{"job":{"jobId":2423026,"fk_accountId":null,"fk_organizationId":483,"fk_adminAccountId":null,"title":"Research Associate, Environmental Studies","description":"\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><b>Job Description</b></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">The Future Cities Lab Global project, at the Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) and Yale-NUS College, are looking for a Research Associate (RA) interested in studying ecosystem functions of trees and vegetation in urban environments as part of an interdisciplinary team that works on resilient and sustainable urban landscapes, based on the use of green and blue infrastructures providing key ecosystem services. Specifically, the RA will design and lead (i) field surveys along the urban-rural gradient to identify species with desirable traits and other characteristics in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, and its hinterlands; (ii) a study on the relationship between traits, distribution and functions of tree species and (iii) a study that seeks to quantify and compare the ecosystem services of different types of urban vegetation. The RA will contribute to the assessment of ecosystem services of various green-blue urban landscape designs using various modelling approaches. This contribution will support an iterative loop between designers, scientists, engineers and local resource users, civil society actors, and governments. This iterative loop is a key feature of the Future Cities lab project for Antananarivo. See the project’s webpage for more information.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\">The position will be supervised by Dr. Michiel van Breugel (Yale-NUS College, Singapore) and Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey (ETH, Zurich). The successful candidate will be based at Tale-NUS and SEC, Singapore, and be expected to enrol as PhD student at ETH. The candidate will develop her/his research in the context of the interdisciplinary Future Cities Lab Global Antananarivo project, as part of an international team consisting of urban landscape designers, hydrologists, ecologists, agronomists and geographers from research institutions in Singapore, Madagascar and Switzerland. Field work will take place in Antananarivo and its hinterlands in collaboration with researchers and students from Switzerland and Madagascar.</p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><b>Requirements</b></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><em>We are seeking for a researcher with an expertise in plant ecology, plant traits and ecophysiology, the study and modelling of ecosystem services or related fields, with a Master degree in Environmental Sciences, Biology, Ecology or other relevant programs. The RA will further have to demonstrate independent field research experience, excellent skills in data analyses, the ability for independent scientific work proven by a good publication record and a demonstrated ability to communicate in English. The ability to work with remote sensing data (including Lidar) and GIS would be an advantage, as would be a working knowledge of French. Success in the position requires good communication skills, as well as ability to work as a part of interdisciplinary and transnational research group.</em></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><b>More Information</b></p>\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: san-serif;\"><strong>Location</strong>: Yale-NUS College and SEC, Singapore, with extensive field work periods in Madagascar. In addition, some time would be spent at ETH, Switzerland, where the successful candidate would pursue a PhD on part-time basis.\n<strong>Organization</strong>: Yale-NUS College\n<strong>Department </strong>: Division of Science</p>\n\n\n","pdfUrl1":null,"location":"Singapore","location1":"아시아","location2":null,"location3":null,"type":"2","applyUrl":"https://careers.nus.edu.sg/NUS/job/Kent-Ridge-Research-Associate-Kent/5703344/","fileUrl1":null,"fileUrl2":null,"fileUrl3":null,"fileUrl4":null,"fileUrl5":null,"fileUrl6":null,"fileUrl7":null,"workingHour":"Full Time","contractType":"Permanent","salary":null,"original_id":"UNI|280483","original_domain":"timeshighereducation.com","original_url":"https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/280483","original_isPremium":null,"closeType":1,"closedAt":"2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z","requireEducation":10,"managerTel":null,"managerFax":null,"managerEmail":null,"managerName":"NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE","managerPhone":null,"managerAddress":"Singapore","log_hit":3,"log_like":0,"publishState":1,"organizationName":null,"organizationName_en":null,"organizationName_alt":null,"del_yn":"N","createdAt":"2022-02-07T20:22:57.000Z","updatedAt":"2022-02-07T20:22:57.000Z"},"organization":{"organizationId":483,"lv1Id":null,"lv2Id":null,"name":"National University of Singapore","name_en":"National University of Singapore","name_alt":",","introduction":"<p>As Singapore’s flagship university and among Asia’s best, the <a href=\"http://www.nus.edu.sg/\">National University of Singapore (NUS)</a> offers a global approach to education, research and entrepreneurship, with a focus on Asian perspectives and expertise.</p><p> </p><p>Our 17 faculties across three campuses in Singapore – Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram – provide a rigorous broad-based curriculum underscored by cross-faculty enrichment. We have pioneered many innovative academic programmes which include student exchange, entrepreneurial internships at <a href=\"https://enterprise.nus.edu.sg/educate/nus-overseas-colleges\">12 NUS Overseas Colleges</a>, as well as double, joint and concurrent degree programmes with some of the world’s best universities. Close to 40,000 students from 100 countries enrich our vibrant and diverse campus community.</p><p> </p><p>The University’s multidisciplinary and real-world approach to education, research and entrepreneurship enables us to work closely with industry, governments and academia to address crucial and complex issues relevant to Asia and the world. 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