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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:#313131">Two Graduate Research Assistant Positions</span><span style="font-family:"Times",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">The Department of Earth and Environmental Science and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania seek graduate students interested in any of the following
research areas: geomicrobiology, ecology, microbe-microbe and microbe-mineral interactions, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology and bioenergetics. Potential projects include:
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:#313131">Microbial remediation of asbestos:
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">This project provides the opportunity to interrogate microbe-mineral interactions in human-disposed minerals.
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:#313131">Bioenergetic principles of energy metabolisms:
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">This project will focus on the ecophysiology of hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis and/or Fe(III) reduction from marine geothermal environments.
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:#313131">Taxonomic classification:
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">Isolation and characterization of novel chemosynthetic microorganisms from anoxic environments.
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">The prospective students will be expected to work at the interface between geology, chemistry, and biology.
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:#313131">SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM:
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">Problem-solving (scientific method) skills, preparation of chemical solutions, microbial culturing, microscopy, molecular phylogenetics, aqueous/gas chemistry quantification, isotope geochemistry,
experimental design skills, data-logging, broad scientific literacy and cultural competence.
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</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">The successful applicants will be awarded a Ph.D.
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">Fellowship package that includes: tuition, fees, health care and stipend for living expenses. These packages are available starting Fall 2018.
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</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">For more information about the Department of Earth and Environmental Science go to:
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:blue">https://www.sas.upenn.edu/earth/</span><span style="font-family:"MS Mincho",serif; color:blue">
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:#313131">APPLY HERE: </span>
<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:blue">https://www.sas.upenn.edu/earth/doctoral-programs/how-apply
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:black">If interested in learning more about this opportunity please contact Ileana Pérez- Rodríguez at:
</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",serif; color:blue">ileperez@sas.upenn.edu </span><span style="font-family:"MS Mincho",serif; color:black">
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