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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dr. Xiangming Xiao is seeking one highly motivated graduate student to join the interdisciplinary research team at the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Center for Earth Observation and Modeling (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.ceom.ou.edu">http://www.ceom.ou.edu</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">),
University of Oklahoma.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The candidate could start in fall, 2021 or spring, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">GRA Position
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">#1 (Remote Sensing and Carbon Cycle). The candidate will study terrestrial<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">carbon cycle across multiple spatial scales by combining Earth observations from
</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">in-situ, air- and<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">space-borne sensors, in-situ observatory,
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">data-driven and process-based biogeochemical models.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Graduate Program</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:
Candidates will apply for Ph.D. graduate program in Ecology and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at the Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. See
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="http://mpbio.ou.edu">http://mpbio.ou.edu</a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.ou.edu/eeb/">http://www.ou.edu/eeb/</a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">for more information on the graduate study program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Qualification:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Candidates need to have a B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in the fields of biology, or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">ecology, geography, natural resources, forestry, agriculture, atmospheric science, environmental<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">science, Earth System science, statistics, mathematics, data science, and computer science.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Candidates need to have work experience in one or more areas:
</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">in-situ
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">data collection, remote<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">sensing, GIS, biogeochemical models, computer programming language (e.g., Python,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">JavaScript, IDL, C++, C), and statistic software (e.g., R, Matlab). Good communication and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">writing skills are needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Financial Support</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:
The successful candidates will be supported with tuition payment and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) stipend (US$27,660 for the first year with an annual<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">increase of 3% for the other years). The financial support is renewable annually dependent upon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">the project progress, candidate’s performance, and fund availability. The research projects are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">currently supported by NSF, NASA (GeoCarb mission) and USDA over the period of 2020-2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We anticipate that candidates with master’s degree. will graduate with Ph.D. in four years, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">candidates with a bachelor's degree will graduate with Ph.D. in six years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Contact Person</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:
Prof. Xiangming Xiao (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:xiangming.xiao@ou.edu">xiangming.xiao@ou.edu</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)
at the Department of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019, USA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Date</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">: June 30, 2021</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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