Reposting: In case this is of your interest. Thanks Pallavi From: <water-faculty-bounces@lists.purdue.edu> on behalf of Venkatesh Merwade <vmerwade@purdue.edu> Date: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 11:46 AM To: "water-faculty@lists.purdue.edu" <water-faculty@lists.purdue.edu> Cc: "cehydro@lists.purdue.edu" <cehydro@lists.purdue.edu> Subject: FW: research modeling postdoc opportunity Hello water faculty: Please share this post-doc opportunity at US EPA with your graduating PhD students. The deadline to apply is January 10, 2020. Venkatesh Merwade Lyles School of Civil Engineering Purdue University Postdoctoral Research Opportunity: Modeling low-order aquatic systems and flow variability at watershed scales We are excited to share a postdoctoral research opportunity<https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NERL-SED-2019-14> to model and characterize streams and their associated dynamic flows. This competitive postdoctoral opportunity is with Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education and is located at US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development in Cincinnati, Ohio. Application period ends at 3:00 PM ET on January 10th, 2020. Please share with those who may be interested. https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NERL-SED-2019-14 Overview The EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) in association with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) announces a postdoctoral research opportunity collaborating with a team of EPA/ORD research scientists to model and characterize the spatial and temporal variability of surface water flows across multiple landscape settings in the U.S. The extensive stream and interacting riparian network play an integral part in maintaining clean and plentiful water for aquatic ecosystems and human beneficial uses. Yet modeling streamflow across the network is difficult as variable factors including precipitation, physiography and contributing area change in time and space, and gaged data to calibrate and verify model response is often limited. Recent advancements in remote sensors, data processing capacities, and statistical approaches may allow for bridging past technological barriers to improve simulations of surface water flows. The improved model outputs advance both the underlying scientific understanding of hydrology as well as aquatic resource management by providing a baseline for mapping flow permanence across local, state, and regional-scale watersheds. The focus of this research will be to apply ensemble watershed hydrological modeling approaches, in coordination with field and remotely sensed data, to improve surface flow estimates across multiple stream networks. A primary goal of the research is improved lateral and longitudinal mapping of flow permanence in low-order stream systems and associated riparian wetlands. The work will initially concentrate on selected watersheds within the conterminous United States where field and/or remotely sensed validation data are available. The preferred candidate will have a Ph.D. and experience in hydrology, environmental engineering, environmental science, ecology, geography, geology, or a related discipline. S/he will have experience in (1) numerical catchment-scale rainfall-runoff models (e.g., TOPMODEL, HBV, FLEX-Topo, others) or a combination of rainfall-runoff models (e.g., using the MARRMoT toolbox or others); (2) GIS/remote-sensing software and applications; (3) watershed hydrology; and (4) scripting (e.g., R, Python, MATLAB) languages. The candidate is expected to join our productive and driven research team of watershed hydrologists and systems ecologists for a one-year postdoctoral research appointment. The position is expected to be extended for up to a total of three years, contingent on sufficient advancement and Congressional funding. This opportunity is open for US citizens, permanent residents, and foreign nationals residing in the US for at least 3 years. For application and position information: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NERL-SED-2019-14 . For visa-related information: https://orise.orau.gov/epa/applicants/default.html Feel free to reach out with any questions: Dr. Jay Christensen (christensen.jay@epa.gov<mailto:christensen.jay@epa.gov>), Dr. Heather Golden (golden.heather@epa.gov<mailto:golden.heather@epa.gov>), and/or Dr. Charles Lane (lane.charles@epa.gov<mailto:lane.charles@epa.gov>). From: Venkatesh Merwade <vmerwade@purdue.edu<mailto:vmerwade@purdue.edu>> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 7:55 PM To: Golden, Heather <Golden.Heather@epa.gov<mailto:Golden.Heather@epa.gov>> Cc: Lane, Charles <Lane.Charles@epa.gov<mailto:Lane.Charles@epa.gov>>; Christensen, Jay <Christensen.Jay@epa.gov<mailto:Christensen.Jay@epa.gov>> Subject: RE: research modeling postdoc opportunity Hi Heather: Good to hear from you! I do not have any student graduating soon so I will share this opportunity with my other colleagues and also share it via a tweet! Is there a link on the web for this? I hope you had a good AGU session. It was a busy week for me. Venkatesh From: Golden, Heather <Golden.Heather@epa.gov<mailto:Golden.Heather@epa.gov>> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2019 5:57 PM To: Venkatesh Merwade <vmerwade@purdue.edu<mailto:vmerwade@purdue.edu>> Cc: Lane, Charles <Lane.Charles@epa.gov<mailto:Lane.Charles@epa.gov>>; Christensen, Jay <Christensen.Jay@epa.gov<mailto:Christensen.Jay@epa.gov>> Subject: research modeling postdoc opportunity Hi Venkatesh – We have a new postdoc opportunity (two variations of advert attached; applications due January 10th) on modeling low-order stream systems across the US. You were so helpful in getting us linked to Adnan for his postdoc. If you have any students you can think of – or any colleagues that may have PhD students graduating soon – who would be interested, please send them our way! We are somewhat flexible regarding the start date. Thanks so much – and sorry I missed you (and Lilit) at AGU. Heather ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather E. Golden, Ph.D.[orcid_16x16]<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5501-9444> Research Physical Scientist US EPA Office of Research and Development Center for Environmental Measurement and Modeling Watershed and Ecosystem Characterization Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, MS-587 Cincinnati, Ohio USA 45268 1-513-569-7773/golden.heather@epa.gov<mailto:1-513-569-7773/golden.heather@epa.gov>