The Center for Tropical Forest Science at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama invites applications for a 2-year post-doctoral position with the possibility to renew and a start date of Sep 1, 2007. The minimum salary will be US$ 40k. Requirements: Ph.D. in spatial analysis applied to soils or hydrology, hands-on programming skills, fluency in English and Spanish. Desired qualifications: Experience with designing and implementing sampling strategies for monitoring spatial data, with relating spatial patterns of soilscape variables to runoff generation processes, and with upscaling issues; familiarity with the basics of hydrological modelling and field work under trying conditions. Responsibilities: Design and implement sampling strategies to monitor changes in soil permeability and throughfall due to reforestation at the watershed level; make innovative contributions to methodology for upscaling and to the development of hydrological scenarios under land-use change at ...