On behalf of Dr. Martin Doyle, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University - more opportunities in River Science and Ecohydrology at Duke to be announced soon. Jim Heffernan Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University (Beginning Jan 2011) Graduate Student Assistantships & Post-doctoral Fellowship in River Science & Policy at Duke University - Nicholas School of Environment Post-doctoral position in environmental flows. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Duke University's Nicholas School of Environment seek a post-doctoral scholar to examine environmental flows in North Carolina and the Southeastern US. We aim to assess the responses of freshwater ecosystems to altered hydrology, and to use this information to identify environmental flow needs for regions representing high priority conditions (e.g. threatened ecological integrity), and representing a variety of hydrologic regimes/stream classes. The Environmental Flows Post-doctoral Fellow will have an office at both Duke and TNC in Durham, and will work closely with both Dr. Catherine Burns at TNC and Dr. Martin Doyle at Duke. The post-doc will: 1) review existing literature documenting ecological responses to flow alteration in the southeast US, 2) analyze existing hydrologic data and models to quantify flow regimes in targeted watersheds, 3) assess the impacts of dams and other pressures (i.e. land use change, water withdrawals) on flow regimes, 4) generate a set of environmental flow recommendations based on the above research. Candidates must have expertise in both ecology and hydrology. The position is currently a 1-yr position beginning no later than January 2012. An additional 6 months of funding may be available to expand the project into additional regions (SC, GA, TN) or topics (e.g., flow shifts due to climate change) depending on funding availability and performance. PhD should be completed prior to start date. Send (as pdf) a CV, statement of interests, up to 3 representative publications, and contact information for 3 references to both Catherine Burns ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) and Martin Doyle ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). Apply by October 1 for full consideration. Duke is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Graduate Student Assistantship in dam removal and freshwater mussel habitat fragmentation. We seek a graduate student (PhD only) to lead a project at the Interface of geomorphology/sediment transport and network theory/habitat fragmentation of freshwater mussel communities. In collaboration with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, we will evaluate the effect of small dams and a scheduled dam removal on sediment transport, geomorphology, and benthic habitat suitability and associated mussel communities. Our goal is to understand these dynamics within a meta-population and landscape perspective by analyzing habitat fragmentation and channel networks in rapidly evolving geomorphic settings. Students will be based at Duke University (Durham, NC) with Martin Doyle (geomorphologist) and Dean Urban (landscape ecologist), but will also be expected to work closely with David Strayer (community ecologist), and will be expected to spend some time in residence at the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY. Project will require considerable field work as well as significant ecological modeling skills, and students will work in areas of geomorphology, community ecology, and landscape ecology. Information on the doctoral program and admission can be found at http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/doctoral/; Inquiries should be sent to Martin Doyle ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) and should include CV, letter of interest/background. Graduate Student Assistantship in stream restoration, ecosystem service markets, and Clean Water Act implementation. I am recruiting a graduate student (PhD) as part of a multi-university project seeking to understand the design of stream restoration for existing and emerging freshwater ecosystem service markets. The project is being conducted jointly with social scientists at Indiana University and University of Kentucky analyzing implementation of Section 404 of the US Clean Water Act and how it might interact with emerging interests in "credit stacking." Field work will require travel to multiple states, and preference is for students with some background in hydraulic engineering, fluvial geomorphology, or applied stream ecology. Students will be expected to work at the interface of river science, environmental policy, and some economics. Information on the doctoral program and admission can be found at http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/doctoral/; Inquiries should be sent to Martin Doyle ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) and should include CV, letter of interest/background. In addition to these specific projects, there are several opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers as part of Duke's recent Hydrology/Ecology initiative. Martin Doyle Professor of River Science & Policy Nicholas School of Environment Duke University [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> nicholas.duke.edu
