Recruiting Postdoc Scholar in Big Data and River Biogeochemistry
We are looking to recruit a curious and creative postdoctoral scholar interested in exploring spatial and temporal patterns in multi-solute river chemistry and discharge at +500 sites located across all seven continents (http://shiny.ceoas.oregonstate.edu/GLASS/). The postdoc scholar would be located at Oregon State University in the Sullivan Lab but would work with an interdisciplinary team from Science Museum of Minnesota, Babson College, and the US Geological Survey. In addition, the postdoctoral scholar would have the opportunity to grow their network by participating in a USGS Powell Center Working Group on river silicon stoichiometry. The objectives of this funded research project are to: (1) use existing long-term, global data to improve our fundamental understanding of river ecosystems, (2) develop tools to assess how river chemistry varies across gradients of land use, climate, and lithology, and, (3) predict water quality in unmonitored and remote river systems that are difficult and expensive to monitor. Individuals with skills in trend analysis, time-series models, machine learning (e.g., Entity-Aware Long Short-Term Memory networks) and other statistical/modeling approaches are highly encouraged to apply. Research emanating from these data include (Jankowski et al., 2023; Johnson et al., 2024a & b).
To apply please submit a cover letter and CV to the following google form. In your cover letter, please describe your past experience working with big data, creating collaborative coding workflows in R and GitHub, and include questions and approaches you would be interested in exploring with the dataset. Review of application materials will begin on August 25th, 2025, with a targeted start date of October 1st, 2025, although later start date requests will be considered. Initial appointment will be 1-year in duration with the potential for additional years depending on performance and continued funding. This position requires an initial in-person commitment at OSU, although eventual remote work requests will be considered. Eligible candidates must have received their PhDs within the last 5 years. Information on postdoc scholar appointments at Oregon State University can be found at https://graduate.oregonstate.edu/postdocs.