PhD and MSc opportunity in landscape ecology and biogeography, disturbance interactions in British Columbia’s pine forests
Two positions are available, one PhD and one MSc, to join the Landscape and Conservation Science Research Group at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Graduate students will participate in a project examining the outcome of disturbance interactions on sub-boreal vegetation communities in north-central British Columbia (BC), Canada as part of a broader research program studying the geography of disturbance in Canada’s northern forests. Details about the positions can be found at: www.sfu.ca/~makrawch/positions2011.pdf. Field work will take place in north-central BC, in a region near to Vanderhoof, beginning May 2012, with graduate term beginning fall 2012. Students are welcome to define their own research focus within the scope of the project. Successful students will join the Landscape and Conservation Science Research Group, www.sfu.ca/~makrawch, led by Dr. Meg Krawchuk in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University. SFU is a mid-sized, research-intensive university located atop Burnaby Mountain in BC, Canada. Within the Greater Vancouver Area, SFU provides easy access to numerous science and conservation institutions, vibrant city life, and absolutely fantastic mountain recreation opportunities. The departmental deadline for application to the graduate program is January 15 2012. Information about the graduate program at SFU can be found at: www.sfu.ca/geography/graduate-programs/admission. If you are interested in one of these positions, please send an email to Dr. Meg Krawchuk, [email protected], with brief details of your research interests and experience, why you’d like to participate in the project, and your academic standing over the last two years. I would like to hear from interested students by end-November. -- Meg Krawchuk Assistant Professor Landscape and Conservation Science Research Group Department of Geography Simon Fraser University**
