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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The Department of Earth
and Environmental Science at Temple University seeks a motivated student
interested in pursing PhD (Geosciences). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The research project
will evaluate opportunities </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">to lower the environmental impacts
(on land and water resources) of large-scale solar development by providing
foundational data and analysis on cost reduction opportunities. A major </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black">option that
will be evaluated in the proposed research will be the colocation of solar
installations and agriculture. The research project, funded by the Department
of Energy, will</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">
identify crops suitable for colocation for different agroclimatic regions,
collect data on the energy inputs, water and emissions from solar
infrastructures and crops/biofuels, and conduct comprehensive life cycle
analyses to understand the tradeoffs and synergies of colocation.<span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The PhD position will be
fully funded through research and teaching assistantships. The student will be
advised by Sujith Ravi (Temple University, PA </span><a href="https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">) and will work in close
collaboration with Jordan Macknick (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, CO). </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Applicants must hold a Master
degree in geology, earth science or environmental sciences, with strong oral
and written communication skills. Experience or interest in quantitative data
analysis is preferred.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Temple University is a
comprehensive public research university located in Philadelphia, PA. Temple
University is a dynamic urban university with around 38,000 students and
provides one of the nation’s most comprehensive and diverse learning
environments. Temple is ranked by the National Science Foundation as among the
top 100 universities in the country for research expenditures. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">More information about our
department is available at </span><a href="http://www.temple.edu/geology/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">http://www.temple.edu/geology/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> .</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">For more information contact
Sujith Ravi, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental
Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (</span><a href="mailto:sravi@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">sravi@temple.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></p>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Sujith Ravi</span><br></div><div style="font-family:arial"><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Assistant Professor</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Department of Earth & Environmental Science</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Temple University</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">1901 N. 13th Street</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Philadelphia PA 19122</div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Email: <a href="mailto:sravi@temple.edu" target="_blank">sravi@temple.edu</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px">Web: <a href="http://sites.temple.edu/ravi/" target="_blank">http://sites.temple.edu/ravi/</a></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7273px"><div style="font-size:12.7273px">...............................................................................</div><div style="font-size:12.7273px">Office: Beury Hall-325B</div><div style="font-size:12.7273px">Ph: <a href="tel:215-2047122" value="+12152047122" target="_blank">215-2047122</a> (office)</div><div style="font-size:12.7273px">Fax: <a href="tel:215-204-3496" value="+12152043496" target="_blank">215-204-3496</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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