Florida International University, Miami, Florida A Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University to work in the Everglades beginning in Fall of 2009. The candidate’s research interests should include aquatic ecology, algal ecology, or paleoecology. The project will focus on understanding the distribution of benthic algal communities in the Everglades and determining drivers of long-term temporal and large-scale spatial trends. Work will involve both field studies in the Everglades and laboratory studies on campus. The student will be working closely with scientists from the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (FCE LTER) program. Applicants should be highly motivated and hard-working, and familiarity with algae is a plus. To learn more about benthic algal research at FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/~algae and to learn about the FCE LTER, visit http://fcelter.fiu.edu.
Florida International University is a public research university in Miami with a highly diverse, vibrant, and growing student body located near the edge of the Everglades. The Department of Biological Sciences has strengths in Everglades, Caribbean, and Tropical Ecology. To learn more about the Department of Biology at FIU visit http://www.fiu.edu/~biology. This is a fully-funded assistantship that includes stipend, tuition and research support. Interested students should email pdfs of 1) a current Curriculum Vita, 2) statement of research interest, 3) unofficial copy of transcripts, and names of three references to [email protected]. The deadline for applications is January 23, 2009. For more information contact Evelyn Gaiser (http://www.fiu.edu/~gaisere).
