Gulf of Maine Research Institute

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Management Strategy Evaluation
Portland, ME
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Description

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) pioneers collaborative solutions to global ocean challenges.  We steward the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the hardworking communities that depend on it through a mix of science, education, and community programming.


The Gulf of Maine Research Institute is seeking applicants for a 2-year postdoctoral researcher position. The postdoc will work under the supervision of Dr. Lisa Kerr and collaborate with a team of scientists at GMRI, Rutgers University, and NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NOAA NEFSC). The research will focus on developing an integrated modeling framework to inform marine resource decision-making under projected climate change in the Northeast U.S. shelf ecosystem. The framework will be applied to evaluate candidate climate-informed assessment models for the research-track stock assessments for Atlantic cod and black sea bass.


The position has a competitive annual salary plus benefits. Start date is flexible; the successful candidate could begin as early as December 2020. The position will be located at GMRI (www.gmri.org) in Portland, Maine with the potential for remote work arrangements.


Responsibilities/Tasks:

  • Model development for and application of management strategy evaluation
  • Development of coupled climate-population dynamics operating models
  • Performance testing of climate informed stock assessments.
  • Managing code in Github platform
  • Synthesis of results in project reports and manuscripts
  • Presentation of results to stakeholder audiences


Requirements
  • A completed (or nearly-completed) PhD degree in a relevant discipline, such as Fisheries Science, Marine Fisheries Ecology, Applied mathematics, Statistics, or other related field that demonstrates a strong quantitative background. 
  • Experience fitting population dynamics models to data for fisheries stock assessment and application of simulation testing frameworks like Management Strategy Evaluation.
  • Knowledge of fisheries management, and understanding of the management process in the U.S.
  • Demonstrated experience and fluency in statistical/modeling programming languages (e.g. R, AD Model Builder, Template Model Builder). 
  • Experience working in high performance computing environment is preferred. 
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, as evidenced through publications in the peer-reviewed scientific literature and presentations to a variety of audiences
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Eligible to work in the United States


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