The Southern Research Station (SRS) will soon be advertising a vacancy for a GS7/9 Ecologist with the Center for Forest Disturbance Science (SRS-RWU-4156). The Center for Forest Disturbance Science is part of the SRS "Threats to Forest Health" science Area, which contributes to generating, integrating, and applying knowledge to: 1. Predict, detect, assess, and prevent environmental threats to public and private forests in the east; 2. To develop silvicultural treatments to reduce the vulnerability of forests to threats; 3. To mitigate impacts, and; 4. To deliver this knowledge to managers in ways that are timely, useful, and user friendly.

Southern forests are adapted to disturbance from fire, wind, ice, drought, and endemic pests. Human activity, including fire exclusion, fragmentation and urban development, introduction of exotic species, and forest management for goods and services, has introduced novel disturbances or altered the spatial and temporal nature of "natural" disturbances. The Center for Forest Disturbance Science (SRS-4156) is tasked with developing new knowledge about forest disturbance processes and ecosystem response and translating this knowledge into usable tools and information for forest management.

This position will be part of our Fire Science Team and will assist in studies related to fire behavior and its effects on southern ecosystems. Following is a list of research activities with which this position may be involved:

- Infrared thermography of experimental fires
- Spatial analysis of fire behavior and fire effects
- Spatially explicit fuel characterizations
- Capturing vegetation responses to fire
- Black carbon production and sequestration
- Data organization and management for a multidisciplinary team of fire scientists

If you are interested you must respond to this announcement. For additional information, contact Scott Goodrick. This is a permanent full time position that will be advertised internally. Interested candidates are to fill out an "Outreach Response Form", available from Scott Goodrick, and submit by July 15, 2013.

Location: Athens, GA
Deadline: July 15, 2013
Contact Name: Scott Goodrick
Contact E-mail: sgoodrick@fs.fed.us
Contact Phone: (706) 559-4237
Expiration: July 16, 2013
Region(s): National, Southern
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Outreach
Partner Site(s): N/A
Website: N/A