Graduate Position in Wildfire Science

Stipend and tuition: Funding for the successful applicant includes a graduate assistantship (renewable, 12-month stipend), tuition remission, and access to benefits.

Preferred Start Date: The ideal candidate will be available to start January of 2025, although candidates not available to start until Summer or Fall 2025 will be considered.

Closing Date: Review of applicants will begin immediately. For best consideration, please complete your application by October 1, 2024.

 

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Welcome!

Thanks for your interest in the HART Lab! We are currently recruiting one graduate student interested in processing and using geospatial data to better inform forest and fuels management. The successful application will collaborate with researchers at CSU and The Nature Conservancy on a Joint Fire Science Program funded project that seeks to understand effects of hazardous fuel treatment reductions on landscape-level patterns of wildfire activity, effects, and suppression operations.

 

 

Qualifications

Required

  1. Bachelor’s degree in forestry, geography, or a related field by the time of appointment

  2. Prior experience working with geospatial data

  3. Commitment to and enthusiasm for wildfire science

  4. Evidence of experience effectively working in and leading groups

  5. Evidence of persistence and ability to overcome obstacles

  6. Demonstrated ability to communicate accurately and effectively, both verbally and in writing.

 

Preferred

  1. Prior research experience in academia or beyond

  2. Strong skills in R, Python, or Google Earth Engine

  3. Evidence of publishing in referred journals and/or presenting at scientific conferences

  4. Commitment to enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice in academia and/or natural resource management

 

 

Preferred Start Date

 

The ideal candidate will be available to start January of 2025, although candidates not available to start until Summer or Fall 2025 will be considered.

 

 

Stipend and tuition 

Funding for the successful applicant includes a graduate assistantship (renewable, 12-month stipend), tuition remission, and access to benefits.

 

 

Application Procedure

Please fill out this online recruitment survey, where you will be asked provide background information (e.g., undergraduate degree, institution, and GPA), describe if and how you meet the required and preferred qualifications, and upload copies of your CV and a 1-page statement of purpose. Additionally, please be prepared to provide names of three references. References will not be contacted without prior notification to candidate.

Promising candidates will be contacted via email for further discussion of the opportunity. Finalist(s) for the position will be asked to submit a full application package to the Graduate School at Colorado State University (https://graduateschool.colostate.edu/#).

Review of applicants will begin immediately. For best consideration, please complete your application by October 1, 2024.

If you have questions about the recruitment survey or the position, please email Dr. Sarah Hart at sarah.hart@colostate.edu.