Postdoctoral Research Associate - III, School of Geography, Development & Environment
Listed on 2026-03-04
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Research/Development
Research Scientist
Position Highlights
The University of Arizona's School of Geography, Development & Environment within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences invites you to apply to the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate. The candidate will join and support the NSF-funded research project, “Assessing past and future Colorado River droughts in the context of a Holocene wetting trend”. This project seeks to confirm the extreme persistence of the 2nd century drought in the Colorado River basin, and assess its drought characteristics in the context of both Holocene trend and climate change.
Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more.
Duties & Responsibilities- Lead dendrochronological lab work, data analysis, data management, and archival of data and wood specimens.
- Contribute to hydroclimatic and dendroclimatic data analysis and visualization.
- Provide written and graphical support for project reports and publications.
- Assist with field collections and sample preparation.
- Ability to work as part of a project team, in-person and remotely.
- Ability to work independently.
- Skill in speaking to the general public.
- Knowledge of the current dendroclimatology literature.
- PhD in Earth System Science, Paleo climatology, Climatology or related field, awarded by the start of the position.
- Experience in dendrochronological sample preparation, cross-dating, tree‑ring measuring systems, tree‑ring standardization approaches, chronology development, and dendrochronology programs such as ARSTAN and COFECHA.
- Experience with a statistical programming language, such as R or Matlab.
- Experience with time series analysis and scientific writing.
- Documents Needed:
Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Cover Letter. - Contact:
Dr. Connie Woodhouse, Regents Professor Emerita, School of Geography, Development & Environment, conniew
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