Post-Doctoral Researcher Position Available In Hillsborough, Florida

Post-Doctoral Researcher
University of South Florida
in Tampa, FL

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Full-Time

Salary:

Salary $60,000/yr

Posted:

04/09/2025

Application Due:

05/08/2025

Category:

Civil and Environmental Engineering Job Identification 40294
Job Category Visiting Researcher
Posting Date 04/08/2025, 11:06 AM
Apply Before 05/08/2025, 11:59 PM
Degree Level Doctorate Degree
Locations 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33620, US
Hiring Salary $60,000/yr
Essential Personnel No

Responsibilities Position Summary:

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of South Florida (USF) is seeking candidates for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Environmental Engineering to work on an NSF-funded research project,

Large-scale CoPe:

“Reducing Climate Risks with

Equitable Nature-based Solutions:

Engaging Communities on Reef-Lined Coasts.” The postdoc will work primarily with Dr. Maya Trotz in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dr. Rebecca Zarger in Anthropology. The main duties include assistance in establishing and maintaining partnerships with local individuals and community organizations in Belize, Miami, Florida, and the US Virgin Islands, as well as contributing to the design and research of most aspects of the grant. As much as possible, interdisciplinary, and trans-institutional collaboration will be encouraged for the postdoc. This appointment will be for one year with the possibility for multi-year extension depending on job performance. With this position there will be opportunities to contribute to writing grant proposals, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, writing research papers, teaching, and presenting project research to various audiences that support the postdoc’s professional development. In addition, the postdoc may be involved in co-development and delivery of participatory workshops with community partners in project sites and other research projects that emerge from the community engaged research activities of the Hub. This project advances our understanding of coastal flood and erosion risk and the role of ecosystems and equitable “Nature Based Solutions (NBS)” to empirically assess hazards reduction, vulnerability and overall risk. The goals are 1) to establish an inclusive participatory co-design approach for assessing current and future coastal risks and rigorously quantifying the benefits of NBS, including coral reef and mangrove restoration and protection, for reducing risks, while enhancing human well-being, economic recovery, and biodiversity benefits; and 2) to determine how community experiences of risk differ within and across sites, how that affects NBS implementation, and how adaptive capacity to mitigate increasing hazards like sea-level rise and storm surge are related to localized impacts. The convergence research approach advances the quantitative, data-driven evaluation of NBS for hazard risk reduction, while assessing social and economic co-benefits and limitations. This project is co-creating new knowledge with people in Florida, the US Virgin Islands, and Belize, on how ecosystem-based processes can help reduce risks and support appropriate NBS. The postdoctoral associate will develop independent research within the above themes and actively collaborate with other researchers who are a part of our CoPe Hub. The team’s complementary expertise in engineering, ecology and social sciences, linking 7 academic institutions, local partners, and cross-regional organizations, expands the scope of potential research outcomes to global tropical coastlines beyond the three focus regions.
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