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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Graduate Student Assistantship, Ballast water dispersion and aquatic invasive species

Graduate student opportunities at the University of Toronto, studying ballast water dispersion in the Great Lakes.

Graduate Research Assistantships are available at the Geography Department at the University of Toronto for students beginning in May 2007. We are looking for a highly motivated graduate student to participate in a funded field project entitled "Hydrodynamics of ballast water release in relation to aquatic invasive species". This project aims to study how the rates of dispersion of released ballast water influence the risk of a new invasive species establishing itself at different locations within the Great Lakes. Further information on the project is available at

http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~wells/Ballast_Water_project.html

The candidate should have a good quantitative background, and preferably hands on experience in field work. The student must qualify for admission into the Masters or PhD geography program at the University of Toronto.

http://www.geog.utoronto.ca/programs/geog-grad/prospective

Interested students should contact Mathew Wells by email at wells@utsc.utoronto.ca

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