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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">De:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre (AEET) <AEET@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES>
<b>En nombre de </b>Javier Martinez-Lopez<br>
<b>Enviado el:</b> martes, 22 de octubre de 2024 13:20<br>
<b>Para:</b> AEET@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES<br>
<b>Asunto:</b> [AEET] EVEREST PhD student offer (Application period is about to open!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Within the EVEREST project (<i>Essential Variables for the rEmote characterisation and monitoRing of mountain EcosystemS along a biogeographical
gradienT: from data to decision making</i>)*</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We offer a 4-years PhD (FPI) position at the Sciences Faculty (University of Granada).</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The application period starts on October 23rd:
<a href="https://investigacion.ugr.es/recursos-humanos/predoctorales/fpi-2024">https://investigacion.ugr.es/recursos-humanos/predoctorales/fpi-2024</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Objectives</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The goal of EVEREST is to sit together managers and scientists in the co-design, co-production and validation of a common methodological framework
to provide scientifically sound and managerially meaningful remote sensing variables, as well as monitoring and modeling capabilities to report on the conservation status of species and habitats (Habitats Directive), on water quality parameters (Water Framework
Directive), and on ecosystem recovery and resilience after disturbances and restoration measures (Nature Restoration Law). EVEREST will identify and provide relevant ecosystem compositional, structural and functional attributes for these aims in mountain ecosystems.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tasks to be performed</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Stakeholders engagement; Identification of essential compositional, structural and functional variables and metrics; Characterisation of reference
dynamics, spatial variability, temporal trends and anomalies; Mapping species and habitats of community importance and monitoring their conservation status; Monitoring water quality of high-mountain lakes; Monitoring ecosystem recovery after disturbances and
evaluation of restoration measurements; Decision support tool for protected area managers; Scientific and social dissemination of project results and reporting.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Education requirements</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Any MSc degree in Biological or Environmental Sciences, Data or Computer Sciences, Remote Sensing, Geography or Geographical Information Systems.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Courses on data science, GIS, remote sensing, ecology, ecological modeling, machine learning, multivariate analysis, programming languages, Google
Earth Engine, Python, R, JavaScript.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Languages</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">English (CEFR: C1 or C2)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Previous professional experience</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Collaboration in national and international basic and applied research projects related to environmental monitoring through remote sensors. Experience
on reporting obligations on the Water Framework Directive, Habitats Directive or the Nature Restoration Law.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We will also value:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">or book chapters, reports)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Domingo Alcaraz-Segura (</span></b><a href="mailto:dalcaraz@ugr.es"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">dalcaraz@ugr.es</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Javier Martínez-López (</span></b><a href="mailto:javier.martinez@ugr.es"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">javier.martinez@ugr.es</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Regino Zamora (</span></b><a href="mailto:rzamora@ugr.es"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">rzamora@ugr.es</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Project summary:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EVEREST brings managers and scientists together to codesign, coproduce and validate a common platform to provide scientifically sound and managerially meaningful variables from remote
sensing (RS), together with field data and modeling, to report on 3 European regulations: conservation status of species and habitats (Habitats Directive), water quality monitoring (Water Framework Directive), and ecosystem recovery and resilience following
disturbances and restoration (Nature Restoration Law). EVEREST uses 8 mountain national parks (MNPs) across 4 biogeographical regions (Spain and Portugal) as a proof of the advantages of fusing RS with artificial intelligence, public datasets, modeling tools,
and ground-truth data to support ecological studies, biodiversity conservation, and effective management. EVEREST will also test ecological hypotheses like whether warming and aridification, which may respectively lengthen or shorten the growing season, are
differentially affecting mountain ecosystems, so that mountains with a more temperate and rainy summers are less affected than mountains with hotter and drier summers. EVEREST has 5 specific objectives: 1) To create a science-policy group that fosters collaboration
between researchers, managers, and decision-makers to ensure that the project's outcomes align with real-world needs and facilitate the actual adoption and long-term use of the monitoring platform developed; 2) To identify and implement essential RS variables
and metrics relevant for EU reporting obligations. 3) To characterize the reference dynamics, spatial variability, and temporal changes of such variables and metrics, which provides insights into the functioning and resilience of mountain ecosystems across
gradients; 4) To test and validate with local researchers and managers the performance of such variables and metrics by using expert knowledge, public data and ground-truth data recorded in each MNP; 5) To provide a near-real time online tool for the exploitation
of the project results by three types of users: scientists, managers and citizenship, with guidelines for decision making, management and public awareness. EVEREST involves stakeholder engagement through workshops and collaboration with managers, researchers,
and environmental institutions to promote adaptive management and use-inspired research. It uses RS, existing field data, artificial intelligence and modeling to generate scientific knowledge and practical tools for conservation and management. EVEREST contributes
to international biodiversity monitoring initiatives and provides guidelines for preserving and managing high-mountain ecosystems. EVEREST’s social and economic impacts also include enhanced adaptive management practices, a user-friendly approach to high-tech
tools and biodiversity data, and increased awareness of mountain values, threats and trends among society. Outcomes will be disseminated through scientific publications, conferences, training activities, and online public platforms nationally and internationally
recognized, like OAPN, GEOBON and LifeWatch, which have members in this proposal. By promoting international collaboration and knowledge transfer, the project aims to contribute to the conservation and sustainable management of mountain ecosystems and the
Nature Positive Journey and Nature Based Solutions in Europe and beyond.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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