Graduate positions available in social-ecological systems research are available in Rebecca Hale’s lab in the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University
I am seeking one to two graduate students (MS or PhD) to start Summer or Fall 2016. Funding is available as a mix of research and teaching assistantships. We use ecosystems ecology and social-ecological systems approaches to understand the effects of human activities on ecological processes and how coupled social-ecological systems change over space and time. Current research ranges from local studies of urban stormwater and streams to regional research on water quality to continental-scale comparisons of urban water management. Potential graduate student projects include: 1) study of the effects of development and stream flow permanence on watershed exports of water, sediment, and nutrients, 2) study of human-stream interactions along land use gradients, and 3) study of flood management impacts on urban ecosystem services, risk, and human-environment interactions. There is also the potential for students to develop their own research projects within these research themes. The student will also have the opportunity to interact with an interdisciplinary and cross-campus group of researchers through MILES (https://www.idahoecosystems.org/), an Idaho-wide research program to understand changes in social-ecological systems and ecosystem services. If interested, please send a letter with your research interests, experiences, and career goals, and a CV to Dr. Rebecca Hale at haler...@isu.edu. Visit the lab website (http://rebeccahale.weebly.com/) for more information about current lab research.
