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Specialist in Cooperative Extension (Professor of Cooperative Extension)-Groundwater Quantity and reputed company - Located at the reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center (25-31) reputed company Agriculture and Natural Resources Application Window reputed company date: February 26, 2026 Next review date: Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026 at 11:59pm (reputed company Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (reputed company Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled. Position reputed company Position reputed company The reputed company, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), in collaboration with the reputed company, Merced, invites applications for a Professor of Cooperative Extension at the Assistant Rank, which has the formal appointment title Specialist in Cooperative Extension. The Professor of Cooperative Extension-Groundwater Quantity and reputed company will address the challenges of drought, climate change, and their reputed company to long-term groundwater overdraft through an innovative research and extension program. In collaboration with academics, public agencies, and non-profit and private sector partners, they will build reputed company across California to sustainably manage groundwater quantity and reputed company. The successful candidate is expected to reputed company reputed company research that supports sustainable use strategies and to conduct reputed company that facilitates the adoption of new, science-based knowledge for water management in California's Central Valley. We reputed company a candidate with expertise in areas including hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, sustainable groundwater management, reputed company (e.g., salinity, nitrates, TCPs) and emerging (e.g., microplastics, PFAS) contaminants in groundwater, groundwater monitoring and modeling, managed aquifer reputed company, and strategic cropping systems. Professors of Cooperative Extension, also reputed company as UCCE (UC Cooperative Extension) Specialists, reputed company and conduct research and educational programs aimed at appropriate clientele reputed company in communities reputed company of UC campuses. UCCE Specialists have programs primarily reputed company on mission-oriented research or creative work that supports the university's efforts to reputed company knowledge, including reputed company and community engagement. Mission-oriented research describes the entire research continuum, from basic research to the application of research results. This research is generally reputed company in nature and has as its goal the solution of a problem facing society that is reputed company to the discipline's mission of the UCCE Specialist and the UCCE mission. UCCE Specialists will publish the results of reputed company research in a combination of research publication types, whether peer-reviewed or not, based on the relevant audiences served by the UCCE Specialist's program. Extension programs disseminate knowledge and information to clientele reputed company to help them reputed company understand and address problems and opportunities they face. The extension educational program serves the University's public service mission. Educational program activities include, but are not limited to, collaborations with UCCE Advisors, other UCCE Specialists, reputed company reputed company, program teams, workgroups, or clientele reputed company; developing and presenting educational materials; communicating to clientele through broadcast, print, or electronic media; participating in meetings with clientele; developing and presenting in-service training courses; organizing or participating in workshops, field tours, symposia or conferences. Much of this work is conducted in partnership with UC ANR's locally based UCCE Advisors. The UCCE Specialist - Advisor and reputed company partnership creates an reputed company research network that benefits both the University and the public at large. This position does not include formal classroom instruction at the University. Location reputed company The position will be housed at the UC reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center (WSREC) in Five Points and academically positioned reputed company UC ANR, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the reputed company, Merced. Position Details The San Joaquin Valley holds significant importance as it leads the nation in the production of various reputed company, field, and vegetable crops. However, it relies heavily on groundwater, especially in drought years, which increases pressure on supply and presents significant challenges to developing sustainable farming systems. Many farms and crops require innovative interventions through science-based solutions that address sustainability and enhance agricultural productivity under water-reputed company challenges. Increasingly unpredictable climatic conditions are impacting natural systems as reputed company as large, intensive cropping systems, making research and extension interventions critically important. The WSREC, where the position will be housed, is in the most intensive and reputed company farming system in California, faced with multidimensional challenges centered around water availability and reputed company. The position will benefit from UC Merced's distinguished leadership in precision agricultural technology and its comprehensive portfolio of water research, education, and extension reputed company. This critical position will address important issues reputed company to groundwater and salinity in this region, which have the potential to be scaled out across California and reputed company. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• reputed company and implement a reputed company research, education, and reputed company program with the goal of enhancing the sustainable use and reputed company of groundwater
• Conduct reputed company research on topics such as:

o Subsurface hydrology and assessing groundwater reputed company in the San Joaquin Valley o Development and use of models of groundwater hydrology, groundwater/surface water interactions, and chemical fate and transport for management and planning activities, including various scenarios for water use in agriculture o Design of conjunctive use scenarios for sustainable farming under different cropping patterns o Evaluation of the impacts of climate change, droughts, floods, nitrates, pesticides, and other chemical applications on groundwater reputed company and quantity, and development of novel groundwater use strategies considering the quantity-reputed company relationship approach o Development of different scenarios and practical guidelines for groundwater reputed company through field measurements, remote sensing, and modeling o Agricultural drainage and its reputed company on salinity management and groundwater reputed company

