One post-doctoral position is available at the Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Change Lab and Biometeorology Lab, the University of California Davis. We are seeking a highly motivated scholar to work on an interdisciplinary project focusing on water use assessment for almond orchards with cover crops. We have experimental setup over multiple orchards with detailed measurements of evapotranspiration, soil moisture and whole fields water balance. The potential candidate might find exiting challenge in upscaling field measurements to vast area of almond growing industry across the whole state of California. In addition, the project PIs have numerous other projects where valuable new science on remote sensing can be also developed related to both water and carbon fluxes measured by eddy covariance technique. Experience in remote sensing technique and imagery processing is required; strong quantitative background is preferred, as well as understanding biometeorology principles.

This position is based at the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis. The candidate will be co-advised Dr. Kosana Suvočarev, Dr. Yufang Jin, and Dr. Kyaw Tha Paw U. The selected candidate will also have the opportunity to collaborate statewide with scholars from extension offices across different California landscapes and to respond pressing questions and challenges in agriculture or natural ecosystems. Within overarching project goals, the candidates will have intellectual freedom to develop and pursue the research directions they find most interesting, such as water and carbon benefits of cover crops. Mentorship will focus on helping the candidates to meet their professional development goals, whether in academia or elsewhere.

Ph.D. in in Ecology, Geography, Meteorology, Plant Science, Environmental Science, Hydrology, or other related natural science field by start date

• Familiarity with ENVI and GIS
• Familiarity with Mediterranean ecosystems
• Biometeorology & modeling
• Experience in remote sensing image processing, such as Landsat, Sentinel, MODIS, VIIRS, Planet, hyperspectral, LiDAR, Radar, and/or UAV/drone technique.
• Strong quantitative expertise, such as in applied statistics and machine learning.
• Solid programming skills such as Python, R, or Matlab.
• Demonstrated ability to apply remote sensing imagery to monitoring and/or modeling in agriculture.
• Demonstrated excellent research capabilities required to carry out innovative and insightful research.
• Strong scientific communication skills as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications, and conference presentations.
• Willingness to collaborate and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across disciplines.

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion documented in the application file will be used to evaluate applicants. Visit

• 3 required (contact information only)

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