<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:15pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px"><b>Seafloor geodesy at Axial Seamount volcano</b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px"><b>MS student opportunity and fully funded Research Assistantship at the University of North Carolina Wilmington:</b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px">Axial Seamount is the most active volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge and is the site of the longest continuous record of seafloor deformation. It is currently the location of a cabled observatory as part of the Ocean Observatories Initiative. Eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015 have been observed at Axial Seamount and uplift since the 2015 eruption indicates that there will likely be another eruption within the next few years. The student will be involved in going out to sea<b><span> </span>in the summer of 2022</b><span> </span>to collect more seafloor geodetic data using the ROV Jason, then will use that data in conjunction with the >22 year record of deformation, current seismicity, and other real-time data from the cabled network at Axial Seamount to model magma dynamics and subsurface properties.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px">If interested, please contact:<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px none;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"> </span></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px">Dr. Scott Nooner</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";margin:0px"><a href="mailto:nooners@uncw.edu">nooners@uncw.edu</a></p></div>