<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Samantha Nicole Miller</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Samantha.Miller@nau.edu">Samantha.Miller@nau.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:19 AM<br><br><br>
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<div><b>Graduate Assistantships</b></div>
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<div><b>Northern Arizona University:</b> PhD and MS positions in <b>Ecosystem Ecology</b> are available in the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (Ecoss) at Northern Arizona University. The Ecoss mission is to <span style="color:rgb(47,47,47)">conduct
high-impact, innovative research on ecosystems and how they respond to and shape environmental change, to train next-gen scientists, and to communicate discovery and its relevance to people. Research opportunities are available in the following areas linked
to specific Ecoss faculty: </span></div>
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<div>The impact of climate change on Alaskan ecosystems, including effects of changing fire regime and permafrost thaw on vegetation dynamics, plant-soil-microbial interactions, nutrient and carbon cycling, and ecosystem services. <b>M. </b><b>Mack,
T. Schuur</b><span style="color:rgb(47,47,47)"> </span></div>
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<div>The effects of environmental change on soil carbon and nutrient cycling, and the physiological, population and community ecology of soil microorganisms. <b>B.</b> <b>Hungate, P. Dijkstra, E. Schwartz </b></div>
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<div>Freshwater ecology, including the science of river restoration and dam removal, terrestrial aquatic interactions and food web ecology. <b>J. Marks</b><span style="color:rgb(47,47,47)"> </span></div>
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<div>Exploring the interaction of water and carbon metabolism in diverse studies ranging from the limits to height growth of the world's tallest trees to drought responses of soil microorganisms<i>. </i><b>G. Koch</b><span style="color:rgb(47,47,47)">. </span></div>
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<div>Graduate student benefits include stipend, tuition waiver, health insurance, support for summer fieldwork in a variety of beautiful ecosystems, and winter in the peaks of sunny Flagstaff, AZ. Candidates should explore the Ecoss website (<a href="http://ecoss.nau.edu" target="_blank">ecoss.nau.edu</a>)
and contact the professor whose interests align most closely. Please include a cover letter describing their background, research interests, and qualifications, as well as a current resume. Program applications can be submitted to the Department of Biological
Sciences (final applications due <b>January 15, 2016</b> after communicating with faculty member). </div>
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