Graduate Research Assistant Position in Natural Resources Ecology now being recruited at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
We have recently been awarded a National Science Foundation, Coupled Natural and Human Systems project titled Strengthening Resilience of Arid Region Riparian Corridors: Ecohydrology and Decision-Making in the Sonora and San Pedro Watersheds [http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/wrpg/cnh/]. The project will link ecohydrology and decision making (individual and institutional) data and approaches to evaluate the resilience of arid riparian areas to climate change and land-use practices. We are looking for a MS or PhD candidate with background and interest in working with ecological and climate data, particularly related to water and land-use decision-making. The candidate will be synthesizing data relating to ecosystem fluxes, hydrological flows, climate, and ecosystem services. There will also be field work opportunities to help develop ecological indicator data sets that link to decision making and to monitor ecosystem responses to climate and land-use variability. This position requires a background in environmental science, ecohydrology, plant science, ecosystem ecology, environmental statistics, geography or related field. Preference will be given to applicants with expertise in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and with explicit skills in data analysis and modeling. For details on the assistantship or graduate admissions, contact Dr. Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman <[email protected]> with the School of Natural Resources and the Environment (see, http://snre.arizona.edu/academic/grad/prospective and http://www.snr.arizona.edu/academic/grad/gradprograms) and Biosphere 2 at the University of Arizona. Candidates selected to receive the assistantship will have a full tuition waiver and receive a stipend and benefits according to the program, - the student would start in Fall 2011. Pending satisfactory progress with project-related research and with the students course of study, funding is available for four years.
