<div dir="ltr"><div>A Graduate Research Assistantship is available in water resources and ecohydrology at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, for a student interested in a Master of Science degree commitment. Likely research themes include, but are not limited to: hyporheic exchange and its ecological effects, coupled research on land use and land cover change and water resources vulnerability (water quality and water quantity). Both topics may include field experimentation, computational modeling, and statistical analysis. Specific research topic(s) will ultimately be determined by the accepted student in consultation with supervisor Dr. Bangshuai Han. </div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Minimum and Preferred Qualifications:</span><br></div><div>Must have strong mathematics skills and strong physical science or engineering background,<br></div><div><div>familiarity with hydrology, strong writing and communication skills and research experience.</div><div>Prefer a candidate with numerical modeling experience, programming experience,</div><div>independent field research and some exposure to aquatic biogeochemistry or soil physics, or</div><div>remote sensing and GIS analysis.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Benefits and How to Apply</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:small">The position will begin in August 2017. Funding of graduate tuition, and fulltime stipend is available for two years. Muncie is a pleasant small city located one hour drive from Indianapolis. Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae and a brief description of research interests to Bangshuai Han (<a href="mailto:bhan@bsu.edu">bhan@bsu.edu</a>). </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Review of applications will begin in early spring.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:12.8px;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">---------------<br>Bangshuai Han, Ph.D.<br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.79px">Assistant Professor of Water Resources</span></font><br><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222">Natural Resources and Environmental Management</font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><br></span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222"><span></span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222">West Quadrangle 118</font><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222"><span></span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222">Office Phone (765) 285-5790</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222">Ball State University</font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><br></span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222">2000 W University Ave</font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><br></span></font><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#222222">Muncie, IN 47306</font><font face="Arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#222222"><span style="font-size:12.79px"><br></span></font><a href="http://www.bsu.edu/nrem" target="_blank"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#1155CC"><span>www.bsu.edu/nrem</span></font></a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:webdings;color:green;font-size:24pt">P</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:navy;font-size:10pt"> </span><i>Please consider the environment before printing this email.</i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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