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Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships
Are you interested in exploring the capacity of natural ecosystems to capture and sequester carbon? Join the Malone Disturbance Ecology Lab at the Yale School of the Environment to utilize data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the Ameriflux network to evaluate patterns in carbon dynamics across natural ecosystems. The associate will design and execute workflows to extract data, produce footprint models, calculate fluxes, gap-fill fluxes, and analyze drivers of CO2 and CH4 fluxes and concentrations for more than 50 sites from the NEON and AmeriFlux. The Associate will conduct cutting-edge research over 2 to 5 years (evaluated annually for reappointment); have access to core facilities at the Yale School of the Environment, reside locally and have a regular work space on campus; primarily focus on research; and receive career mentorship.
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Valued skills
A strong applicant will have experience working with eddy covariance data or in environmental data science. Skills to efficiently work with large datasets, the desire and ability to design data products and community resources, training and experience in macrosystem ecology, machine learning, and synthesis science are highly valued.
To apply you will need:
Resume / CV
Transcripts
One-page Project Proposal
3- First Author Publications
Graduate Research
We are looking for graduate students (PhD) to work on projects that explore how climate, hydrology, and land management practices influence ecosystem structure and function. Applicants should be independent, driven, and excited to work in diverse, collaborative teams. Explore our research page for information on existing projects.
A strong applicant will have training in biogeochemistry and experience working with eddy covariance and remotesensing data. Skills to efficiently work with large datasets, training in macrosystem ecology and machine learning are highly valued.
To apply you will need:
Resume / CV
Transcripts (*Masters degree required)
Research Statement
Personal statement / Career goals
1- First Author Publications
Grad school isn’t just about your lab! Before you apply, learn more about the School of the Environment and the University.
Our commitment to diversity
We believe it is essential to show students that the diversity of faculty, staff, and students promotes strength and productivity.
How we support our Investigators
We work to remove barriers to engagement for researchers.
Central to this goal is the integration of learning and career development by enhancing the visibility of careers, fellowships, DEI programs, and research experiences for undergraduates, graduate students, and early career professionals in the environmental sciences.
We are working to
Use social media to increase the visibility of opportunities in the environmental sciences (Twitter and Slack),
Facilitate the participation and integration of underrepresented individuals in academic programs, internships, and research experiences,
Provide career advising to students and early career professionals, and
Share best practices for DEI and career readiness across programs and institutions.
Our commitment to diversity
We believe that the diversity investigators & approaches promote strength & productivity.
Diversity (i.e. experience, age, physical ability, religion, race, ethnicity, gender, and many other attributes) contributes to the richness of the environment for teaching and research. We believe that it is necessary to provide investigators with a diversity of disciplines, intellectual outlook, cognitive style, and personality, to show the breadth of ideas that constitute a dynamic intellectual community.
Research has shown that diverse and inclusive groups are more productive and innovative.
Although diversity is a powerful tool of innovation, it isn’t enough to increase the presence of underrepresented groups, care has to be taken to prevent a reduction in cohesiveness, less effective communication, increased anxiety, and great discomfort by highlighting the value of all participants and creating a fair system that benefits all.
