Coastal Dynamics Research Associate

3 weeks ago

Portland, United States Gulf of Maine Research Institute Full time

Description:
**Job Title**: Coastal Dynamics Research Associate

**Supervisor**: Hannah Baranes

**Pay Grade**: 6 **Pay Grade Range**:$53,800 - $86,000

**Salary Range**: $53,800 - $59,274

**Overview**

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) develops and delivers collaborative solutions to global ocean challenges. We are dedicated to the resilience of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the communities that depend on it. To learn more, visit gmri.org.

The foremost global ocean challenge is climate change as it represents an existential threat to coastal communities as we know them. Through the work of GMRI’s Climate Center, we aim to empower coastal communities and businesses to thrive in a warmer world by leveraging climate action from the local to the global level. We do this through a user-centered science-engagement-solutions framework for delivering climate services to coastal and marine stakeholders.

GMRI is seeking applicants for a Coastal Dynamics Research Associate to work under the supervision of Dr. Hannah Baranes, Assistant Research Scientist and leader of the Coastal Dynamics Lab in GMRI’s Climate Center. The position is located at GMRI’s lab on the waterfront of Portland, Maine. [DR4] The incumbent will join a rapidly growing Climate Center team that is working to integrate and elevate the climate-related work across the organization while charting new directions for us to provide climate services to coastal communities across the region. The incumbent will work collaboratively with Dr. Baranes and other GMRI staff, such as our Climate Center Director, Climate Engagement Specialist and Municipal Climate Action Program Manager, as well as with regional collaborators at the Maine Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other academic, research, and government institutions.

To date, the two broad aims of the Coastal Dynamics Lab have been:

- Use a combination of observational, statistical modeling, and numerical modeling techniques to characterize coastal and estuarine flood risk
- Develop technical guidance, tools, and trainings that support translation of sea level rise and flood hazard science to coastal management, climate resilience planning, flood forecasting and preparedness, and state rule-making

The incumbent will contribute to ongoing projects that support these aims, in particular: our NOAA-funded Climate Smart Working Waterfronts project; our National Science Foundation-funded Civic Innovation Challenge project; and National Fish & Wildlife Foundation-funded Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Data and Education Hub project.

The incumbent will also focus on one of two emerging research areas:
The first is an investigation of recent high sea level in the Northeastern United States (Cape Hatteras through the Gulf of Maine). In Portland, for example, 2023 annual mean sea level was 8 cm higher than 2022 annual mean sea level, and sea level has remained high in early-2024. There was a high sea level anomaly in the Northeastern U.S. in 2010 that has been attributed to wind patterns associated with a strongly negative North Atlantic Oscillation and a reduction in Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation slowing the Gulf Stream (Goddard et al., 2015). The incumbent would investigate the drivers and spatiotemporal signature of present-day high sea level, which are currently unknown.

The second possibility is an investigation of sedimentary characteristics and evolution of intertidal mudflats in the Gulf of Maine. During the late-summer and fall the incumbent would work with Dr. Baranes, an undergraduate intern, and external collaborators to conduct initial field work (if desired; field work is not required), laboratory work, literature review, and data analysis. At the culmination of the preliminary research phase, the incumbent would support the development of a federal research proposal. This research has two potential aims:
1. Develop metrics and methods for describing/measuring sedimentary characteristics of mudflats that are correlated with habitat quality for commercially and culturally important intertidal species. Research questions include:
a. What sedimentary characteristics (e.g., grain size, organic content, bulk density, shear strength, and biofilms) are conducive to supporting intertidal species populations?

b. Can these characteristics be measured with simple in-situ techniques (e.g., a hand-held penetrometer) and/or laboratory measurements?

c. Can measurements be used to develop remotely sensed metrics of habitat quality?

d. How do quantitative measurements compare to descriptions of sedimentary characteristics and habitat quality by local harvesters?

2. Develop an understanding of how human and climate forcings have historically affected mudflat extent, sedimentary characteristics, habitat suitability, and harvester access. Potential forcings to investigate include harvesting, coastal armoring, and changes in sea

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