A doctoral graduate assistantship is open for a student to be part of collaborative research studying soil community ecology and plant soil feedbacks at Montclair State University in New Jersey. A likely project for the student would be in the lab of Dr. Jennifer Adams Krumins studying the soil community in association with the eastern hemlock and the woolly adelgid in collaboration with Dr. Evan Preisser at the University of Rhode Island and other researchers. Candidates should have a background in ecology and preferably some knowledge and experience with molecular microbial ecology. The student will be part of the PhD program in Environmental Management at Montclair State University starting Fall 2013. The Environmental Management program is a multidisciplinary platform that seeks to prepare environmental scholars who will recognize and analyze relationships among scientific, technological, societal and economic issues, and has multiple areas of specialization available, including but not limited to: environmental quality and remediation, environmental geochemistry, hydrology, environmental economics, environmental engineering, ecology, environmental policy, environmental conservation, environmental spatial analysis, environmental toxicology, global change, etc. The program currently has 40 doctoral students and 16 core doctoral faculty members. Details on the program and the application process can be obtained from the program's website at http://csam.montclair.edu/environ. Deadline for Fall application is March 15. For more information, please contact Dr. Jennifer Adams Krumins ([email protected]) or the program assistant, Jasey Araque ( [[email protected]] ). Montclair State University is the second largest university in New Jersey, which was named the Top Public University in New Jersey in 2009 by Forbes.
