<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Jim Hood <</span><a href="mailto:hoodx008@UMN.EDU" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">hoodx008@UMN.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 Position, Global change and stream 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">Cross Lab: Department of Ecology, Montana State University</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">I am seeking a highly motivated student to join a new study focused on the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">interactive effects of climate warming and nutrient enrichment on stream</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ecosystems. Our multi-institution team has been studying the effects of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">warming in southwestern Iceland (a link to our blog:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://icelandstreams.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://icelandstreams.blogspot.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) using a series of geothermally-heated</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">streams and temperature manipulations. We are now planning manipulations of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nutrient supply (nitrogen and phosphorus) across natural and experimental</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">thermal gradients. The student=E2=80=99s research will focus on how stream=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> food</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">webs respond to these manipulations.</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">Applicants should have a strong background in ecology and freshwater</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">science, an interest in food webs and ecosystem ecology, and an</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ability/willingness to work with a large collaborative team of national and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">international scientists (</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hengillresearch/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">https://sites.google.com/site/hengillresearch/</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">The student should also have demonstrated field and laboratory experience.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Field work may involve long hours and moderately strenuous sampling in wet</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and cold conditions.</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 student will be supported by both teaching and research assistantships.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To learn more about the Cross Lab or the Department of Ecology at Montana</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">State University please visit: </span><a href="http://www.montana.edu/wcross" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.montana.edu/wcross</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<a href="http://www.montana.edu/ecology/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.montana.edu/ecology/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">. Applicants with a master=E2=80=99s degree =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">are</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">preferred, but an MS is not required.</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">To apply, please send a brief letter of interest, a resume, GPA, GRE</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">scores, and a writing example to: Dr. Wyatt Cross at wyatt.cross@montana.ed=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">u.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">The position is available beginning in Spring of 2015, but an early summer</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">start date will be considered.</span><br>
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