Postdoc (Research Fellow) In Statistical Science (3 Years) - Cei/Niasra, University Of Wollongo ...

Postdoc (Research Fellow) in Statistical Science (3 years) - CEI/NIASRA, University of Wollongong, Australia The Centre for Environmental Informatics (CEI, ) in the National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral Research Fellow in Statistical Science for up to three years, to join CEI Director Dist. Prof Noel Cressie and Assoc. Prof Andrew Zammit Mangion on a major initiative from the Australian Research Council: Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF). SAEF will deliver interdisciplinary science to forecast environmental change across Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic, and the Southern Ocean; deploy effective environmental-stewardship strategies in the face of this change; and secure Antarctica as a natural reserve devoted to peace and science ( ).The successful candidate will use statistical data science skills in areas that include the development and implementation of regional-climate data fusion, statistical downscaling, ice-sheet model calibration, and studying the effects of present and future climate on biodiversity in Antarctica. This will involve collaboration with researchers from SAEF's participating universities and research institutions.Wollongong is a highly liveable city on the beautiful Illawarra coast, about 50 miles (80km) south of Sydney.