<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Morgan F. Schaller</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schall@rpi.edu">schall@rpi.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:01 PM<br><br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Please circulate the following announcement to any students or
recent grads that may be interested. Thanks very much for your
time.<br>
<br>
Morgan<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PhD and
Post-Doc opportunities
in Earth system history and stable isotope geochemistry <u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dr.
Morgan Schaller, </span>Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute<b><u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Seeking highly motivated graduate students for
PhD research
opportunities in stable isotope geochemistry and earth system
history at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the fall 2015 academic year.
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<p class="MsoNormal">PhD and Post-Doc positions are available in the
new stable isotope
lab at the department of Earth and Environmental Science (EES).
Primary
supervisor would be Dr. Morgan Schaller.<span>
</span>EES has an active and scientifically diverse faculty with a
history of
open collaboration.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research topics include:</p>
<p><span><span>-<span>
</span></span></span>Assessing the scale of
seasonality, and its
latitudinal expression in response to pCO<sub>2</sub> change in
the Late
Triassic Hothouse.</p>
<p><span><span>-<span>
</span></span></span>Stable isotope studies on
paleosols,
reconstructing past concentrations of atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub>,
and further
refinement of the ‘paleobarometer’ through new techniques. This
project
involves the newly recovered Colorado Plateau Coring Project Core.</p>
<p><span><span>-<span>
</span></span></span>Isotope signatures in
ancient lacustrine
sediments.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interested candidates should contact Morgan
Schaller at <a href="mailto:schall@rpi.edu" target="_blank">schall@rpi.edu</a>
and apply through the graduate
school online at: <a href="http://admissions.rpi.edu/graduate/" target="_blank">http://admissions.rpi.edu/graduate/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline for application is <b>January 1, 2015</b></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th St.
Troy, NY 12180</pre>
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