We are seeking a postdoctoral scholar to contribute to a sub-project of the NSF EPSCoR project – Idaho Community-Engaged Resilience for Energy-Water Systems (I-CREWS), which seeks to increase understanding of how physical infrastructure, data, governance, local knowledge, and community context shape resilience under meteorological, population, and technological change. The postdoc will lead data analysis and modeling on the sub-project titled “Coupled Water and Energy Consequences of Agricultural-to-Urban Transitions in the Treasure Valley”. The postdoc will work closely with Dr. Meetpal Kukal to combine ground-based measurements of evapotranspiration (ET) in turfgrass with satellite-based consumptive use (CU) modeling to compare outdoor water use and associated energy demand across agricultural and urban land uses. The team will (1) develop and validate locally relevant methods to estimate consumptive use across mixed urban–agricultural landscapes, (2) estimate the energy required for water system operations under different land-use and infrastructure configurations, and (3) co-produce case studies with local partners to inform alternative futures modeling and resilience planning for the Treasure Valley.
