<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads"><div class="gmail-gs"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:4dv" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt"><div id="gmail-:4du" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello Everyone,<br><br>I
am looking for 1-2 PhD students to start in the Fall of 2020 to work on
sustainable solutions for our food and energy systems. Cities
and states – particularly those in the Western United States
– are increasingly seek resilience strategies to manage expanding populations
and demands for food and energy. At the same time, a changing climate
threatens our historic reliance on dwindling sources of water and may
reduce capacity for food and renewable energy production. For the last
five years, we have been studying the potential for co-locating
agriculture and photovoltaics – agrivoltaics – as an untapped
opportunity to simultaneously increase food and energy production while
reducing water use. <br>This project will provide students an
opportunity to learn physical science in an applied setting, working on
areal-world problem. You can learn more about this project, by checking
out this portion of our website:<br><a href="https://www.barrongafford.org/agrivoltaics.html" target="_blank">https://www.barrongafford.org/agrivoltaics.html</a><br>Also, here is a free read link to our recent article on this work:<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0364-5.epdf?author_access_token=RduqgDWgyu90mvu-RB6DW9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O97Lc9kleZWba0tQ-k-7tIlZGbnB6ZL4SOzl8a4rPD9IuBrjAeWq--cJR60bfbCroy01kiCE8CKI6Of6hGsKYrJ74WecY0rcX7lhteq3zLcw%3D%3D" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-019-0364-5.epdf?author_access_token=RduqgDWgyu90mvu-RB6DW9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O97Lc9kleZWba0tQ-k-7tIlZGbnB6ZL4SOzl8a4rPD9IuBrjAeWq--cJR60bfbCroy01kiCE8CKI6Of6hGsKYrJ74WecY0rcX7lhteq3zLcw%3D%3D</a><br><br>Our
Research Group uses a combination of field measurements of carbon and
water fluxes (plant ecophysiology) and environmental monitoring to
describe the impacts of this co-location in terms of water use
efficiency, changes in phenology, plant performance, impacts of solar
panel performance, potential for up-scaling to larger installations,
etc. We have a new project beginning in 2020 across multiple working
food producers in California and Colorado, in addition to existing
efforts in Arizona.<br><br>Students with a background in physical
geography, carbon and water flux measurements, ecology, ecohydrology,
and / or urban food systems are encouraged to apply, but <b><i>prior knowledge
of plant ecophysiological techniques should not be a barrier for an
interested student</i></b>. <br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The deadline for fall admission is January 5 for
both domestic and international applicants:<br><a href="https://geography.arizona.edu/node/555" target="_blank">https://geography.arizona.edu/node/555</a> <br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The position would have guaranteed funding through the first four years
through a combination of TAships and RAships, and we have summer finding
covered as well. We are a diverse group looking to use our research to
make meaningful change in the world. Our research group is committed
to fostering an inclusive learning and working environment that embraces
the diversity of experiences and interests represented in our
communities and the broader world.</span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please reach out via email if you are interested.</span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">All the best,<br>Greg </span></font></span><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU"><div id="gmail-:4hi" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"><span class="gmail-HOEnZb gmail-adL"></span><br><span class="gmail-HOEnZb gmail-adL"></span></span></font></span></div></div><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-HOEnZb gmail-adL">Greg Barron-Gafford<br>Associate Professor<br>School of Geography & Development;<br>B2 Earthscience, Biosphere 2<br>University of Arizona<br>Tucson, AZ 85721, USA<br>website: <a href="http://www.barrongafford.org/" target="_blank">http://www.barrongafford.org/</a><br>520.548.0388</span></span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-gA gmail-gt gmail-acV"><div class="gmail-gB gmail-xu"><div class="gmail-ip gmail-iq"><div id="gmail-:4dw"><table class="gmail-cf gmail-wS"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-amq"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><br></font></span></td><td class="gmail-amr"><span style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif"><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div>