Hello, The Water Systems Analysis group at the University of New Hampshire is looking for a Masters or PhD student to join our research group on a project linking aquatic biogeochemistry and ecosystem services. I am writing because I thought you might know of promising undergraduates or masters students who would be interested in this research. I have included the full advertisement below. Please feel free to forward to colleagues or interested students.
Have a great day, Kyle Whittinghill GRADUATE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY –Aquatic Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Services – University of New Hampshire The Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Institute for the Study of Earth, Ocean and Space at the University of New Hampshire seek a graduate student (Masters or PhD level) to conduct research on aquatic biogeochemical processes at watershed to regional scales through hydrologic and biogeochemical modeling, with an emphasis on understanding how aquatic ecosystem services are changing over time. The overall goal of the project is to understand how terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem services interact in New England, the state of NH, and for select focus watersheds. The project will assess tradeoffs among terrestrial and aquatic services under different land management and future climate scenarios. The student will have flexibility to design his or her own research question within the scope of the larger project. We seek individuals interested in modeling coupled hydrological and biogeochemical cycles in river systems at regional scales; linking terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem processes; integrating novel in situ aquatic nutrient sensor data into aquatic models; and interacting with social scientists to quantify New England’s ecosystem services. The position is funded through an NSF EPSCoR grant (Ecosystems and Society) to the University of New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Plymouth State University and other New Hampshire colleges. The student will be part of a statewide team of natural and social scientists with which the student will be collaborating. For more information concerning this position, please contact Dr. Wilfred Wollheim ([email protected]). For more information about the project or UNH please see the respective websites: http://www.epscor.unh.edu/ecosystems society <http://www.epscor.unh.edu/ecosystems%20society> and http://www.unh.edu/. UNH is located in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire approximately an hour and a half from Boston, MA and an hour from Portland, ME. Qualifications: The candidate must have a B.S. (M.S. if entering the PhD program) in ecology, aquatic science, hydrology, geography or closely related field. The preferred candidate will have experience with GIS and a strong quantitative or computer science background. Experience with process-based environmental modeling is a plus but not necessary. The ability and desire to collaborate with other modelers, field scientists and social scientists is essential. Start Date: Position available starting September 2013, but start date is negotiable. To Apply: Send a letter of application, statement of research interests, resume or curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references (electronic versions of all materials are required) to [email protected], Subject: EPSCOR_GRAD. Please attach all application materials as word documents or PDFs with the candidates name included in the file name. Review of Applications will begin immediately and will continue until a suitable applicant is found for the position. -- Kyle Whittinghill, Postdoctoral Fellow Earth Systems Research Center & Department of Natural Resources & the Environment University of New Hampshire 208 Morse Hall Durham, NH 03824 Office: 603-862-4434 Cell: 651-247-3296
