Ph.D. assistantship available – Coastal wetland GHG fluxes OR pine productivity
The O’Halloran lab in the Department of Forestry and Environmental
Conservation at Clemson University currently has an opening for a Ph.D.
student starting in spring (January) 2019. We seek an enthusiastic and
inquisitive student who is interested in developing a PhD project using eddy
covariance and other techniques in one of the following areas: 1)
understanding the sensitivity and drivers of greenhouse gas fluxes in
coastal wetlands. The student will work with data from a new cluster of eddy
covariance towers located in coastal South Carolina including in salt marsh,
tidal freshwater marsh, and upland pine sites. A new Picarro CRDS for
measuring soil efflux of nitrous oxide and methane is available for the
project. 2) the importance of harvesting on the carbon balance and
productivity of managed southern pine plantations. The student will have
the opportunity to work with data from two new eddy flux towers in a
longleaf pine restoration project in coastal South Carolina, as well as data
from managed loblolly pine plantations in Virginia. Students will initially
live on main campus to complete coursework at Clemson, but then relocate to
the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science to join the lab
group at the coast and complete their fieldwork and writing. A full
research assistantship (including stipend and tuition waver) is available
for three years.
Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in forestry, ecology, atmospheric
science or other closely related environmental science with strong
quantitative abilities and self-motivation.
Preferred Qualifications: M.S. degree (highly preferred) in forestry,
ecology, atmospheric science or other closely related environmental science.
Programming experience in MATLAB or R. Fieldwork experience in ecology or
forestry.
To apply, send a CV, unofficial GRE and TOEFL scores (if available) and a
cover letter stating your previous experience, interest in this specific
position, and future goals to Dr. O’Halloran by October 14. Applications
will be reviewed as they are received. Contact info and more details about
the lab are available here:
http://tinyurl.com/ohalloranlab
