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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please forward to any students who might be interested. Thank you!<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PhD opportunities, Rebalancing the Nitrogen Cycle, at the University of Pittsburgh<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Pitt Isotope Tracers Lab, directed by Emily M. Elliott, in the Department of Geology & Environmental Science at the University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) is hiring 1-2 graduate students at the PhD level
to work on an innovative, interdisciplinary, and newly-funded NSF project (</span><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;background:white"># 2133423)</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The project aim is the development and testing of low-impact, liposomal carriers of nitrogen-based fertilizers that will reduce nitrogen leaching losses from agricultural soils.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The PhD student(s) will join an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers in designing and testing liposome-N carriers.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The PhD student(s) will be responsible for model soil column and plant experiments that quantify nitrogen fluxes and leaching losses of liposome carriers using stable isotope tracers and scaling results to predict gains in watershed-scale nitrogen retention.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>We are specifically looking for applicants interested in sustainable agriculture, plant/soil interactions, isotope tracers, and nutrient dynamics. The PhD student(s) will join a team of scientists and engineers including Leanne Gilberston (Pitt, Civil
& Environmental Engineering) and Steve Little (Pitt, Chemical Engineering).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The research team will engage with stakeholders through the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory <www.water.pitt.edu>, housed at the University of Pittsburgh and the public through programming at the University of Pittsburgh’s field station, Pymatuning Lab
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Candidates from diverse disciplinary backgrounds (including agronomy, soil/crop science, engineering, botany) are welcome, however prior research experience with stable isotopes, plant/soil systems, or biogeochemistry
is preferred.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Ideal candidates will be highly motivated, curious, innovative and have strong communication and teamwork skills.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Further information regarding application materials can be found here: <https://www.geology.pitt.edu/graduate/how-apply>. <o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The PhD student(s) will join the Pitt Isotope Tracers Lab focused on understanding reactive nitrogen dynamics using stable isotope bio/geochemistry.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>More information about the Elliott lab can be found on the lab website <http://www.pitt.edu/~eelliott/>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Interested candidates should contact Dr. Elliott directly (eelliott@pitt.edu) with
<b>an email explaining educational goals and research experience, along with a CV and prior publications (or other writing sample)</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The Elliott lab is motivated to maintain a diverse and inclusive lab environment; students from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ideal candidates will be available for start date in early summer (preferably) or Fall 2022.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The application deadline is January 15, 2022.<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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