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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Graduate student opportunity in coastal hydro-biogeochemistry at UC Santa Cruz<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Coastal estuaries are the interface between uplands and the ocean; intercepting, transforming, and transporting pollutants on their course to the marine environment. Terrestrially-derived, nonpoint source nutrient pollution from rivers into coastal systems has been extensively characterized, but the contribution and fate of pollutants from groundwater is less understood. We are seeking a MS or PhD student to join a SeaGrant-funded multidisciplinary research team to quantify the fate and transport of groundwater-derived nitrogen to the coast, to start summer or fall 2020. The focus field site for this project is the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Monterey Bay, CA. Research topics can include, but are not limited to, characterization of nitrogen speciation in groundwater and surface waters, groundwater flux calculations, and reactive transport modelling. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>While the selected student will be enrolled at the University of California, Santa Cruz in </span><a href="http://mzimmer.weebly.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Margaret Zimmer’s Watershed Hydrology Lab</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>, the student will be a part of a female-led research team with a diverse range of research interests that includes co-PIs Drs. </span><a href="http://annabraswell.weebly.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Anna Braswell</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> (CU Boulder), </span><a href="http://www.erinseybold.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Erin Seybold</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> (Kansas Geological Survey; University of Kansas), and </span><a href="https://bsc.ua.edu/profiles/corianne-tatariw/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Corianne Tatariw</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> (University of Alabama). The Zimmer lab is motivated to maintain a productive, diverse, and inclusive lab environment and we 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. </span><a href="https://firstgen.ucsc.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>FirstGen Initiative</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>, </span><a href="https://diversity.ucsc.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>). </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The UC Santa Cruz Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is regularly ranked in the </span><a href="https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/earth-sciences-rankings"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>top 15-20 Earth Sciences departments in the country</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> and UC Santa Cruz is currently </span><a href="https://news.ucsc.edu/2017/09/times-higher-ed.html"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>ranked 3rd worldwide for research influence</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. The campus is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, overlooking Monterey Bay, a national marine sanctuary. For more information about program requirements, please visit the </span><a href="https://eps.ucsc.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>department website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. The departmental application deadline is January 3, 2019. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Dr. Zimmer at margaret.zimmer 'at' </span><a href="http://ucsc.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>ucsc.edu</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> before the application deadline with information on research experiences and interests, motivations to pursue a graduate degree, and career aspirations. Please include a current CV and unofficial academic transcripts. More information about the Zimmer lab can be found on the </span><a href="http://mzimmer.weebly.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Zimmer lab website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Erin C. Seybold <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kansas Geological Survey<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>University of Kansas</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>