I am posting this ad for a colleague - please contact him at the email address below for more information.
Mike Wimberly Ph.D. Research Assistantship, South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota Stipend: Ph.D. - $20,778/yr; annual increases, plus substantial tuition waiver. Closing: Open until filled. Responsibilities: Lake mapping and database integration that leads to a classification system and habitat restoration plan. Project will involve some physical lake mapping and truthing, but most effort will be in performing spatial computing and database manipulation. Must report results in peer-reviewed publications and oral presentations. Qualifications: Interest in landscape processes that influence lake habitat quality and fish communities. Applicants should have a B.S. or M.S. in fisheries, limnology, landscape ecology, or related interdisciplinary field and competitive GPA and GRE scores. Strong computer, analytical and writing skills, good knowledge of geographic information systems (e.g., ArcMap), and databases (e.g., STATSGO, STORET, GAP). Ability to interact and work effectively with multi-disciplinary groups is essential. Contact: Send letter of interest, resume, names, phone numbers or email addresses of three references, and copies of transcripts and GRE scores (photocopies & email attachments acceptable) to: Michael Brown, michael.br...@sdstate.edu, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, SDSU, Brookings, SD 57007-1696.
