Soil Ecology Graduate Assistantship - funding is available for a self-motivated PhD student to develop a project within an agroecosystem context focusing on the role of microbial communities in the rhizosphere in carbon sequestration and nutrient mineralization. The PhD at Penn State University can be awarded in Ecology, Plant and Soil Sciences, or Horticulture. Contact Roger Koide ([email protected]) or David Mortensen ([email protected]) for more information.
Applied Plant Ecology Graduate Assistantship - funding is available for a student with interdisciplinary interests in wild plant floral resources and the role they play in provisioning wild and commercial bee populations. Work is underway to quantify the extent to which unmanaged field edges support bee populations which in turn provide pollination services to adjacent fruit orchards. Candidates would pursue their degree in Penn State's Ecology Inter College Graduate Program. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact David Mortensen ([email protected]) for more information. Dave Mortensen Professor - Weed and Applied Plant Ecology Ecology IGDP and Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Phone: (814) 865-1906 e-mail: [email protected] web-site: http://weedecology.psu.edu
