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National Exposure Research Laboratory Post-Doctoral Research Program

• The National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency is accepting applications beginning November 2, 2009 through January 11, 2010 for approximately 10 federal, three-year post-doctoral research positions.

• Candidates will engage in research in areas such as: computer modeling of the transport, transformation, and fate of pollutants in multiple media and at multiple scales, hydrologic modeling, GIS mapping and interpretation for human exposure, demographics related to ecological exposure, modeling of microbial fate and exposure, and exposure modeling for epidemiological studies.

• Specific research opportunities are posted on the NERL website at http://www.epa.gov/nerl

• Post-doctoral positions will be in one or more of the following locations: Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; Cincinnati, Ohio; Las Vegas, Nevada; or Athens, Georgia.

FULL FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

• Salary range of $67,613 - $91,305 (subject to increase in January 2010)
• Full three-year appointments
• Paid relocation to EPA duty location
• Vacation and sick leave
• Federal health benefits, life insurance, and retirement program
• Travel to professional and scientific meetings
• Flexible start date beginning in March/April and no later than September 2010

APPLICATION PROCESS – Consult the NERL website at http://www.epa.gov/nerl for instructions on how to apply. Note – online applications from journal websites are not accepted. Applicants must provide:

• Up-to-date Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of recommendation from your research advisor or comparable official
• Cover letter indicating:
o positions and locations of interest
o your email address
o U.S. Citizenship status, AND
o How you learned of this program (If you first learned of the program at an online website, please provide name of website.)
• DD-214, if claiming veteran’s preference

• Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents. Only in the absence of qualified U.S. citizens will permanent residents who are citizens of countries specified as exceptions to the appropriations act ban on paying non-U.S. citizens be considered.

Specific job information is posted on the NERL Internet site at http://www.epa.gov/nerl. EPA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case by case basis.

The U.S. EPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer