<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Graduate Assistantship in Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ruth Yanai is looking for one more graduate student, MS or PhD, to particip=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ate in a large, multi-investigator project on terrestrial nutrient limitati=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">on in northern hardwood forests. Field sites are located at Hubbard Brook, =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Jeffers Brook, and Bartlett Experimental Forests in the White Mountains of =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">New Hampshire. Since 2011, thirteen stands have been receiving N, P, N&P, a=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nd control treatments in 0.25-ha plots, and six stands also have a Ca plot.=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> We welcome inquiries from prospective students interested in above- or bel=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ow-ground questions related to nutrient cycling and tradeoffs involved in m=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ultiple resource acquisition. More information on the project can be found =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">at </span><a href="http://www.esf.edu/melnhe" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.esf.edu/melnhe</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> .</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ideally, students start during the summer to become familiar with the field=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> sites and our research activities. Field experience and the ability to liv=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">e in a group setting are essential. A field crew blog from previous years i=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">s available at </span><a href="http://shoestringproject.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://shoestringproject.wordpress.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. Starting in Januar=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">y 2014 is also a possibility.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In addition to projects in New Hampshire, collaborative opportunities exist=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> for students interested in uncertainty analysis through the QUEST Research=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Coordination Network. QUEST stands for Quantifying Uncertainty in Ecosyste=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">m Studies. More information on QUEST efforts are available at </span><a href="http://quanti/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://quanti</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://fyinguncertainty.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">fyinguncertainty.org</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Funding will consist of a combination of research and teaching assistantshi=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ps (ability to TA General Chemistry or GIS would be a plus). Prospective st=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">udents may apply to the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Manageme=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nt or the Program in Environmental Science, both at the SUNY College of Env=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ironmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Please contact Heather Engelman at </span><a href="mailto:forestecology@esf.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">forestecology@esf.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><mailto:</span><a href="mailto:forestecolo" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">forestecolo</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="mailto:gy@esf.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">gy@esf.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> for access to additional password-protected documents; we appr=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">eciate communicating with students as part of the application process.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ruth D. Yanai, Professor, Forest and Natural Resources Management SUNY Coll=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ege of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY 13210 </span><a href="http://www.esf/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.esf</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.edu/faculty/yanai/</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">phone: 315 470-6955 fax: 315 470-6954</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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