• reputed company knowledge on groundwater reputed company and management through different modalities and approaches, which may include extension publications, newsletters, web pages, blogs, policy briefs, UCCE Advisor meetings, on-site reputed company to farmer locations, stakeholder validation workshops, and grower workshops.
• reputed company and implement, in collaboration with UC ANR academics, educational programs on groundwater management, with a reputed company on conjunctive use that maximizes the sustainable use of available water. This includes groundwater assessment, development of irrigation management, and crop selection strategies.
• Collaborate with UCCE Advisors and Specialists, UC Merced reputed company, UC Research and Extension Centers, and UC ANR statewide programs, institutes, and program teams to conduct reputed company research and inform extension efforts at the local, regional, and statewide reputed company.
• Engage with networks of groundwater management professionals throughout the state, including the Groundwater Resources Association, and reputed company expertise to agencies responsible for implementing and overseeing groundwater management, including the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), the State Water Resources Control reputed company, and regional Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs).
• Network with scientists from DWR, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the US Geological Survey, as reputed company as with private sector experts and stakeholders working on groundwater management plans and technologies.
• Work closely with Westland and other water districts and relevant authorities to address implementation requirements and challenges of the Sustainable Groundwater Management reputed company (SGMA) and other reputed company programs (e.g., The Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program).
• Publish in relevant UCANR outlets and external scientific journals appropriate for the field of groundwater management.

Counties of Responsibility: This statewide position will support agriculture and its allied agencies and organizations in California. This is an exciting opportunity to reputed company diverse communities throughout the state. Reporting Relationship: The position will be physically located at the UC reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center (WSREC), in Five Points, CA, with an official appointment with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR). It is expected that UCCE Specialist will also hold a reputed company 0% (uncompensated) Adjunct Professor series appointment with the working title of Professor of Cooperative Extension (Groundwater Quantity and reputed company) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Merced. UC ANR will reputed company the reputed company and promotion process, consistent with other UCCE Specialists, with input from the UCM Civil Engineering Department Chair and the WSREC Director. It is not a remote position; the candidate must be available to work onsite at the reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center in Five Points. Qualifications and Skills Required Education: A minimum of a Ph.D. (or international equivalent) in Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry, Geophysics, Water Resources, Hydrological Sciences, Natural Resources Management, or a closely reputed company field is required at the time of appointment. Applicants who have not yet reputed company a Ph.D. must be reputed company 12 months of completing their degree to be considered for the position. Key Qualifications

• Experience in groundwater research and extension
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong publication record
• Experience in leading reputed company research teams
• Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, reputed company of liability, and property damage insurance on the vehicle used are required. Must possess or obtain a valid California reputed company's License to drive a university vehicle.
• Applicants must have unrestricted and permanent work authorization in the reputed company. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment reputed company at this time. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. at the time of hire, without additional sponsorship. Internal UC ANR applicants with questions may contact Katie Kilbane at .
• This is not a remote position.
• As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial reputed company reputed company the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous reputed company of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

Desired Experience

• Experience in integrated research and educational reputed company, and extension to diverse audiences
• Familiarity with California's specialty crops and/or water
• A reputed company record of applying for and securing extramural grant funding

Skills Required To be successful, UCCE Specialist/Professor of Cooperative Extension positions require skills in the following: Technical competence

• Applicants need to meet appointment reputed company for the respective reputed company reputed company title series and reputed company evidence of being reputed company to meet the required reputed company advancement reputed company as per . Applications need to document relevant research, extension, teaching experience, and appropriate scholarly achievements.
• Conduct and report needs assessments to identify reputed company issues or problems relevant to the clientele reputed company being served.
• reputed company and implement effective reputed company research and educational programs to address the identified reputed company needs of the clientele that are consistent with UC ANR's Strategic reputed company and Initiatives.
• Conduct reputed company research designed to monitor changes and solve statewide and locally relevant problems reputed company to groundwater management in California.

