<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research Program, Fairbanks, Alaska</b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">The Bonanza Creek (BNZ) Long-Term Ecological Research Program (<a href="https://www.lter.uaf.edu/" class="">https://www.lter.uaf.edu/</a>) is recruiting undergraduate students to contribute to ecological research in the boreal forest, summer 2022. The BNZ program studies responses of boreal ecosystems to fire, permafrost thaw, and changing climate. Students will complete independent research projects related to one of the following topics:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">1) disease ecology and genetics of aspen canker</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">2) nutrient cycling in streams draining fire and thawing permafrost</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">3) microbial genomics of coupled mercury and carbon cycling</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">4) carbon dynamics in boreal streams</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">5) greenhouse gas production in thawing permafrost</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Students will gain training in laboratory procedures, field work, research design, and data analysis. REU students will participate in weekly professional development seminars and will present their research in a symposium at the end of the program. The 10-week program will include a stipend, housing allowance, travel to Alaska, and research funds.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Applicants must be current undergraduate students (graduating Fall 2022 or later). To apply, submit a cover letter, CV or resume, and contact information for two professional references as a single pdf titled with your last name to <a href="mailto:uaf-arctic-lab@alaska.edu" class="">uaf-arctic-lab@alaska.edu</a> by March 20. Your cover letter should include:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-description of your interests in ecological research</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-list of relevant coursework in science and math/statistics</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-your educational and career objectives</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-your expectations for a successful summer research experience</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>-identify at least one of the five research topics described above that you are interested in pursuing</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Tamara Harms</div><div class="">Associate Professor</div><div class="">University of Alaska</div><div class="">902 N Koyukuk Dr</div><div class="">PO Box 757000</div><div class="">Fairbanks, AK 99775</div><div class="">ph: 907-474-6117</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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