Research Associate Ii - Remote Sensing Ecologist

Fort Collins, CO

Position qualifies for hybrid/in-office work

Yes

202400285AP

Admin Professional/ Research Professional

40

$58,000 - $68,000

03/25/2024

Founded in 1870, Colorado State University is among the nation’s leading research universities and enrolls approximately 32,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Located an hour north of the Denver metro area, Fort Collins is a vibrant community of approximately 157,000 residents that offers the convenience of a small town with all the amenities of a large city. Fort Collins is situated on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains with views of 14,000 foot peaks, and offers access to numerous cultural, recreational, and outdoor opportunities.
The Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory is a research and teaching unit at Colorado State University with a mission “to ensure the sustainability of the Earth’s ecosystems through the generation and application of new knowledge.” The department’s interdisciplinary, ecosystem research promotes collaborations among disciplines and across fields of expertise at CSU and throughout the world. As a soft-money research unit, this role is critical to ensure adequate funding to sustain its vital role in the research community both locally and across the globe.
Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is situated on nearly 5,000 acres of land, including the main campus, a foothills campus, an agricultural campus, and a mountain campus. Colorado State also has 4,600 acres for research centers, Cooperative Extension offices, and Colorado State Forest Service stations. Fort Collins is an award-winning city located on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains with the foothills and 14,000-foot peaks visible to residents. Easy access to hiking, skiing, rafting and other outdoor sports is a great advantage to CSU students, faculty and staff.

The Research Associate II will join the Vogeler Research Lab in the Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory at CSU to work on applied ecological Remote Sensing research. Work will primarily focus on western U.S. forest/woodland systems, with the potential of contributing to other lab projects across additional national and international forest/woodland ecosystems. The primary project this position will contribute to involves developing a set of direct forest structure measurements (e.g., canopy height, cover, forest strata densities, single tree extractions) and modeled forest attributes (e.g., biomass, basal area, single tree dead/live classifications) of value to forest inventory assessments and management planning across the Black Hills, SD, leveraging a recent high density LiDAR collection and existing field database. This position will take a leadership role within a collaborative project team, where we are looking for a candidate with experience in forest LiDAR processing, conducting analyses within R and/or Python, interacting with stakeholders/ collaborators, and leading peer reviewed publications and oral presentations.

Ability to advance the department’s commitment to diversity and inclusion through research, teaching and outreach with relevant programs, goals and activities.

Research

85

Dissemination of Results

10

Mentoring

5

Interested applicants must submit a cover letter which addresses how professional experiences align with identified required and preferred qualifications of the position, a current resume, and the names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three (3) professional references. References will not be contacted without prior notification to candidates.
Please note that the successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application; the NREL department will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.
CSU is committed to full inclusion of qualified individuals. If you are needing assistance or accommodations with the search process, please reach out to the listed search contact.

Pre-employment Criminal Background Check (required for new hires)

jody.vogeler@colostate.edu

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