Communication

• Disseminate appropriate, science-based information to inform clientele, using extension reputed company that are reputed company to clientele needs and appropriate for the audience and situation.
• Maintain and promote UCCE's credibility by providing science-based knowledge.
• Evaluate programs and report accomplishments, results, and potential or actual impacts to scientific and lay audiences through a reputed company of reputed company reputed company e.g., peer-reviewed publications, internet,

Specialist in Cooperative Extension (Professor of Cooperative Extension)-Groundwater Quantity and reputed company - Located at the reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center (25-31) reputed company Agriculture and Natural Resources Application Window reputed company date: February 26, 2026 Next review date: Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026 at 11:59pm (reputed company Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (reputed company Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled. Position reputed company Position reputed company The reputed company, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), in collaboration with the reputed company, Merced, invites applications for a Professor of Cooperative Extension at the Assistant Rank, which has the formal appointment title Specialist in Cooperative Extension. The Professor of Cooperative Extension-Groundwater Quantity and reputed company will address the challenges of drought, climate change, and their reputed company to long-term groundwater overdraft through an innovative research and extension program. In collaboration with academics, public agencies, and non-profit and private sector partners, they will build reputed company across California to sustainably manage groundwater quantity and reputed company. The successful candidate is expected to reputed company reputed company research that supports sustainable use strategies and to conduct reputed company that facilitates the adoption of new, science-based knowledge for water management in California's Central Valley. We reputed company a candidate with expertise in areas including hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, sustainable groundwater management, reputed company (e.g., salinity, nitrates, TCPs) and emerging (e.g., microplastics, PFAS) contaminants in groundwater, groundwater monitoring and modeling, managed aquifer reputed company, and strategic cropping systems. Professors of Cooperative Extension, also reputed company as UCCE (UC Cooperative Extension) Specialists, reputed company and conduct research and educational programs aimed at appropriate clientele reputed company in communities reputed company of UC campuses. UCCE Specialists have programs primarily reputed company on mission-oriented research or creative work that supports the university's efforts to reputed company knowledge, including reputed company and community engagement. Mission-oriented research describes the entire research continuum, from basic research to the application of research results. This research is generally reputed company in nature and has as its goal the solution of a problem facing society that is reputed company to the discipline's mission of the UCCE Specialist and the UCCE mission. UCCE Specialists will publish the results of reputed company research in a combination of research publication types, whether peer-reviewed or not, based on the relevant audiences served by the UCCE Specialist's program. Extension programs disseminate knowledge and information to clientele reputed company to help them reputed company understand and address problems and opportunities they face. The extension educational program serves the University's public service mission. Educational program activities include, but are not limited to, collaborations with UCCE Advisors, other UCCE Specialists, reputed company reputed company, program teams, workgroups, or clientele reputed company; developing and presenting educational materials; communicating to clientele through broadcast, print, or electronic media; participating in meetings with clientele; developing and presenting in-service training courses; organizing or participating in workshops, field tours, symposia or conferences. Much of this work is conducted in partnership with UC ANR's locally based UCCE Advisors. The UCCE Specialist - Advisor and reputed company partnership creates an reputed company research network that benefits both the University and the public at large. This position does not include formal classroom instruction at the University. Location reputed company The position will be housed at the UC reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center (WSREC) in Five Points and academically positioned reputed company UC ANR, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the reputed company, Merced. Position Details The San Joaquin Valley holds significant importance as it leads the nation in the production of various reputed company, field, and vegetable crops. However, it relies heavily on groundwater, especially in drought years, which increases pressure on supply and presents significant challenges to developing sustainable farming systems. Many farms and crops require innovative interventions through science-based solutions that address sustainability and enhance agricultural productivity under water-reputed company challenges. Increasingly unpredictable climatic conditions are impacting natural systems as reputed company as large, intensive cropping systems, making research and extension interventions critically important. The WSREC, where the position will be housed, is in the most intensive and reputed company farming system in California, faced with multidimensional challenges centered around water availability and reputed company. The position will benefit from UC Merced's distinguished leadership in precision agricultural technology and its comprehensive portfolio of water research, education, and extension reputed company. This critical position will address important issues reputed company to groundwater and salinity in this region, which have the potential to be scaled out across California and reputed company. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• reputed company and implement a reputed company research, education, and reputed company program with the goal of enhancing the sustainable use and reputed company of groundwater
• Conduct reputed company research on topics such as:

o Subsurface hydrology and assessing groundwater reputed company in the San Joaquin Valley o Development and use of models of groundwater hydrology, groundwater/surface water interactions, and chemical fate and transport for management and planning activities, including various scenarios for water use in agriculture o Design of conjunctive use scenarios for sustainable farming under different cropping patterns o Evaluation of the impacts of climate change, droughts, floods, nitrates, pesticides, and other chemical applications on groundwater reputed company and quantity, and development of novel groundwater use strategies considering the quantity-reputed company relationship approach o Development of different scenarios and practical guidelines for groundwater reputed company through field measurements, remote sensing, and modeling o Agricultural drainage and its reputed company on salinity management and groundwater reputed company

