Post-Doctoral Research Associate – University of Colorado Boulder – Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
A two-year post-doctoral research associate position will be available
in Nichole Barger’s lab at the University of Colorado – Boulder. The
successful candidate will work on a newly funded project to examine
plant and soil responses to biological soil crust restoration. The
post-doctoral research associate will oversee field research at Hill Air
Force Base in the Great Basin and Jornada Experimental Range in the
Chihuahuan Desert. This work will occur in close collaboration with an
interdisciplinary team of scientists who specialize in soil microbiology
(Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Arizona State University), soil ecology (Matthew
Bowker, Northern Arizona University and Jayne Belnap USGS), ecosystem
ecology (Sasha Reed, USG) and soil science (Mike Duniway, USGS). We are
seeking a highly motivated and energetic applicant with specialties in
ecosystem ecology/biogeochemistry, plant ecology, or soil ecology.
Expertise in aridland ecology is a plus. The start date is flexible
ranging from December 2014 through February 2015. If you are interested
please send a brief letter of interest and a current CV to Nichole
Barger at nichole.barger@colorado.edu.
Showing posts with label restoration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restoration. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Spray bacteria on the desert to halt its spread - environment - 02 January 2014 - New Scientist
Spray bacteria on the desert to halt its spread - environment - 02 January 2014 - New Scientist
This short article recently appeared in New Scientist. It's about the practice of using mass-cultured cyanobacteria to fix dunes in China, thus combatting desertification. I believe the cyanobacteria are temporally irrigated to establish them.
This short article recently appeared in New Scientist. It's about the practice of using mass-cultured cyanobacteria to fix dunes in China, thus combatting desertification. I believe the cyanobacteria are temporally irrigated to establish them.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Behold! the Bryotron!
Its been a while since I last posted. November and early December kept me plenty busy…and that means no posts (that's why I need additional bloggers here). But anyway, was has excited me lately is our success culturing biocrust organisms, particularly mosses. I had envisioned and found some small funds to create an automated moss growing system, and put Kyle and Anita in charge of final design and implementation. They completely upgraded the design, and it has been a great success. We have 2 experiments running now for different projects, but are planning many more.
We started growing Syntrichia caninervis and Syntrichia ruralis in a growth chamber environment, but have largely abandoned these efforts and made the jump to the greenhouse late last summer.
One experiment subjects Syntrichia ruralis sourced from different populations to different environmental conditions. The other is seeking optimal growing conditions for both Syntrichia species sourced from northern Utah.
When we inoculate with field collected material, we add several hitchhikers. Thus far, they're primarily desirable species such as N-fixing cyanobacteria, so we have no problem with this.
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| Kyle Doherty, moss farmer. |
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| We are Arizona's largest consumer of urine sample cups! |
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| Nostoc "volunteers" among Syntrichia shoots. |
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| This fibrous mat in between shoots is actually a Scytonema colony. |
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