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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Graduate Student Assistantships – Marine Biogeochemistry/Microbial Ecology

Research assistantships with full stipends and tuition waivers are available immediately for students interested in pursuing an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Marine Sciences. Students will be expected to carry out thesis research within the framework of several ongoing NSF-funded projects that focus on the marine biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of organic sulfur compounds including the widespread algal osmolyte, dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its climate-relevant degradation product, dimethylsulfide (DMS). Opportunities for participation in oceanographic research cruises will be available. Laboratory work will be carried out at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (www.disl.org) located directly on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of Mobile Bay.

Students with strong backgrounds in the natural sciences and with a strong motivation to succeed in research should contact Ron Kiene, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, LSCB 25, Mobile, Alabama, e-mail Rkiene@jaguar1.usouthal.edu for more information.

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