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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Graduate Research Opportunity in Ocean Acidification & Sea Scallop Ecology and Physiology</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Ries (</span><a href="http://nuweb2.neu.edu/rieslab/" style="font-size: 10pt;">http://nuweb2.neu.edu/rieslab/</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">) and Grabowski (</span><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/grabowskilab/" style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.northeastern.edu/grabowskilab/</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">)
Labs in the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center (MSC) seek a graduate student interested in conducting federally funded research on the impact of ocean acidification and warming on sea scallops,
to begin summer/fall 2015. Research will include ship-board investigations of sea scallop populations on Georges Bank coupled with laboratory experiments investigating impacts of thermal and pH stress. This opportunity affords access to newly acquired state-of-the-art
analytical equipment at the MSC, including a laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer for trace element analysis, a powder x-ray diffractometer for mineralogical characterization, and a scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive
spectrometry and electron backscatter diffraction for micro-imaging and elemental/mineralogical mapping of scallop shell ultrastructure. The selected graduate student will receive interdisciplinary training in carbonate geochemistry and biomineralization,
global ocean-climate change, fisheries ecology, and ecosystem management, and will have the opportunity to develop their own PhD project under this wide umbrella while helping investigate the impacts of ocean warming and acidification on sea scallops. The
graduate student will be based at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center (</span><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/marinescience/" style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.northeastern.edu/marinescience/</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">), located
on the shores of Massachusetts Bay on the Nahant tombolo (13 miles north of downtown Boston).</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The renovated MSC features a state-of-the-art flow through seawater facility, direct access to classic
</span><st1:place w:st="on" style="font-size: 10pt;">New England</st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> rocky shore intertidal study sites, an in-house SCUBA program, and small-craft research vessels.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Highly motivated and creative individuals with strong writing and analytical skills are encouraged to apply.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Interested individuals should apply to Northeastern’s Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences’ Ph.D. program (</span><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/mes/academics/graduate-degrees/eemb/" style="font-size: 10pt;">http://www.northeastern.edu/mes/academics/graduate-degrees/eemb/</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">)
at </span><a href="https://neugrad.askadmissions.net/emtinterestpage.aspx?ip=account" style="font-size: 10pt;">https://neugrad.askadmissions.net/emtinterestpage.aspx?ip=account</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Applications are due </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;">December 15, 2014</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please direct specific inquiries to Profs. Justin Ries (</span><a href="mailto:j.ries@neu.edu" style="font-size: 10pt;">j.ries@neu.edu</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">) and Jon Grabowski (</span><a href="file:///C:/Users/riesjustin/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/GFBQQX00/j.grabowski@neu.edu" style="font-size: 10pt;">j.grabowski@neu.edu</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">).</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
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<div>Justin B. Ries, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences<br>
Marine Science Center</div>
<div>430 Nahant Rd</div>
<div>Northeastern University</div>
<div>Nahant, MA 01908</div>
<div><a href="mailto:j.ries@neu.edu" target="_blank">j.ries@neu.edu</a></div>
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