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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Glacier Modeling Lab at the University at Buffalo, NY invites applications for PhD and MS students to begin exciting
new research projects in Fall 2020. There are two primary opportunities:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Constrain the future fates of meltwater generated on the Greenland Ice Sheet. To achieve this, the student will implement desktop-computer-scale numeric models of ice flow and apply them to glacier
environments around Greenland. Student work on this NASA-funded project will make an important contribution toward forecasting future rates of sea-level rise from the Greenland Ice Sheet.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:black;margin-top:7.0pt;margin-bottom:7.0pt;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Investigate the effects of climate change on ice melt, the subglacial water system, and glacier flow in East Greenland by identifying patterns of water drainage from near-surface englacial aquifers
into crevasses. The student will get to use on-campus supercomputing to analyze NASA data and identify the patterns of subsurface water movement. Progress on this project will constrain the role that a newly discovered hidden water environment may play in
ice sheet mass balance.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Following strong traditions in the UB Department of Geology, the graduate students will have opportunities to present research results at conferences and will be encouraged to publish
findings in peer-reviewed academic journals. The students will benefit from collaboration within our Climate and Paleoclimate research group, with our Hydrology, Environmental, and Geophysics research groups, with researchers at the UB Center for Computational
Research (CCR), and with students in the new Computational Earth Sciences program.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All research projects involve quantitative analysis in Matlab and/or Python. Previous coding experience is a plus, but not required. Enthusiastic students with a BS or MS degree in
earth science, physics, mathematics, environmental science, geophysics, or a related field, and an interest in climate science, glaciology, and/or quantitative work are encouraged to apply.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Buffalo is the City of Good Neighbors – a historic city with a hometown feel. World-class art and music venues, parks designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, major and
minor league sports teams, and a multicultural community make Buffalo a great place to study, work, and live.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Interested students are encouraged to contact Kristin Poinar at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:kpoinar@buffalo.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">kpoinar@buffalo.edu</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and
should formally apply to the UB Geology graduate program this month. Full information on the graduate program is available at</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/geology/graduate/admissions.html"><span style="color:#954F72">arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/geology/graduate/admissions.html</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">and
information on the Glacier Modeling Lab is at<a href="https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/glaciermodelinglab"><span style="color:#954F72">ubwp.buffalo.edu/glaciermodelinglab</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kristin Poinar</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Assistant Professor</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Geology | RENEW Institute</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University at Buffalo</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Buffalo, NY 14260</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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