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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">One graduate assistantship is available to study shark paleoecology at the University of California, Merced. This student will be part of a larger NSF funded project that explores physiological, ecological, and environmental causes
of ‘Megalodon’ extinction. The project will include carbonate and phosphate isotope analysis of modern and ancient shark teeth from various ocean basins. The student will collaborate with geochemists and paleontologists from William Paterson Univ., DePaul
Univ., and UCLA.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Preference will be given to an applicant with B.Sc. or M.Sc. in earth sciences or ecology with a (geo)chemistry background.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Active research goals and techniques used in the Kim lab:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">1) reconstruct environmental gradients based on stable isotope analysis;</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">2) estimate body size distribution using tooth morphology;</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">3) 3) examine community-level trophic interactions using dynamic modeling and theoretical approaches;</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">4) develop modern analogue taxa or systems with geochemical techniques.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Student support will include full tuition waiver, stipend, and Teaching Assistantship. To indicate your interest and be considered for the position, you should send a cover letter (with brief description of why you are interested
in the position, research interests and experience), CV, copy of transcripts, names of three references, and other relevant information to Sora Lee Kim at skim380@ucmerced.edu. More information about this position and work in the Kim lab are available at
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<a href="https://graduatedivision.ucmerced.edu/prospective-students/how-apply" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk230674" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Official applications</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
for graduate education in the </span><a href="http://es.ucmerced.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" id="LPlnk835774" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Environmental Systems Graduate Group at UC Merced</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
should be submitted by the priority deadline of December 15, 2018 (the final Graduate Division deadline is January 15, 2019).
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The University of California at Merced is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff and students.</span></p>
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