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<span class="normaltextrun">Graduate student positions</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">The research groups of Dr. Rebecca Sheesley and Dr. Sascha Usenko currently have multiple graduate assistant positions available to study air quality and atmospheric chemistry pertaining to natural and anthropogenic impacts on urban and
remote systems. Current projects include (1) tracking influence of wildfires on Texas urban air quality through measurement of aerosol optical properties, or (BC)</span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt">2 </span></sup> and (2) mobile
measurements of volatile organic compounds from Corpus Christi to San Antonio to track changing emission sources and chemistry. Additional large scale project opportunities are anticipated. Graduate students will have the opportunity to participate in large,
multi-institution field campaigns, to learn new online and offline analytical instrumentation (e.g. proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry, tricolor absorption photometer, nephelometer, accelerated solvent extraction of aerosol filter samples, gas chromatography
mass spectrometry, thermal desorption GCMS-MS, ion chromatography), to learn data analysis techniques (e.g. data management in MATLAB and IGOR and source apportionment by positive matrix factorization and chemical mass balance modeling), back trajectory analysis
and remote sensing (e.g. satellite based aerosol optical depth, fire counts, and smoke products). We are looking for students from a variety of backgrounds including chemistry, environmental science, geosciences or engineering. Previous experience with air
quality or atmospheric chemistry is not required. Application for PhD positions is preferred, but Masters applicants are welcome as well.</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">The Sheesley and Usenko research groups have strong ties in Texas and beyond and students will have the opportunity to collaborate with other research groups and present their work at national and international conferences. The
Department of Environmental Science at Baylor University is a growing department with strong support from the University. Please contact Sheesley (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Rebecca_sheesley@baylor.edu" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Rebecca_sheesley@baylor.edu</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">)
and/or Usenko (</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Sascha_usenko@baylor.edu" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Sascha_usenko@baylor.edu</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">)
if you are interested. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://blogs.baylor.edu/rebecca_sheesley/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">https://blogs.baylor.edu/rebecca_sheesley/</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://blogs.baylor.edu/sascha_usenko/" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">https://blogs.baylor.edu/sascha_usenko/</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Rebecca J. Sheesley, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Department of Environmental Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">One Bear Place #97266<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Waco, TX 76798-7266<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Office: (254) 710-3158<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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