Dear Colleagues, The Billings lab at the University of Kansas is seeking a Ph.D. student interested in exploring fundamental mechanisms governing ecosystem carbon and nitrogen fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. The successful applicant will work at the Calhoun Critical Zone Observatory (http://criticalzone.org/calhoun/), where we investigate how historic land use and climate interact to drive above- and belowground ecosystem processes in intact forests and forests re-growing on former agricultural land. Much of our studies employ stable isotopes as a means to address ecological questions. The student will be encouraged to assess the relevance of patterns illuminated at Calhoun in other systems, and via controlled experiments in the lab. The student will have the opportunity to interact with a diverse group of interdisciplinary researchers, assist with the development of CZ science (http://criticalzone.org/), and become part of an energetic and driven group of researchers seeking to understand the interactions between life and its abiotic surroundings. For details, please contact Sharon Billings at [email protected], after visiting the lab’s web page and reading instructions for how best to express interest.
Sincerely, Sharon Billings ************************************* Sharon A. Billings Associate Chair, Graduate Director Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Kansas Biological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66047 785-864-1560 [email protected] http://billingslab.faculty.ku.edu
