Graduate Research Assistantship Investigating Urban Water Flow Regimes and Water Quality
The University of Missouri, USA A highly motivated graduate student is sought to investigate water yield, peak flow, and/or suspended sediment in an intensively instrumented central Missouri (USA) forested, agricultural and urban watershed. The project is a multi-agency collaborative effort to better understand hydrologic processes and causal mechanisms governing water flow regimes (timing and quantity), and water quality regimes in multi-use urbanizing watersheds. The successful applicant will be required to work collaboratively, conduct field work and aid in installation and maintenance of instruments and monitoring sites. Other duties will include data collection, processing, analysis, modeling and a quality Thesis/Dissertation including published manuscript(s). Start date is on or before January 15th, 2010. Qualifications: Applicants must have completed at least one degree in natural resources, environmental sciences, hydrology, watershed hydrology, water quality, or a related field. Applicants must possess a valid US driver's license and are expected to work both independently and collaboratively. Experience in stream measurements, hydroclimate data processing, analysis and modeling, water quality monitoring, soil physics, GIS and computer programming is desirable. Strong verbal, written, and computational skills are essential. Applicants must be able to lift and carry equipment, pipes, instruments and tools. Application: A highly competitive stipend is offered plus tuition and health insurance. If interested, please forward by email your transcript, curriculum vitae, recent GRE scores, recent TOEFL scores (if appropriate), cover letter, a letter describing your research interests (2 page limit), a letter describing your career goals (2 page limit), and the names and contact information of three references to: Dr. Jason A. Hubbart, Department of Forestry, University of Missouri, 203-Q ABNR Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Tel No. (573) 884-7732; Fax: (573) 882-1979; Email: hubba...@missouri.edu , Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~hubbartj/
