We are looking for several summer undergraduate researchers as assistants
and for independent research projects. These are full time summer jobs that
pay competitive wages plus (in some cases) room and board. The projects
focus on nutrient pollution and carbon cycling in a range of forest,
agricu
southwestern US. The team consists of ecosystem ecologists, fire
ecologists, soil ecologists, dendroecologists, and statisticians from Penn
State University, Northern Arizona University, Arizona State University, and
the US Forest Service. The graduate student will be co-advised by Dr. Jason
Kaye (an
studies at the interface of soil and water sciences
(http://cropsoil.psu.edu/usdabriefinginfo.cfm). This announcement is
specifically intended to recruit one student interested in research
questions that link hydrology and nitrogen or carbon cycling in soils. The
student will be advised by Dr. Jason
A M.S. or a Ph.D. Research Assistantship is available in the School of
Forestry (www.for.nau.edu), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. The
selected student will work as part of an interdisciplinary (ecosystem
ecologist, fire ecologists, soil ecologist, dendroecologist, and a
statistician)
Manage a soil characterization cluster laboratory that provides analytical
instrumentation and equipment necessary for research and teaching in the
areas of soil chemistry, fertility, physics, pedology, and hydropedology.
This multi-function, multi-user facility is located within the Department of
enthusiastically engage with our interactive lab group of undergraduate
researchers, graduate students, technicians, and postdocs. Students should
contact Dr. Jason Kaye before applying ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to either the
Graduate Program in Soil Science
(http://cropsoil.psu.edu/academic
Earth Systems Ecologist, The Pennsylvania State University. Tenure track
faculty position for an Assistant Professor in Earth Systems Ecology.
Exemplary candidates at a higher rank will be considered. We are
interested in candidates whose research seeks to elucidate the
interactions among organism
weed-, arthropod-, soil- or agro-ecology. Experience working with complex
systems studies is desired but not required. The post-doctoral scientist
will work directly in collaboration with David Mortensen (weed ecology),
Mary Barbercheck (arthropod ecology), and Jason Kaye (biogeochemistry),
graduate
A Research Assistantship is available to work as part of an
interdisciplinary and inter-institutional team funded by a USDA NRI grant to
quantify the effects of fire suppression, wildfire, and fire management
strategies on long-term C storage in ponderosa pine forests of the
southwestern US. The s
properties in organic cropping systems.Interest in or experience in
working with complex systems studies is desired but not required. Student
will work directly in collaboration with Mary Barbercheck (arthropod
ecology), David Mortensen (weed ecology), and Jason Kaye (biogeochemistry),
graduate and
, sense of place, collective action, local
land-use governance, household resource allocation and decision making, and
urban ecology. Students are encouraged to contact Jill Findeis (fa2 at
psu.edu), Jason Kaye (jpk12 at psu.edu), Kathy Brasier (kjb24 at psu.edu),
or David Mortensen (dam37 at psu.edu
A Ph.D. Research Assistantship is available beginning in the fall of 2009 to
study variation in nitrogen retention among diverse managed and unmanaged
ecosystems in central PA. The student will be advised by Dr. Jason Kaye
(http://kayelab.psu.edu) in conducting isotope tracer experiments and will
advised
by Dr. Jason Kaye (http://kayelab.psu.edu) in conducting isotope tracer
experiments and will collaborate with a postdoc and PI (Dr. Enid Martinez;
http://cropsoil.psu.edu/people/faculty/martinezce.cfm) using spectroscopy to
identify soil organic N forms. Collaborations on education and
Bldg., University Park, PA 16802 or
via e-mail at: me...@psu.edu. For more information about the position
please contact Dr. Barbercheck or Dr. Bill Curran, w...@psu.edu, Dr. Armen
Kemanian, Dept. of Plant Sciences at kx...@psu.edu, or Dr. Jason Kaye at
jp...@psu.edu, Environmental Sciences
science, ecology, geoscience, or
environmental science are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants with a
B.S. and exceptional qualifications will also be considered. Interested
applicants should contact Dr. Jason Kaye (jpk12 at psu dot edu) for soil
biogeochemistry, Dr. David Eissenstat (dme9
sustainable agriculture postdocs in tenure track faculty
positions throughout the country. The supervisor for this position will be
Jason Kaye (jpk12 at psu dot edu) in the Department of Ecosystem Science and
Management, and key collaborators are David Mortensen (Plant Sciences), and
Mary Barbercheck
qualifications
will also be considered. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Jason
Kaye (jpk12 at psu dot edu). Students may apply to the Graduate Program in
Soil Science (http://ecosystems.psu.edu/graduateprograms/soil-science) or
the Inter-College Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
(http
biology,
landscape ecology, and wildlife populations. Learn more about faculty,
admissions, and our free pre-application at:
www.huck.psu.edu/graduate-programs/ecology or contact Jason Kaye
(jp...@psu.edu), the program chair, directly.
Susquehanna-Shale
Hills Critical Zone Observatory (http://criticalzone.org/shale-hills/), while
also developing a Critical Zone forest management plan that they share with
stakeholders. Advisors in the program are Jason Kaye, Jon Duncan, and Margot
Kaye. Students can matriculate into the Forest
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