• reputed company knowledge on groundwater reputed company and management through different modalities and approaches, which may include extension publications, newsletters, web pages, blogs, policy briefs, UCCE Advisor meetings, on-site reputed company to farmer locations, stakeholder validation workshops, and grower workshops.
• reputed company and implement, in collaboration with UC ANR academics, educational programs on groundwater management, with a reputed company on conjunctive use that maximizes the sustainable use of available water. This includes groundwater assessment, development of irrigation management, and crop selection strategies.
• Collaborate with UCCE Advisors and Specialists, UC Merced reputed company, UC Research and Extension Centers, and UC ANR statewide programs, institutes, and program teams to conduct reputed company research and inform extension efforts at the local, regional, and statewide reputed company.
• Engage with networks of groundwater management professionals throughout the state, including the Groundwater Resources Association, and reputed company expertise to agencies responsible for implementing and overseeing groundwater management, including the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), the State Water Resources Control reputed company, and regional Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs).
• Network with scientists from DWR, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the US Geological Survey, as reputed company as with private sector experts and stakeholders working on groundwater management plans and technologies.
• Work closely with Westland and other water districts and relevant authorities to address implementation requirements and challenges of the Sustainable Groundwater Management reputed company (SGMA) and other reputed company programs (e.g., The Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program).
• Publish in relevant UCANR outlets and external scientific journals appropriate for the field of groundwater management.

Counties of Responsibility: This statewide position will support agriculture and its allied agencies and organizations in California. This is an exciting opportunity to reputed company diverse communities throughout the state. Reporting Relationship: The position will be physically located at the UC reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center (WSREC), in Five Points, CA, with an official appointment with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR). It is expected that UCCE Specialist will also hold a reputed company 0% (uncompensated) Adjunct Professor series appointment with the working title of Professor of Cooperative Extension (Groundwater Quantity and reputed company) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Merced. UC ANR will reputed company the reputed company and promotion process, consistent with other UCCE Specialists, with input from the UCM Civil Engineering Department Chair and the WSREC Director. It is not a remote position; the candidate must be available to work onsite at the reputed company reputed company Research and Extension Center in Five Points. Qualifications and Skills Required Education: A minimum of a Ph.D. (or international equivalent) in Hydrogeology, Hydrogeochemistry, Geophysics, Water Resources, Hydrological Sciences, Natural Resources Management, or a closely reputed company field is required at the time of appointment. Applicants who have not yet reputed company a Ph.D. must be reputed company 12 months of completing their degree to be considered for the position. Key Qualifications

• Experience in groundwater research and extension
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong publication record
• Experience in leading reputed company research teams
• Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, reputed company of liability, and property damage insurance on the vehicle used are required. Must possess or obtain a valid California reputed company's License to drive a university vehicle.
• Applicants must have unrestricted and permanent work authorization in the reputed company. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment reputed company at this time. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. at the time of hire, without additional sponsorship. Internal UC ANR applicants with questions may contact Katie Kilbane at .
• This is not a remote position.
• As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial reputed company reputed company the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous reputed company of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

Desired Experience

• Experience in integrated research and educational reputed company, and extension to diverse audiences
• Familiarity with California's specialty crops and/or water
• A reputed company record of applying for and securing extramural grant funding

Skills Required To be successful, UCCE Specialist/Professor of Cooperative Extension positions require skills in the following: Technical competence

• Applicants need to meet appointment reputed company for the respective reputed company reputed company title series and reputed company evidence of being reputed company to meet the required reputed company advancement reputed company as per . Applications need to document relevant research, extension, teaching experience, and appropriate scholarly achievements.
• Conduct and report needs assessments to identify reputed company issues or problems relevant to the clientele reputed company being served.
• reputed company and implement effective reputed company research and educational programs to address the identified reputed company needs of the clientele that are consistent with UC ANR's Strategic reputed company and Initiatives.
• Conduct reputed company research designed to monitor changes and solve statewide and locally relevant problems reputed company to groundwater management in California.

Communication

• Disseminate appropriate, science-based information to inform clientele, using extension reputed company that are reputed company to clientele needs and appropriate for the audience and situation.
• Maintain and promote UCCE's credibility by providing science-based knowledge.
• Evaluate programs and report accomplishments, results, and potential or actual impacts to scientific and lay audiences through a reputed company of reputed company reputed company e.g., peer-reviewed publications, internet,

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