Graduate Assistantship(s) in belowground ecology at Penn State University.
One or more graduate assistantships are available to work on aspects of root and mycorrhizal fungal ecology associated with several NSF-funded projects for fall, 2012. One project aims at understanding how roots and mycorrhizal fungi forage for nutrients in tree species of different root morphology. A second explores the effects of warming on root phenology in arctic communities in Greenland. The third focuses on how plants cope belowground with N deposition in temperate forested ecosystems across a range of soil conditions. Interested students should have field research experience; students with a M.S. degree preferred. If interested, please send a letter of interest and a C.V. that includes GPA and GRE test scores (if taken) to David Eissenstat, [email protected]. Information on my lab can be found at http://rootecology.psu.edu and on the InterCollege Graduate Program in Ecology at Penn State at http://www.huck.psu.edu/education/ecology Professor of Woody Plant Physiology Chair of Graduate Program in Ecology 103 Tyson Building University Park, PA 16802-4200 USA
