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<h2><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Graduate Research Assistantships to Study Interactions Between Reservoir Management and Freshwater Ecosystems as Part of New, NSF-funded Interdisciplinary Study<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p>We seek motivated students to pursue a Ph.D. or M.S. degree at Washington State University, Vancouver, as part of an interdisciplinary, National Science Foundation-funded research project focused on understanding linkages between water management and aquatic
ecosystem function in freshwater reservoirs. The project, a collaboration between ecologists, economists, and engineers, will use
<span style="color:black">reservoir water management as a test-case to understand how the environment, society, and new knowledge interact to shape rule-following, rule-bending and rule-reformulation behaviors, and how, in-turn, these behaviors affect reservoir
ecosystem responses (for more information, see: <a href="https://labs.wsu.edu/dises/">
https://labs.wsu.edu/dises/</a> and <a href="https://news.wsu.edu/news/2021/10/11/nsf-funded-research-examines-socio-economics-of-flexible-environmental-rules/">
https://news.wsu.edu/news/2021/10/11/nsf-funded-research-examines-socio-economics-of-flexible-environmental-rules/</a>)</span>. Each successful applicant working on biophysical components of the project will be expected to develop a research focus in one of
the following areas: aquatic greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, harmful algal blooms, and/or aquatic invasive species. For more information, please contact Dr. John Harrison (<a href="mailto:john_harrison@wsu.edu;">john_harrison@wsu.edu;</a>
<a href="https://labs.wsu.edu/gcwblab/">https://labs.wsu.edu/gcwblab/</a>) if primarily interested in greenhouse gas fluxes or water quality, Dr. Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens (<a href="mailto:rollboll@wsu.edu">rollboll@wsu.edu</a>;
<a href="https://labs.wsu.edu/aquatic-ecology/">https://labs.wsu.edu/aquatic-ecology/</a>) if primarily interested in harmful algal blooms, or Dr. Stephen Bollens (<a href="mailto:sbollens@wsu.edu">sbollens@wsu.edu</a>;
<a href="https://labs.wsu.edu/aquatic-ecology/">https://labs.wsu.edu/aquatic-ecology/</a>) if primarily interested in aquatic invasive species.
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<p>Admission requirements and application materials for the M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Natural Resources at WSU Vancouver are available at
<a href="https://cas.vancouver.wsu.edu/science-graduate-programs">https://cas.vancouver.wsu.edu/science-graduate-programs</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Students will most likely be supported by a combination of research and teaching assistantships, including tuition waivers; a range of internal (WSU) graduate fellowships are also available. Washington State University Vancouver is a vibrant, rapidly growing
research-intensive institution located within the greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area, near the Columbia River, Cascade Mountains and Pacific Ocean, and offers an exceptional quality of life.
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