<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-block gmail-fix-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:fira,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(48,48,48)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit">Dr. Margaret Zimmer is recruiting 1-2 hydrology Ph.D. students to start summer/fall 2018 in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit">Current lab research integrates field work and computational analyses to address questions regarding watershed hydrology, stream-groundwater interactions, and solute fate and transport in a variety of landscapes, with particular focus in California. Scales of inquiry span spatially from stream reach to regional watershed and temporally from event to multi-year. Students are encouraged to contact Dr. Margaret Zimmer to discuss specific research projects. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit">The UC Santa Cruz Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is regularly ranked in the <a href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/earth-sciences-rankings" target="_blank" rel="no-follow" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,65,116)">top ~15 Earth Sciences departments in the country</a>. UC Santa Cruz is currently <a href="https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/09/times-higher-ed.html" target="_blank" rel="no-follow" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,65,116)">ranked 3rd worldwide for research influence</a>. The campus is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, overlooking Monterey Bay, a national marine sanctuary. Year-round opportunities for outdoor recreation are numerous (mountain biking, hiking, surfing, sailing, etc.). For more information about program requirements, please visit the <a href="https://eps.ucsc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="no-follow" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,65,116)">department website</a>. The departmental application deadline is January 5, 2018. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit">The Zimmer lab is motivated to maintain a productive, diverse, and inclusive lab environment and encourage students from under-represented groups to consider this program. In addition, UC Santa Cruz has several initiatives to help foster a welcoming environment for all (e.g. <a href="https://firstgen.ucsc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="no-follow" style="color:rgb(0,65,116);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">FirstGen Initiative</a>, <a href="https://diversity.ucsc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="no-follow" style="color:rgb(0,65,116);font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</a>). <br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px 0px 0.8em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit">Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Zimmer at margaret.zimmer 'at' <a href="http://ucsc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="no-follow" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,65,116)">ucsc.edu</a> before the application deadline with information on research experiences and interests, motivations to pursue a Ph.D., and career aspirations. Please include a current CV and academic transcripts. More information about the Zimmer lab can be found on the <a href="http://mzimmer.weebly.com/" target="_blank" rel="no-follow" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(0,65,116)">Zimmer lab website</a>. </p><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail-block gmail-cf" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:fira,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;zoom:1;color:rgb(48,48,48)"><div class="gmail-float-right" style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;float:right"></div></div></div>