[OKC] Climate change postgraduate research training opportunity at EPA

[Jennifer Alig]

Full announcement and application instructions available here:
http://orise.orau.gov/epa/description.aspx?JobId=6796.

*Research Participation Program
Office of Research and Development
National Center for Environmental Assessment
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Arlington, VA* ****

*EPA-ORD/NCEA-IO-2012-01*

*Project Description:*
A postgraduate research training opportunity is currently available at the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in Arlington, Virginia. The appointment
will be served with the Global Change Assessment Staff (GCAS). The GCAS,
located in the EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) in the Air,
Climate, Energy (ACE) program, works to build the capacity of programs,
managers, and other decision-makers to assess and respond to global change
(i.e., climate and land use) impacts on the environment and human health in
the United States. Research and assessment activities are focused on
several areas: ambient air quality, ambient water quality, the built
environment (including water, wastewater, green infrastructure and urban
resilience), aquatic ecosystems, and human health. For more information
about the GCRP activities in NCEA, visit http://www.epa.gov/ncea/global/.

This training opportunity allows the participant to apply rigorous
statistical and quantitative analysis skills to complex, interdisciplinary
assessments GCAS projects. GCAS projects have the overarching goal of
improving the understanding of the implications of climate and land-use
change for U.S. ecosystems (particularly wetlands and other aquatic
systems), water quality, urban systems, and human health and well-being.
This research will ultimately help EPA in reducing environmental and
societal vulnerabilities to climate change through appropriate adaptation
strategies.

This project involves (1) statistical or other quantitative analyses of
ecologic, hydrologic, climate, and land use data using, for example,
multivariate and non-parametric techniques, spatial statistics, or time
series analyses, (2) quantitative analyses of data on urban resilience and
vulnerability, and (3) interpretation and communication of analysis results
including assisting with writing reports and journal articles. The research
participant will have an opportunity to engage with a team of scientists at
EPA on a variety of climate change and land use change projects to develop
statistical and other quantitative analyses that will aid in environmental
decision making.****

Meredith Pavlick Warren, AICP
ORISE Research Fellow
Global Change Research Program | USEPA Office of Research and Development
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (8601P) | Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 703-347-8534 | warren.meredith at epa.gov****

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