<div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">Fully-funded Ph.D. positions available at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.</span></b><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The Coastal Marine Group
at the University of Waikato in Hamilton New Zealand is seeking
students for two 3-year, fully-funded, PhD projects examining the key
drivers of environmental change
in Tauranga Harbour, New Zealand. We are looking for students to start
by the end of 2014/early 2015. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Project 1:</b> The
project will investigate dissolved nitrogen fluxes within Tauranga
Harbour. The project seeks to determine the relative magnitude of
sources of DIN within the Harbour,
the exchange of nutrients between harbour sub-regions, the groundwater
and finally exchange to the surrounding shelf. These questions will be
explored using a numerical hydrodynamic-water quality model and
observational data acquired during field experiments.
The project <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">will be supervised by Karin Bryan, and Isaac Santos
(Southern Cross University, Australia), Christian Winter (University of
Bremen, Germany) Conrad Pilditch (University of Waikato).
This
project requires a student with a research BSc (Hons) or research
Masters degree with demonstrated numerical skills and an understanding
of coastal physical and biogeochemical processes.</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Project 2:</b> The
objective of this project is to examine hydrodynamic controls on
sedimentation within Tauranga Harbour. The student will use a combined
numerical modelling and observational
approach to elucidate the processes of sediment deposition, timescales
for remobilisation and dispersal across different benthic environments.
The project will be supervised by Julia Mullarney, Karin Bryan, and
Conrad Pilditch (University of Waikato) and
Tobias Moerz and Christian Winter (University of Bremen, Germany). This
project requires a student with a research BSc (Hons) or research
Masters
degree in physics, mathematics, oceanography, engineering or a
closely-related field (demonstrated numerate skills). Experience in
running coastal hydrodynamic and sediment transport models is preferred.</span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Applicants for either
project should also have demonstrated English language proficiency (if
English is not your first language, TOEFL or IELTS scores should be
submitted with your application
if available). Please indicate which project you are interested in.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the
position is filled.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Although based in New
Zealand, successful applicants will be part of the international
graduate school ‘INTERCOAST’ between the Universities of Waikato and
Bremen, Germany. For more information
on the programme see:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:115%"><a href="http://www.marum.de/en/INTEGRATED_COASTAL_ZONE_AND_SHELF_SEA_RESEARCH.html" target="_blank">http://www.marum.de/en/INTEGRATED_COASTAL_ZONE_AND_SHELF_SEA_RESEARCH.html</a></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The projects
<span lang="EN-AU">are funded by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and
relate to their requirement to develop harbour management strategies;
therefore the project would suit someone who was interested in applying
their knowledge to a practical problem.
</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span>Nevertheless, the group is committed
to training students that achieve high-level research outcomes through
international publication of their findings. The student would join a
vibrant group of ~15 PhD students and 6 staff,
working and living near some of world’s most beautiful landscapes.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Contact: </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:k.bryan@waikato.ac.nz" target="_blank"><span lang="FR">k.bryan@waikato.ac.nz</span></a><span><span lang="FR">,
</span></span><a href="mailto:juliam@waikato.ac.nz" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue" lang="FR">juliam@waikato.ac.nz</span></a><span lang="FR">,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/about-us/people/kbryan" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/about-us/people/kbryan</span></a><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/about-us/people/juliam" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/about-us/people/juliam</span></a></span></span>
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