Academic Coordinator III Position
The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), Informatics and Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Program is seeking a Statewide Program Coordinator for both local and statewide program development and delivery. The IGIS Statewide Program seeks to provide innovation, technology, training, and data support for UC ANR’s research and extension mission through the collection, analysis and visualization of geospatial data. We are interested in developing and delivering data-driven tools, research results, and training to support UC ANR Strategic Initiatives: Endemic and invasive pests and diseases, Healthy families and communities, Sustainable food systems, Sustainable natural ecosystems, and Water quality, quantity and security.
The program coordinator will help fulfill the goals of the IGIS Program by facilitating the delivery of research, training, and data support to the UC ANR network. We are looking for a highly specialized academic who will provide vision and leadership on geospatial data resources, analysis and visualization that will serve multiple scientific constituencies at the state and national level. These data resources include: sensor networks, ecological datasets, existing statewide research databases, web-based data frameworks such as APIs, open data collections, and remote sensing collections.
This is a unique academic position within UC ANR that allows for intellectual growth, interaction with multiple scientists and academics, and the development of impactful datadriven solutions to California’s agricultural and natural resource challenges.
If you have questions, you can email me: maggi@berkeley.edu
Website: http://ucanr.edu/Jobs/Jobs_990/?jobnum=894
Closing Date: December 31, 2015
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Minimum and Required Qualifications:
- A PhD Degree in Ecology, Geography, Agriculture, Statistics, or an appropriate related field with experience in data science, geographic information sciences, remote sensing, or ecological informatics is required.
- Experience synthesizing large ecological or socio-ecological datasets and using them in complex local and statewide research projects is required.
- Experience developing and managing research projects including agriculture, ecology, or climate change is required.
- Experience using GIS, remote sensing, and/or web programming software is required.
- The ability to communicate and extend technical information in an understandable manner is required.
- Strong leadership, administration, financial, and management skills are required.
- Knowledge of human relations is required including the ability to work with people with a diversity of views and values, to motivate people and adapt to changing situations.
- Author: Shane Feirer
In the past year IGIS worked with the staff from the UCCE Marin County to develop a new web mapping application that will display current community garden sites in Marin County. This application was developed with ease of use and ease of updating in mind. Staff at UCCE can edit and add additional gardens using the ucanr arcgis online for organizations system.
We hope that the general public will be able to use this web mapping application to find community gardens where they live. To view map on UCCE Marin Countie's site click here.
- Author: Robert Johnson
Over the past several years, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a serious invasive pest, has established a population in California and presents a major threat to the California citrus industry. The psyllid serves as a vector for huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease, which has no cure and eventually kills any tree it infects.
IGIS has been working with Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell (Extension Specialist, Entomology, UC Riverside) on an online mapping application to monitor the spread of ACP and provide information to commercial citrus growers and the public about managing the pest. In addition to a map of current distribution of the psylid and quarantine zones, the site provides background on both the pest and the disease as well as treatment options and cost estimates.
Please visit the site at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ACP/
- Author: Shane Feirer
From https://www.facebook.com/CANaturalist?fref=nf
Work in progress: Associate Director Sabrina Drill has a PhD in Geography from UCLA and, with support from the UC ANR IGIS team (http://igis.ucanr.edu/), has created a simple on-line map that can help us analyze the areas our partners work in (the butterflies) across California, from ecological to demographic communities. As UC ANR's California Naturalist Program continues to expand, this will help us make sure we are serving all Californians, and demonstrates that California Naturalists are helping steward a wide range of California ecosystems!
- Author: Shane Feirer
Visualization of UCANR Staff / Academics
Have you ever wanted to locate staff and/or academics within UCANR? I know that I have. Within the last year, IGIS worked to create an interactive map that displays staff and/or academics by their spatial location around the state of California. This map was designed so that one can search by name, title, unit, or area of expertise. We feel that this could be useful for the general public and UCANR to identify advisors, specialists, or staff within UCANR with specific areas of expertise. We also think that this map could be used for better coordination of projects/efforts within UCANR. The mapping tool can be found at UCANR Personnel Explorer. The interactive map can be viewed below.
