University of Alabama: Ph.D. opportunity in benthic nitrogen cycling for Fall
2010. Application
deadline is March 15, 2010. We have space available in the Biogeochemistry Lab
(http://bama.ua.edu/~bmortazavi/Mortazavi_Lab/Welcome.html) that currently has
active projects in
Weeks Bay Alabama, and Toolik Lake Alaska. Our work focuses on effects of
climate change on trace
gas fluxes, and how eutrophication affects coastal regions. The successful
applicant will work on
elucidating spatial and temporal patterns in nitrogen cycling in coastal waters
located within the
vicinity of Dauphin Island, a barrier island in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
The initial work will focus
on using membrane inlet mass spectrometry to detect rates of denitrification.
Future work may
involve tracing sources and utilization of nitrogen in coastal waters. The
assistantship will include (1)
a tuition waiver, (2) an annual stipend and (3) health insurance. For
additional information, contact
Dr. Behzad Mortazavi, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa AL
35487, email: [email protected], ph: 251-861-2189. Application information and
forms are
available at http://bsc.ua.edu/gradstudies.htm. Funding is primarily in the
form of research
assistantships.
