
Nice To Haves
- PhD degree in a field related to the tasks above within the broader theme of remote sensing, computer science, or ecology with a quantitative, empirical orientation, and fundamental parts of climate change.
Responsibilities
- Develop ecohydrological modeling for plant water stress and irrigation optimization.
- Study drought impacts on land-atmosphere interaction.
- Prepare and publish articles in national/international peer-reviewed scientific journals that highlight findings from the research projects.
- Present research findings at national/international events and conferences.
- Collaborate with various, relevant faculty at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research in developing grant proposals for increased future funding, preparing peer-review journal articles, and supervising graduate students, if any.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M AgriLife contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
- 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
- Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
- Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
