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Postdoc Position: Plant Phenology Change Over Time

3 months ago

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada UBC Full time
Academic

Job Category
Faculty Non Bargaining

Job Title

Postdoc position:
Plant phenology change over time across spatial scales

Department
Research | Myers-Smith Lab | Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences | Faculty of Forestry (Isla Myers-Smith)

Posting End Date
May 31, 2024

Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date
Mar 31, 2026

The expected pay for this position is $5,000.00/month.

Job description

There is an urgent need to understand the effects of climate change on tundra ecosystems including shifts in plant phenology - the timing of plant growth and reproduction.

The timing of plant life events, phenology, is temperature sensitive in tundra ecosystems.

Climate change could alter the timing of spring green up and how long plants grow resulting in changes to wildlife habitats including altered plant composition such as an increase in shrub species and a change in the timing of plant resources for wildlife.

In this postdoc project, you will study plant phenology change over time across spatial scales.

You will work with available datasets including the International Tundra Experiment phenology dataset, cross-site time-lapse photography (phenocams) and remote sensing data to quantify changes in plant phenology over time and with warming across spatial and temporal scales.

You will also have the opportunity to explore tundra vegetation changes below-ground including the timing of root growth using available cross site data collected as a part of the TundraTime project.

This research will test the hypothesis that although warming is leading to earlier growing seasons, the period of plant growth is not extending longer above ground.

This research will increase our understanding of tundra phenology change and will be used to predict rates of landscape and ecological change with global change across the tundra biome.

We collaborate with a team of early career researchers, Northern partners and international experts to conduct this research.

Minimum Qualifications

  • A PhD degree in ecology, remote sensing, environmental sciences or a related field
  • Strong quantitative skills including ecological data analysis, statistical analysis and data management
  • Experience in R and/or Python programming
  • An interest in interdisciplinary research spanning the fields of ecology, remote sensing, spatial analysis and mathematical ecology
  • Experience in writing and publishing peerreviewed articles
  • Fluency in verbal and written English
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and lead multiauthor collaborative research projects
  • Interest in working in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment as a part of a diverse team
  • Willingness to provide mentorship to early career researchers on the team
Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience using version control software and conducting collaborative science
  • Willingness to lead fieldwork in Arctic locations
  • Knowledge of spatial analysis and Bayesian statistics
  • Experience conducting fieldwork
  • Experience conducting ecological data synthesis
  • Experience in northern ecosystems
  • Experience piloting drone and working with drone imagery
Offer

About the Organization

This position will be based at the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus, which is located on the territory of the Musqueam (xwməθkwəy̓əm) People.


The University of British Columbia is a global centre for teaching, learning and research, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.

The University of British Columbia's (UBC) Faculty of Forestry is recognized globally as one of the leading forestry faculties in the world.

As the largest Faculty of Forestry in Canada, we welcome almost 1500 undergraduate and graduate students from over 40 countries every year to study forestry at UBC.

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