[ES_JOBS_NET] Graduate student opportunities in coastal hydro-biogeochemistry at University of California, Santa Cruz

[Margaret Zimmer]

We are seeking 2 PhD students to join a DOE-funded multidisciplinary
research team to quantify the fate and transport of groundwater-derived
nitrogen to coasts, to start summer or fall 2021. The focus field site for
this project is in a heavily instrumented salt marsh complex within the
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve in Monterey Bay, CA.
Nitrogen loading from agricultural runoff has caused coastal water quality
issues, and this work will focus on both the characterization and modeling
of nitrogen dynamics within this marine-terrestrial interface. We are
specifically looking for students to focus on two research topics: (1)
quantification of nitrogen speciation and transformations in groundwater
and surface waters via field and lab experimentation and (2) reactive
transport modelling with PFLOTRAN.

While the selected students will be enrolled at the University of
California, Santa Cruz in Margaret Zimmer’s Watershed Hydrology Lab, the
students will be a part of a large research team with a diverse range of
research interests that includes co-PIs Drs. Anna Braswell
<http://annabraswell.weebly.com/> (University of Florida), Erin Seybold
<http://www.erinseybold.com/> (Kansas Geological Survey; University of
Kansas), Corianne Tatariw <https://bsc.ua.edu/profiles/corianne-tatariw/>
(University of Alabama), Ate Visser <https://people.llnl.gov/visser3>
(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and Bhavna Arora
<https://eesa.lbl.gov/profiles/bhavna-arora/> (Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory; LBNL). In particular, the modelling student will conduct a year
long exchange to LBNL to learn PFLOTRAN. The Zimmer lab is motivated to
maintain a productive, diverse, and inclusive lab environment and we
encourage students from under-represented groups to consider this program.
In addition, UC Santa Cruz has several initiatives to help foster a
welcoming environment for all (e.g. FirstGen Initiative, Office of
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion).

The UC Santa Cruz Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is regularly
ranked in the top 15-20 Earth Sciences departments in the country. The
campus is located in the Santa Cruz Mountains, overlooking Monterey Bay, a
national marine sanctuary. For more information about program requirements,
please visit the department website. The departmental application deadline
is January 5, 2021.

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Professor Zimmer at
margaret.zimmer 'at' ucsc.edu before the application deadline with
information on research experiences and interests, motivations to pursue a
graduate degree, and career aspirations. Please include a current CV and
unofficial academic transcripts. More information about the Zimmer lab can
be found on the Zimmer lab website at http://mzimmer.weebly.com/.


Dr. Margaret Zimmer
Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department
University of California, Santa Cruz
831-502-8714
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