PhD Assistantship - University of South Florida Spatial Ecohydrology of Wetlands Contact: Dr. David Lewis, [email protected], 813-974-8108
The Dept. of Integrative Biology at the Univ. of South Florida seeks applicants for a Ph.D. position to study the spatial ecohydrology of wetlands. The wetlands of west-central Florida are embedded in a landscape template of variable groundwater hydrology, land cover, and underlying geology. The student would investigate how this template regulates the distribution, structure, function, and resilience of wetlands. While the student is free to define the focus and approaches for their dissertation, one requirement will be geospatial analyses of existing data to examine spatial relationships among wetland ecohydrology variables and human activities. Thus, good geospatial analysis and GIS skills are prerequisites, as is a Masters degree in Ecology or a related field. This assistantship is partially supported by an NSF-funded ULTRA-Ex (Urban Long- Term Research Area-Exploratory) grant. The broader project examines social and ecological drivers of water policy, urbanization, and wetland change. The student will thus interact closely with faculty and students from the social and natural sciences, and can access a well-established pipeline for communicating research to management agencies. The student will be supported by a combination of grant-based research assistantships and teaching assistantships during the period of study. For more information, please contact Dr. David Lewis at [email protected] or 813-974-8108 (website: biology.usf.edu/ib/faculty/dlewis/). Applications are due Jan 1st to be considered for a University Graduate Fellowship, or Feb 15th to be considered for the combined RA/TA support described above. To apply, please follow the application procedures described here: biology.usf.edu/ib/grad/prospective/approcess/
