<div dir="ltr">Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 09:04:42 -0400<br>
From: =?windows-1252?Q?David_Eissenstat?= <<a href="mailto:dme9@PSU.EDU">dme9@PSU.EDU</a>><br>
Subject: Graduate Assistantship in plant and soil ecology at Penn State University<br>
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A graduate assistantship is available for August 2015 or January 2016 to=20=<br>
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work on aspects of root and mycorrhizal fungal ecology in vineyards=20<br>
(<a href="https://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/labs/root-ecology/graduates" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/labs/root-ecology/graduates</a>). The wo=<br>
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is in the context of better managing vineyards with cover crops with a=20=<br>
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particular focus on how competing herbaceous vegetation affects deep root=<br>
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function of the grapevines. Interested students should have a B.S. in=20<br>
biology, ecology or a plant-related field, undergraduate research=20<br>
experience and a strong desire to study belowground processes and learn=20=<br>
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about viticulture. This assistantship is intended primarily for a M.S.=20=<br>
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student but exceptional PhD candidates will be considered. If interested=<br>
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please send a letter of interest and a C.V. that includes GPA and GRE tes=<br>
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scores to David Eissenstat, <a href="mailto:dme9@psu.edu">dme9@psu.edu</a> and Michela Centinari=20<br>
(<a href="mailto:mzc22@psu.edu">mzc22@psu.edu</a>). Information on the InterCollege Graduate Program in=20=<br>
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Ecology at Penn State can be found at:=20<br>
<a href="http://www.huck.psu.edu/education/ecology" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.huck.psu.edu/education/ecology</a> and the graduate program in=20<br>
Horticulture at: <a href="http://plantscience.psu.edu/graduateprograms/hort" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://plantscience.psu.edu/graduateprograms/hort</a>.<br>
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David Eissenstat<br>
Professor of Woody Plant Physiology<br>
Chair of the Ecology Graduate Program<br>
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Penn State University<br>
Department of Ecosystem Science and Management<br>
201 Forest Resources Building=20<br>
University Park, PA 16802<br>
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<a href="http://rootecology.psu.edu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://rootecology.psu.edu</a></div>