We are looking for a student interested in an MS or PhD program in forest ecology and carbon cycling. The student would be responsible for measuring forest carbon pools and fluxes within the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory watershed (http://www.czo.psu.edu/). Their research would focus on the influence of species, climate, and topographic position on tree litter fall production and radial growth, with the opportunity to relate aboveground carbon dynamics to soil processes. The student would interact with an interdisciplinary team of researchers working in fields such as geomorphology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, and ecophysiology. Their degree would be within the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (http://www.huck.psu.edu/education/ecology/) starting in Fall 2011, with the possibility of beginning field work this summer (2011). If interested, please send an email with a brief description of your interest in this graduate program as well as your CV and GRE scores to Margot Kaye ([email protected]) by Monday April 25th.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Margot W. Kaye Assistant Professor of Forest Ecology, School of Forest Resources 303 Forest Resources Building Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 phone: 814-865-4841, fax: 814-865-3725 [email protected], http://sfr.psu.edu/directory/mwk12 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
