Fellowship in Applied Fire and Forest Ecology
Location: Redding, CA
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 10, 2022 at 3:00PM EST
The USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) is seeking a Postdoctoral/Post-graduate Fellow with experience in fire ecology/fire science and/or forest ecology to join a team of scientists investigating ecological outcomes of different forest management treatments including mechanical thinning, reforestation, and prescribed fire.
Several research topics the Fellow will have the greatest involvement with include: 1) evaluating the ecological outcomes of different post-high severity fire reforestation options, 2) performance of prescribed fire treatments in young stands to understand tree age, burn timing, and ignition strategies that best meet management objectives, and 3) evaluating how forest management treatments influenced fire behavior and effects in wildfires.
Opportunities may also exist to evaluate the ecological outcomes of indigenous fire regimes and effects of fire on culturally important species. Besides these topics, the Fellow will have opportunities to participate in new field experiments, design and carry out studies of their own, and may assist in grant writing.
