PhD opportunity, College of Forestry, Oregon State University (OSU)
Research areas: Plant ecophysiology /Forest ecology/ Global change biology
The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society will be filling one
Ph.D. position to work on a project entitled, "Collaborative research:
Blending ecology and evolution using emerging technologies to determine
species distributions with a non-native pathogen in a rapidly changing
climate." The position will start in either June or September 2017. This
NSF-funded project is a multi-university collaboration examining the
interacting evolutionary and ecological responses of southwestern white
pine (Pinus strobiformis) to climate change and an invasive pathogen
from local to regional scales.
The position will focus on leaf- and tree-scale ecophysiology
measurements (gas exchange, along with thermal and chlorophyll
fluorescence imaging) in conjunction with thermal, hyperspectral, and
LiDAR measurements collected by UAVs. Preference will be given to
applicants with prior ecophysiology and/or remote sensing experience.
Three years of research assistantship funding (stipend + health
insurance) are available for this position; additional funding may be
available through fellowships or teaching assistantships. Outstanding
candidates may be nominated for OSU and College of Forestry Fellowships
and Awards. Start date for the position is June 15, 2017 or September
15, 2017.
The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society brings together
students, staff and faculty with interest and expertise in forest
biology and social science to tackle some of the most pressing
environmental challenges facing us today
(http://fes.forestry.oregonstate.edu). Our faculty are world leaders in
wide range of disciplines, including restoration ecology, forest social
science, tree physiology, climate change and carbon dynamics, natural
resource economics and policy, wilderness resource management,
silviculture, wildlife ecology, and remote sensing. We also have living
laboratories used for classes and research that include the 11,500 acre
McDonald-Dunn Forest, just 20 minutes from campus, the H.J. Andrews
Experimental Forest (http://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/) in the
Cascade Mountains (a NSF Long-term Ecological Research site), and a wide
variety of cooperating public and private forest lands. For more
information about the Forest Ecosystems and Society graduate program,
please visit:
http://fes.forestry.oregonstate.edu/graduate-programs/forest-ecosystems-and-society-mf-ms-and-phd
Interested candidates should send an application (a curriculum vitae, a
description of research interests and experience, and contact
information for 3 references) to Christopher Still
(chris.st...@oregonstate.edu) by December 15, 2016.
