Position Announcement: Graduate Position in Temperate Forest Ecology An opportunity exists at the University of Dayton (UD) for graduate-level training in deciduous forest ecology. The student will be based at UD and will work in the laboratory of Dr. Ryan McEwan. This search is focused on applicants for a PhD-level project, applicants with an MS are encouraged to apply and evidence of peer-reviewed publication will be beneficial to the application process.
This project will focus on the Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function relationship in temperate broadleaved forest (main focus is the Eastern Deciduous Forest, but international travel is also possible). Some things I am looking for in applicants include familiarity with: forest sampling (for vegetation and CWD), the use of allometric equations to estimate biomass, dendrochronology, using GIS for spatial analysis, and model building within R. The applicant needs to be comfortable working with large, complex, datasets. The student will be supported by a teaching assistantship through the Department of Biology at UD. The assistantship is associated with a stipend of ~$20,000/year; however, a portion of this comes in the form of a University summer fellowship which is awarded through a competitive process. The assistantship also comes with 100% tuition remission and health insurance is relatively inexpensive through UD. Support is guaranteed for the life of the project pending satisfactory performance. UD is the largest private University in the state of Ohio, and is consistently award winning for both academic programs and scholarship. Enrollment is ~11,000 with approximately 3,000 graduate students. Interested individuals are encouraged to view the following web sites: Dr. McEwan’s Lab Pages: http://academic.udayton.edu/RyanMcEwan Department of Biology: http://biology.udayton.edu University of Dayton: http://www.udayton.edu To being the application process, please send a CV, GPA, GRE scores and PDF reprints to: [email protected]. ----------- Ryan W. McEwan, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biology The University of Dayton 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2320 Office phone: 1.937.229.2558 Lab phone: 1.937.229.2567 Office Location: SC 223D Email: [email protected] Lab: http://academic.udayton.edu/ryanmcewan
