A Research Assistantship is available 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 student will be advised by Dr. Margot Kaye (http://www.sfr.cas.psu.edu/Faculty/kaye.htm) and will focus on the use of dendrochronology in the study of forest carbon responses to fire management. Students may apply to 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. MS applicants are preferred (2 years of funding are currently available) but exceptional PhD applications will also be considered. Interested students should contact Margot (jpk12 at psu.edu) for more information.
