GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEM AND SOIL ECOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - MERCED SUMMER/FALL 2009 Ph.D. Research Assistantships in ecosystem ecology/soil ecology are available in the Hart Laboratory of Ecology in the School of Natural Sciences (http://naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu/) at the University of California, Merced. These new positions are not tied to any specific research area or question, but current opportunities include collaborating in the National Science Foundation-supported Critical Zone Observatory in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California (https://snri.ucmerced.edu/CZO). UC Merced is ideally located for research in the environmental sciences, with close proximity to a diversity of natural and managed environments from the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific Ocean. Graduate students will have the opportunity to participate in the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (https://eng.ucmerced.edu/snri/snri/index.html), a research unit at UC Merced focusing on interdisciplinary environmental studies, and in partnerships with Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks. UC Merced offers access to the UC Natural Reserve System and opportunities for collaboration with other UC campuses and UC-affiliated national laboratories. The University of California is creating a dynamic new university campus and campus community in Merced, California, which opened in September 2005 as the tenth campus of the University of California and the first American research university built in the 21st century. In keeping with the mission of the University to provide teaching, research and public service of the highest quality, UC Merced provides new educational opportunities at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels through three academic schools: Engineering, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences/Humanities/Arts. Contact Dr. Stephen C. Hart for more information and application information ([EMAIL PROTECTED]; 209-228-4656).
