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Applications are invited for<br>
a Ph.D. student assistantship at the University of Maryland<br>
Center for<br>
Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory (UMCES-AL). Funding is<br>
available for<br>
the student to<br>
conduct field measurement and modeling on CO2, CH4<br>
and N2O<br>
fluxes and decomposition of soil organic matter in forest and<br>
agricultural<br>
ecosystems. Possibilities<br>
include<br>
on-going projects at a research forest of Maine, in<br>
agricultural fields in<br>
coastal regions of Maryland, and in forest-to-agriculture<br>
transition sites in<br>
the southern Amazon of Brazil. <br>
Experience with either field work or modeling of soil C<br>
and N cycling is<br>
desirable.<br>
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The position comes with a<br>
competitive stipend<br>
and benefits package, including three years of support on a<br>
research<br>
assistantship, with additional support available from teaching<br>
assistantships. Students<br>
may matriculate through the joint<br>
program between the University of Maryland Center for<br>
Environmental Science and<br>
the Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Sciences Program<br>
(MEES) at the<br>
University of Maryland, College Park, and will reside at the<br>
Appalachian<br>
Laboratory in Frostburg for the duration of the project.<br>
For further<br>
information and instructions to apply: see the following:<br>
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<a href="http://www.umces.edu/al/job/ead/gsa" target="_blank">http://www.umces.edu/al/job/<u></u>ead/gsa</a> [1]<br>
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<br>
Eric A. Davidson,<br>
Professor and Director (as of Jan 1, 2015)<br>
<br>
Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental<br>
Science<br>
<br>
301 Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD 21532 USA<br>
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<a href="mailto:edavidson@al.umces.edu" target="_blank">edavidson@al.umces.edu</a> [2]<br>
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