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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We have a graduate student opening (PhD)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> for studying </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">soil
moisture dynamics and aeolian sediment transport in saline/sodic agricultural
soils. We (with collaborators from UC Berkeley and USDA) will investigate
fundamental soil hydrological and geomorphic processes involved in soil
salinization and provide a new mechanistic framework for their explanation.
Salinity-affected agricultural systems — a serious threat to global food
security — are distributed throughout the world and a quantitative assessment
of soil salinity-soil erosion nexus is therefore critically important in
understanding feedbacks to climate, air quality, and soil degradation.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The student will be advised by Sujith
Ravi (Temple University, PA </span><a href="https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://sites.temple.edu/ravi/home/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">). </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Master’s degree in geology, geosciences or
environmental engineering is preferred. Experience or interest in quantitative
data analysis, sensor networks, science education/outreach activities is
preferred. The graduate students will be fully funded by research and/or
teaching assistantships.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Temple University is
a comprehensive public research located in Philadelphia, PA. Temple University
is a dynamic urban university with around 40,000 students and provides one of
the nation’s most comprehensive and diverse learning environments. Temple is
classified as a university with the highest research activity (R1) and is
ranked by the National Science Foundation as among the top 100 universities in
the country for research expenditures. More information about our
department is available at </span><a href="http://www.temple.edu/geology/"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://www.temple.edu/geology/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> .</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For more information
contact Sujith Ravi, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth &
Environmental Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (</span><a href="mailto:sravi@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">sravi@temple.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">--</span><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="ltr" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Sujith Ravi</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Associate Professor </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Director (Environmental Science Program)</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Department of Earth & Environmental Science</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(136,136,136)">Temple University</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12.7273px;line-height:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">...............................................................................</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Associate Editor: Journal of Geophysical Research -ES (AGU)</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:10pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Associate Editor: Ecosphere (ESA)</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:13.3333px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">...............................................................................</span></p></div></div><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