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How to Apply Apply Here We are hiring a Research Assistant to join a USDA-funded research project at SEAS. The project aims to improve understanding of forest carbon dynamics under climate change and disturbance, and to provide science-based information that supports sustainable forest management and decision-making. This research integrates ground-based forest inventory data, remote sensing (including Landsat, GEDI, and NAIP), and process-based models to quantify forest biomass dynamics and carbon change. While the project focuses on forests in Michigan, the analytical framework and mapping methodologies to be developed will potentially extend to the Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Canada. Job Summary This position will focus on acquiring, compiling, and analyzing existing ground-based forest measurements to support biomass mapping and model validation. The student will work with multiple datasets, including but not limited to: - Site-specific measurements (e.g., U-M Biological Station and other long-term research forests)
- US Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) plot data in Michigan and beyond
- Canadian National Forest Inventory (NFI) datasets
- Additional jurisdictional or research-based forest inventory datasets
This position is ideal for a student interested in forest carbon accounting, biomass estimation, and bridging field measurements with geospatial data science |
