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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The Department of Earth and Environmental
Science at Temple University seeks motivated students interested in pursing MS
(Geology) or PhD (Geosciences).</span></p>
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</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Environmental
impacts of renewable energy: </span></b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The
research project will evaluate opportunities </span><span style="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-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-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><b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">The student will be
advised by Sujith Ravi (Temple University, PA <a href="https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/">https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/</a>)
and will work in close collaboration with Jordan Macknick (National Renewable
Energy Laboratory, CO). </span></p>
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responses to fire</span></b><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">: This
NSF funded project will investigate the applicability of novel techniques <span style="text-transform:uppercase">–</span> rare earth
element tracers for wind erosion, and LiDAR (Ground-based & Unmanned Aerial
Systems) for soil microtopography and vegetation structure <span style="text-transform:uppercase">–</span> to monitor
landscape responses to disturbances (fires). The project will involve a
combination of extensive field experiments (in New Mexico) and laboratory
analysis. The student will be advised by Sujith Ravi (Temple University, PA <a href="https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/">https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/</a>)
and will work in close collaboration with Joel Sankey (USGS, Southwest
Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ) and Junran Li (University of Tulsa,
OK).</span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black">Applicants for the PhD
program 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. The graduate students will
be fully funded by research and teaching assistantships.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="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-family:'Times New Roman';background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">More
information about our department is available at </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.temple.edu/geology/"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">http://www.temple.edu/geology/</span></a></span><span style="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-family:'Times New Roman'">For more information contact Sujith Ravi,
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Temple
University, Philadelphia, PA (<a href="mailto:sravi@gmail.com">sravi@temple.edu</a>).</span></p>
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