A Research Assistantship is available at Penn State 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 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 ecosystem ecologist focusing on biogeochemistry; http://kayelab.psu.edu/) and Dr. Margot Kaye (a forest ecologist focusing on dendrochronology; http://www.sfr.cas.psu.edu/Faculty/kaye.htm). The student will be based at Penn State during the academic year, and spend much of the field season in northern Arizona, working with a team of students and faculty associated with the project. Students may apply to one of the following programs: the Graduate Program in Soil Science (http://cropsoil.psu.edu/academic/soilscienceg.cfm), the Graduate Program in Forest Science (http://www.sfr.cas.psu.edu/Graduates/GradStudents.html) or the Inter-College Degree Program in Ecology (http://ecology.psu.edu/). The assistantship includes stipend, tuition waiver, and health insurance. Interested students should contact Jason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Margot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for more information.
