A graduate research assistantship is available to work with Dr. Lisa Kunza at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD. The selected student will work on modeling ecosystem metabolism of the Kootenai River in Montana, Idaho, and Canada. Prior kayak and/or rafting experience would be advantageous. The project will have a laboratory component in Rapid City, SD and field component in Libby, MT, which is near Glacier National Park. Both the Kootenai River, MT and Rapid Creek, SD contain nuisance mats of Didymosphenia geminata, and a PhD student would be able to design experiments in both of the ecosystems to build upon the work of current graduate students. Interested students should e-mail an interest statement, C.V., and contact information for 3 references to Dr. Lisa Kunza, lisa.ku...@sdsmt.edu. An application will need to follow to the M.S. or Ph.D. program in Atmospheric and Environmental Science at SDSMT for fall 2016. For more information about graduate school at SDSMT and links for applying, please examine the graduate school’s webpage: http://www.sdsmt.edu/GraduateAdmissions/ .
Applications will be reviewed starting January 31, 2016 and will continue until position is filled.
