<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><b style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Graduate Assistantship in Forest Nutrient Cycling</b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Ruth Yanai is seeking new graduate students (MS or PhD) to participate in a large collaborative project investigating above and belowground carbon allocation, nutrient cycling, and tradeoffs involved in multiple resource allocation. The Multiple Element Limitation
in Northern Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE) project has field sites located at Hubbard Brook, Jeffers Brook, and Bartlett Experimental Forests in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Since 2011, thirteen stands have received full-factorial N x P treatments annually
in 0.25-ha plots, with six stands treated with Ca. Research in the MELNHE project includes aboveground diameter growth, leaf production by species, foliar nutrient resorption, water use, soil respiration, soil mineralization, beech bark disease, mycorrhizae,
and snail and arthropod diversity. More information on the project can be found at<span class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_gmail-m-6186579344978440625gmail-m6743309009551425060msohyperlink"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="http://www.esf.edu/melnhe" style="color:purple" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">http://www.esf.edu/melnhe</span></a></span></span>.</div>
<p class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</p>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
We welcome inquiries from prospective students interested in forest ecology, nutrient cycling, and uncertainty analysis (<span class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_gmail-m-6186579344978440625gmail-m6743309009551425060msohyperlink"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="http://quantifyinguncertainty.org/" style="color:purple" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">http://quantifyinguncertainty.org</span></a></span></span>).
Applicants should be self-motivated, excited to work as part of a multi-investigator project, have laboratory and field experience, and be comfortable living and working in a group setting. A field crew blog from previous years is available at<span class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_gmail-m-6186579344978440625gmail-m6743309009551425060msohyperlink"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://shoestringproject.wordpress.com/" style="color:purple" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://shoestringproject.wordpress.com/</span></a></span></span>.</div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Ideally, new students would join us at the start of the summer field season at the beginning of June, so as to become familiar with the field sites and our research activities before starting classes in late August. </div>
<p class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</p>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Funding will consist of a combination of research and teaching assistantships. A stipend, full tuition waiver, health insurance, and a summer position with the field crew in New Hampshire will be provided. Prospective students may apply to the Department of
Forest and Natural Resources Management or the Graduate Program in Environmental Science, both at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.</div>
<p class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</p>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
We appreciate communicating with students as part of the application process. Students are encouraged to review MELNHE related data and publications and supply their own ideas for research in relation to the project. Prospective students should begin that conversation
by requesting the password for Ruth's project materials from Mary Hagemann at <span class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_gmail-m-6186579344978440625gmail-m6743309009551425060msohyperlink"><a href="mailto:forestecology@esf.edu" style="color:purple" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">forestecology@esf.edu</a></span>.</div>
<p class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</p>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Thanks!</div>
</div>
<div><br>
<div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
Ruth Yanai<br>
Professor </div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry<br>
210 Marshall Hall, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210<br>
office: 1-315 470-6955 mobile: 1-315 345-7412 <a href="mailto:rdyanai@syr.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">e-mail: rdyanai@syr.edu</a></div>
<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">
<a href="http://www.esf.edu//faculty/yanai" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.esf.edu//faculty/yanai</a><br>
</div>
</div></div></div></div></div><br class="m_1334306290113913052m_-2548713687543869724Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>
<br>
</div>
</div>
_______________________________________________<br>
Forsoils mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Forsoils@u.washington.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Forsoils@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<a href="http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/forsoils" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/forsoils</a><br>
</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><br></div>
</div></div>