A graduate student position (MA or PhD) is available in the lab of Dr. Thomas Neeson at the University of Oklahoma, beginning Fall 2015 or January 2016. The student will join an interdisciplinary team developing landscape-scale conservation science, strategies and tools for restoring ecosystem connectivity in Great Lakes tributaries via dam removals and road culvert upgrades. Strong candidates will have experience in GIS, programming, or statistics, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to collaborate within an interdisciplinary team. The student will be based in the Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability at OU, but will collaborate with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, The Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, and The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Applicants to both the MA and PhD programs are encouraged to apply. Interested candidates should send a CV, unofficial transcripts, GRE scores, a brief statement of research interests and goals, and contact information for three references as a single PDF file to Dr. Thomas Neeson ([email protected]). Please apply by April 1, 2015 for full consideration.
