[ES_JOBS_NET] Ph.D. Position in Nevada Mountain Ecohydrology Lab

[Erika Marín-Spiotta]

Date:    Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:19:48 -0400
From:    =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Adrian_Harpold?= <adrian.harpold at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Ph.D. Position in Nevada Mountain Ecohydrology Lab

The Nevada Mountain Ecohydrology Lab in the Natural Resources and Environ=
mental Science=20
Department at the University of Nevada, Reno is expecting to hire a quali=
fied Ph.D. student to start in=20
Fall of 2016. Research in the lab group focuses on improving process-base=
d understanding of snow-
dominated watershed hydrology to advance resource management and model pr=
edictions.  Projects=20
typically integrate field and remote sensing observations with ecohydrolo=
gical models. The specific=20
research project has  flexibility, but will investigate snow hydrology an=
d water partitioning in the Great=20
Basin and the larger Western U.S.=20=20

Students capable of working independently with a quantitative background =
are encouraged to apply.=20
Training in physical hydrology, engineering, remote sensing, or environme=
ntal science is appropriate.=20
Computer programming (e.g. Matlab, R, Python, etc.) and/or remote sensing=
 and GIS experience is=20
preferred. Students are also expected to be strong written and oral commu=
nicators. Ability to install and=20
maintain field equipment (e.g. programming dataloggers, installing sensor=
s, etc.) is a benefit. Many=20
projects require the ability to work in remote areas and travel long dist=
ances over snow.

The University of Nevada is a Tier 1 research university with an excellen=
t graduate program in hydrologic=20
sciences (http://www.hydro.unr.edu/home/) that leverages resources at UNR=
 and the Desert Research=20
Institute.  Reno is close to outdoor recreation (biking, skiing, climbing=
, river sports, and more) locally=20
and nearby in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Reno also has ample city activ=
ities (its the biggest little city=20
for goodness sake!).  Graduate student salaries are competitive and cost =
of living is relatively low.  More=20
information about the lab is available at this website http://www.ag.unr.=
edu/harpold/.  Please contact Dr.=20
Adrian Harpold (aharpold at cabnr.unr.edu) with questions or send a CV and s=
hort letter of interest.
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