Applicants are invited to apply for a Ph.D. student position in Dr. James McClelland’s lab at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) to work on a collaborative study of stream biogeochemistry on the North Slope of Alaska. Recent climate change has dramatically impacted the Arctic, and oxidation of organic carbon stored in permafrost may create a positive feedback to global warming. We are specifically investigating relationships between chemical weathering phenomena and organic carbon export with the aim of developing new proxies for tracking arctic climate change, permafrost stability, and carbon export at the watershed scale. This year’s deadline for applications to become a graduate student at UTMSI is December 1, 2008. Field work will begin in 2009. UTMSI is an organized research unit of the University of Texas at Austin, and is located on the Gulf Coast in Port Aransas.
For more information, please contact Dr. McClelland at jimm@mail.utexas.edu or 361-749-6756.
For more information, please contact Dr. McClelland at jimm@mail.utexas.edu or 361-749-6756.
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