[ES_JOBS_NET] Graduate Assistantships in Ecosystem Analysis and Freshwater Biogeochemistry at Baylor University- Texas

[Powers, Stephen]

The global change and freshwater ecosystems research group at Baylor University (https://sites.baylor.edu/powersresearchgroup/) is recruiting two PhD graduate student positions to begin in Fall 2020. We are particularly interested in people with strong interests in one or more of the following areas:

  1.  Hydrological-biogeochemical linkages involving reservoirs, their tributaries, or reservoir-fed rivers

  2.  Winter and seasonality of ecosystem processes in north temperate lakes or rivers

  3.  Large-scale analysis of freshwater monitoring records, indicators of food-energy-water systems, and/or phosphorus


Baylor has outstanding research and teaching facilities situated about a 90 minute drive from the booming Austin and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas metro areas. The Powers research group and lab space are housed in the 500,000 sq. ft Baylor Sciences Building. Student offices are situated adjacent to the lab and other aquatic teaching and research labs associated with the Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, including a shared analytical laboratory with an experienced lab manager and instruments to perform fundamental chemical analyses of water, soil, and tissue. A stable-isotope mass spectrometer lab is also down just down the hall, one of several multi-user shared facilities offering state-of-the-art instrumentation. Few universities offer the level of support guaranteed to graduate students in Baylor Biology. Students will have 5 years of continuous stipend support. Annual stipends can be increased with stipend enhancement scholarships from the Graduate School, awarded to top applicants each year. Admission includes full tuition remission, health insurance benefits, and additional funding opportunities to travel to professional meetings. Students in the Powers research group will benefit from the support of a full time data specialist to be hired in 2020.


Applicants should have undergraduate research experience or a master of science degree in a related field. Applicants must possess or plan to obtain a U.S. driver's license. Please review additional departmental admission guidelines (https://www.baylor.edu/biology/index.php?id=961603). If you are considering this opportunity, please send an email describing your background and interests to Dr. Steve Powers (s_powers at baylor.edu) with "graduate position" in the subject line.


Application deadline is January 1, 2020. Applicants should apply to the PhD program in Biology (https://www.baylor.edu/biology/index.php?id=961605).

Stephen M. Powers
Baylor University
https://sites.baylor.edu/powersresearchgroup/
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