<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><font color="#2a2a2a">Dear Colleagues,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><font color="#2a2a2a"><strong><br></strong></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><font color="#2a2a2a"><strong>The School of
Geography, Development, and the Environment at the University of Arizona
is excited to announce a pair of four-year, fully funded graduate
fellowships starting August 2022.</strong> <br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><font color="#2a2a2a"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><font color="#2a2a2a">The fellowships are funded by
the US National Science Foundation and the US Department of
Agriculture, and will provide the fellow the opportunity to explore
either (1) physical and ecological or (2) the socio-environmental
implications of a sustainable solution for our food and energy systems
in ‘<em>agrivoltaics</em>’. Agrivoltaics co-locates agriculture and
renewable energy production, increases food production, and reduces
water use, and the fellow will conduct cutting-edge research in this
interdisciplinary research area.</font><br><div class="gmail-paragraph"><br><font color="#2a2a2a">The
fellows will work toward a PhD in Geography under the supervision of
Dr. Greg Barron-Gafford and Dr. Andrea Gerlak. The fellowships cover
tuition, provide summer employment, include health insurance, cover
travel to research sites, and provide a stipend.</font><br><br><font color="#2a2a2a">The
School of Geography, Development, and the Environment at the University
of Arizona hosts one of the top US graduate programs in geography, with
faculty and research spanned across physical, human/environment, human,
and developmental geographies. For the last seven years, Drs.
Barron-Gafford and Gerlak have studied the potential for agrivoltaics to
improve resilience in food, renewable energy production, and water use.
The current phase of this research invites the fellow into an
interdisciplinary team, including food producers and solar industry
experts, where they will learn about integrating physical and social
sciences in an applied setting.</font><br><br><font color="#2a2a2a">The
fellow will work across Arizona, Colorado, and international partner
sites to capture the complex and dynamic potential barriers and
opportunities for adoption of agrivoltaics as a climate adaptation
solution.</font><br><br><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">Interested applicants can learn more at our <a href="https://www.barrongafford.org/agrivoltaics.html/">website</a>, </font></strong><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">a <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/11/14/1054942590/solar-energy-colorado-garden-farm-land?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR1SFVXpKak2ovzlLPgR6WFHWWlNIyGYOi9PiVyUhxFdybiQVM5aMsSjzX0" target="_blank">recent NPR Story</a>, </font></strong><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">or watch a video about ongoing agrivoltaic research across Arizona and Colorado at <a href="https://tinyurl.com/agrivoltaics">https://tinyurl.com/agrivoltaics</a>.</font></strong><br><br><font color="#2a2a2a"> </font><u><strong><font color="#2a2a2a">Qualifications:</font></strong></u><br><u><font color="#2a2a2a">* Experience in two or more of the following scholarly areas:</font></u><ul><li><font color="#2a2a2a">human/environment interactions</font></li><li><font color="#2a2a2a">environmental policy and governance</font></li><li><font color="#2a2a2a">food systems and climate change</font></li><li><font color="#2a2a2a">renewable energy systems</font></li><li><font color="#2a2a2a">dryland ecology</font></li></ul><br><font color="#2a2a2a">* Research experience in at least one of the previous areas is a priority</font><br><br><font color="#2a2a2a"><font color="#2a2a2a"><b>* <u>For the physical and ecological position</u>,
experience conducting plant ecophysiological measurements, monitoring
ecosystem function, or modeling plant or ecosystem performance is
preferred. </b><br></font></font></div><div class="gmail-paragraph"><font color="#2a2a2a"><br></font></div><div class="gmail-paragraph"><font color="#2a2a2a">* <u>For the socio-environmental position</u>, experience working with stakeholders and conducting interviews is required </font><br><br><font color="#2a2a2a"> </font><br><font color="#2a2a2a"><strong>Reach out ASAP to learn more. </strong><br>You can email Dr. Barron-Gafford at <a href="mailto:gregbg@arizona.edu">gregbg@arizona.edu</a> about the physical science position and /or Dr. Gerlak at <a href="mailto:agerlak@arizona.edu">agerlak@arizona.edu</a> about the more socio-environmental position.</font><br><br><font color="#2a2a2a">If
you wish to pursue this fellowship opportunity, you must apply as a PhD
student to the School of Geography, Development, and the Environment at
the University of Arizona by <strong>January 5th, 2022. </strong><br>Please see this site for more information: <a href="https://geography.arizona.edu/maphd-program/apply">https://geography.arizona.edu/maphd-program/apply</a></font></div></div></div>