A research opportunity is available with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Center for Forest Disturbance Science located in Athens, Georgia.
Under the guidance of a mentor, the participant will have an opportunity to collaborate on several projects relating to the spatial dynamics of wildland fire such as connecting patterns of energy transfer to ecological effects, examining global patterns of ignition and fire size, and connecting spatial patterns of fuels, forest structure, fire behavior and fire effects. A portion of the project will be learning how to conduct an analysis of wildfire impacts in the Southern Appalachians. The specific opportunity will depend on the participant's background and interests. The participant will be collaborating with an interdisciplinary team of fire scientists, ecologists, foresters, ecosystem modelers and physicists located at the USFS lab located on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Georgia. There will be ample opportunity for the participant to pursue relevant individual interests within the overall framework of the team.
Applications are due June 30, 2020 at 3pm EDT
