<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1cb28ec6-7fff-73bc-3c6a-a435ebee0e15"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">We’re recruiting 12 PhD students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) to start May or August of 2026! The opportunity is NSF funded through EMERGE Alaska </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">specifically</span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"> for students who received an <b>Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP</b> during the last 3 years. Apply by Jan 15, 2026. Students can choose to pursue their proposed GRFP research at UAF or choose a new research topic/field more closely alined to a faculty member.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Program Website: </span><a href="https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/academics/emerge-alaska/index.php" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/academics/emerge-alaska/index.php</span></a></p><div style="font-family: Arial;"><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="3">I am hoping to recruit one student to join my lab group, the COASTal Dynamics Lab (Cryosphere, Ocean, and STream Lab), which researches ocean, land, and ice interactions by focusing on river-marine transitions, shelf circulation, and the role of human impacts. By differentiating effects of climate change, natural variability, and the built environment in high latitudes, our research advances our scientific understanding of flood risks, global warming impacts, and predicting environmental change. We work with and equip indigenous/local communities to steward their own lands and seas. The COASTal Dynamics Lab is in the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and a part of the UAF Sea Ice Group. The lab is led by Dr. Steven Dykstra and currently has 2 PhD students and 2 MS students. We have our own lab space in Fairbanks, AK with multiple shared spaces on campus and throughout the state. Protective students can coordinate with me to identify a </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">suitable project (</span></font><a href="mailto:sdykstra@alaska.edu">sdykstra@alaska.edu</a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">). </span></p></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial;">If you received Honorable Mention on your GRFP and are interested joining us at UAF, please reach out to myself or one of the other potential mentors listed on the program webpage. </div><br><font face="Arial">Cheers!</font></span><div><font face="Arial">Steve</font></div><br><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b>Steven L. Dykstra</b>, PhD<br>Assistant Professor | Oceanography Dept. | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences | University of Alaska Fairbanks | O’Neil 123</div><div>616.822.6412 (cell) | 907.474.6767 (office)</div><div><a href="mailto:sdykstra@alaska.edu">sdykstra@alaska.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>