<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">A Ph.D. position is available to study temporal patterns in hydrology and</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">biogeochemistry of streams in the Department of Biology & Wildlife at the</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">University of Alaska Fairbanks. The student would contribute to a</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">collaborative project to uncover hydrologic drivers of ecosystem production,</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">nutrient dynamics, and food chain length. The student would also undertake</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">analysis of existing datasets to investigate influences of long- and</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">short-term patterns in climate on watershed biogeochemistry. </span><br style="font-size: medium; "><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">The University of Alaska Fairbanks encompasses a concentration of</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">researchers addressing the effects of climate change at high latitudes.</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">There are opportunities for students to conduct research with the Bonanza</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">Creek Long-Term Ecological research program, focused on the boreal forest of</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">Interior Alaska, and at the Toolik Field Station, located in arctic tundra. </span><br style="font-size: medium; "><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">Interested candidates should contact Dr. Tamara Harms (</span><a href="mailto:tkharms@alaska.edu" style="font-size: medium; ">tkharms@alaska.edu</a><span style="font-size: medium; ">)</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">with a brief summary of research interests and experience with ecosystem</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">ecology, including field work. Applications to the graduate program at UAF</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">are due 1/15/15, and application information is available from the Dept. of</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">Biology & Wildlife (</span><a href="http://www.bw.uaf.edu/" style="font-size: medium; ">http://www.bw.uaf.edu/</a><span style="font-size: medium; ">). Applicants who have earned an</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">M.S. in a related field are preferred, particularly those with demonstrated</span><br style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">experience with statistical tools and field experience in stream ecology.</span></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Tamara Harms</div><div>Assistant Professor</div><div>Institute of Arctic Biology</div><div>University of Alaska</div><div>902 N Koyukuk Ave</div><div>PO Box 757000</div><div>Fairbanks, AK 99775</div><div>ph: 907-474-6117</div><div><a href="mailto:tamara.harms@alaska.edu">tamara.harms@alaska.edu</a></div></span></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></span>
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