The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC) is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position to be hosted by the Yale Applied Science Synthesis Program (YASSP) in the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) and co-funded by YCNCC and Spark Climate Solutions.
The goal of the position is to advance our understanding of warming-induced feedback on emissions of greenhouse gases (specifically methane) from vegetated wetlands, coastal systems, and inland waters, with a focus on advancing process-based science and informing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Warming is changing, and generally increasing, the emissions of methane from anaerobic systems, yet the production, consumption and transport pathways are poorly understood. In addition, interactions between emissions rates with lateral transport, nutrient loading, microbial and plant communities, redox state, and disturbance processes are emerging as potential levers to mitigate the effects of warming.
We welcome applications that propose to carry out lab, field or modeling research to understand warming effects on methane emissions or removals from vegetated wetlands, coastal systems, and inland waters. The proposed work can address any range of spatial and temporal scales, from microbial to global, but must cover questions related to reducing uncertainties in warming feedback on methane, provide improvements that can advance a process-based understanding of feedback, and make connections with existing or potential mitigation interventions to reduce emissions and/or enhance removals.
The initial appointment will be for a term of one year and may be extended for a second year upon satisfactory performance and available funding. Postdoctoral Associate will be provided a salary based on the Yale Postdoctoral salary scale (currently $68,500/year), and base research funds ($6,000/year), plus health care benefits and limited expenses for relocation.
A PhD or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline and less than a total of four years of prior postdoctoral experience.
