The NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center team has two openings at the University of Miami CIMAS to support the Gulf of Mexico Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA) and the Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative (CEFI).

The hires will investigate ecosystem processes throughout the US Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and/or Caribbean, and they will lead and assist research to understand the impacts of combined stressors on fisheries systems and inform ecosystem-based and climate-informed fisheries management.

The successful candidate(s) will:

• Interpret and statistically analyze complex data sets. Test and develop hypotheses related to ecosystem processes throughout the US Southeast (Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and/or Caribbean).
• Conduct simulations or modeling to evaluate the potential impacts of climate change on fisheries and fishery ecosystems.
• Build or update tools to assist U.S. fishery managers in decision making, such as ecosystem models, biophysical models, management strategy evaluations, or other predictive models.
• Present findings at scientific meetings and publish the results in scientific journals.

Qualifications

• The successful applicants must have a Ph.D. in physical or biological oceanography, marine ecology, marine biology, population dynamics, fisheries, statistics, or a related field.
• Experience with statistical analyses and expertise in oceanography, marine ecosystem ecology or population dynamics.
• Demonstrated experience in programming languages such as R, Perl, Python, MATLAB.
• Previous experience working with large and diverse data sets.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability and desire to work as part of a collaborative team but also the ability to work independently to complete complex interdisciplinary ecosystem analyses
• Previous experience with ecosystem modeling, or individual-based modeling, or management strategy evaluation, and/or use of downscaled climate model outputs is desirable.

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