Graduate (PhD) Assistantship in ecosystem ecology in Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University. Applications are sought from motivated individuals interested in working on carbon-water-nitrogen cycle interactions in coastal plain forested wetlands of the Southeast U.S. Soils of these ecosystems hold vast amounts of carbon that is vulnerable to decomposition in the conditions of climatic variability and sea-level rise. The successful applicant will use eddy covariance, stable isotope, chamber gas exchange, biometric and biochemical methods to establish the mechanistic relationships between nitrogen availability and carbon loss or sequestration. Candidates with MS degree in plant ecophysiology, ecology or ecosystem modeling will be preferred, but exceptional candidates with BS degree and relevant research experience will also be considered. For additional information, please contact John King ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or Asko Noormets ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Please send your curriculum vitae, contact information for three references, copies of academic transcripts, GRE scores and TOEFL scores if English is not your first language. Chosen applicants will need to complete the formal graduate student application process in order to be admitted to the program. Review of applications will begin immediately and the position will remain open until filled. The position is available from May, 2008.
Asko Noormets, Research Assistant Professor Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources and Southern Global Change Program North Carolina State University Campus Box 7260 920 Main Campus Drive Raleigh, NC 27606 USA Phone: +1-919-515-7040 Fax: +1-919-513-2978 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~anoorme/
