<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: =?windows-1252?Q?Christopher_</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Craft?= <</span><a href="mailto:ccraft@INDIANA.EDU" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ccraft@INDIANA.EDU</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">Subject: PhD Assistantship in Wetlands 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">PhD Opportunity in Wetlands 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">The Wetlands Laboratory in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">,=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Indiana University, Bloomington is seeking a highly motivated PhD student=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">to evaluate the responses of coastal wetlands to climate change and human=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">activity on the Georgia Coast. Our current projects are focused on=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">understanding the effects of rising sea level, salt water intrusion,=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">eutrophication, and restoration on tidal wetland ecology, biogeochemistry=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and the delivery of key ecosystem services. More information on our=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">laboratory and our current projects is available at=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.indiana.edu/~craftlab/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.indiana.edu/~craftlab/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. Research sites are located in/around=20=</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">Sapelo Island in coordination with the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long=20=</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">Term Ecological Research program (</span><a href="http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) and=20=</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">various federal and state resource management agencies.=20</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">The qualified applicant will have a MS in wetlands ecology or similar=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">discipline (e.g. ecology, soil science, environmental science).=20=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Experience in plant ecology, soil processes and wetland biogeochemistry,=20=</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">including greenhouse gas (N2O, CH4, CO2) fluxes, is required. Experience=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">with GIS, landscape modeling and economic valuation of wetland resources=20=</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">is desirable. Excellent writing and speaking skills are needed for this=20=</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">position. The applicant should have a working knowledge of laboratory=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">protocol and bench-top chemistry and be willing and able to do physically=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">demanding field work in a wetland environment.=20</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"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Environmental Science=20=</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">program in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(</span><a href="http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) at Indiana University (</span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">January 1 2015</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">).=20=</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">The position is available for up to four years. Please contact=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Christopher Craft (</span><a href="mailto:ccraft@indiana.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ccraft@indiana.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) for more information. Please=20</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">attach a CV with the email.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br><br>
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