A new position for a postdoctoral research associate is available in the Center for Ecosystem Forecasting at Virginia Tech, co-supervised by Professors Quinn Thomas and Cayelan Carey. The Center is a vibrant, highly collaborative, interdisciplinary research team working on ecological forecasting at Virginia Tech. This onsite position will be at the nexus of many ongoing funded water quality forecasting projects and will provide hands-on training and many opportunities for communicating forecasts and research findings via peer-reviewed publications. Depending on the interests of the successful candidate, research activities could include: generating water quality forecasts with data from the Virginia Reservoirs LTREB (Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology; ltreb-reservoirs.org), NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network), and/or GLEON (Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network) and a suite of process and machine learning models; coupling catchment and lake models to build new forecasting workflows; integrating remote sensing data into lake and reservoir forecasts; developing software and/or cyberinfrastructure to support forecasting; and working closely to co-develop forecasts with a range of end users (including water managers, policy-makers, and community members). The position start date will be flexible, aiming for spring 2025 but later is also possible. Funding is available for at least two years, contingent upon a successful one-year review.