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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'>NSF-funded MS/PhD opportunity studying hurricanes or severe thunderstorms (Purdue University)</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The position: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><a href="http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~dchavas/"><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Climate and Extreme Weather Laboratory</span></b></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> in the </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><a href="http://www.eaps.purdue.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> (EAPS) at Purdue University, led by Prof. Dan Chavas, has <b>NSF-funded graduate student (MS/PhD)</b> opportunities <b>starting Fall 2021</b> to study hurricanes or severe thunderstorms in the climate system.</span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Diversity:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> We explicitly and proudly seek to increase the participation of individuals from underrepresented groups in our field. Individuals from any underrepresented group are especially encouraged to reach out to Dan (see “If you are interested" below) to learn more.</span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>About our group: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Society is vulnerable to a range of extreme weather phenomena, including hurricanes and severe thunderstorms. We use computer models, observations, and theory to understand the underlying physics of these phenomena. Improved understanding will help us better predict their associated hazards that impact our world.</span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>About Purdue EAPS:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Purdue EAPS is a broad department with a large and vibrant young faculty conducting research across geology and geophysics, atmospheric and climate science, and planetary science, including planetary atmospheres. EAPS is a leader in the study of the dynamics of the Earth’s atmosphere across scales and is actively developing a new research and teaching program in the area of climate and extreme weather. Moreover, Purdue University boasts </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><a href="https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>one of the best collections of high-performance research computing systems</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> in the country maintained by a strong and active computing support staff to serve all your computing needs. Purdue is also a world-class engineering school with strong interdisciplinary interests in the impacts of weather and climate on a wide range of economic sectors. Finally, Purdue is rapidly expanding a novel University-wide Data Science cluster.</span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you are interested:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Please email <span style='color:black'>Dan Chavas</span> (</span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><a href="mailto:dchavas@purdue.edu"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>dchavas@purdue.edu</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>) for more information and/or to ask any questions. I’d love to hear about your background and interests and let you know more about myself, our group, and our department.</span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>How to apply:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> see </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.eaps.purdue.edu/for_students/graduate/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://www.eaps.purdue.edu/for_students/graduate/</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> .</span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>