The Tank lab at York University has had a recent opportunity for an MSc student to study carbon cycling in the Mackenzie Delta region of the northwestern Canadian Arctic. The research will link to past and ongoing work in the lab that has examined the importance of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in Delta lakes and river channels, the interplay between DOC, bacteria, and greenhouse gas production, and the importance of the constituent flux from large northern rivers for processes occurring in the Arctic Ocean nearshore. This work will have both laboratory and field components. Students will be expected to develop and conduct a research project, with supervision, master a range of laboratory and field techniques, and spend several months conducting field research based out of the Aurora Research Institute in Inuvik, NT, Canada (http://www.nwtresearch.com/). Canadian applicants are particularly encouraged.
The Tank lab is housed within York's Geography Department, details of which can be found here (http://www.yorku.ca/laps/geog/index.html). York University is located in north Toronto; as Canada's third largest university, it offers significant analytical and research facilities and houses a vibrant and multi-disciplinary university community. Candidates should have a background in physical geography, ecology, environmental science or biogeochemistry. For more information or to apply, please send a CV, letter of application, and the contact names for 3 references to Dr. Suzanne Tank ([email protected]). Interested applicants should also familiarize themselves with the formal procedures and requirements for an application to the Geography Graduate Program at York University (http://www.yorku.ca/gradgeog/AdmissionsandApplication.htm). Review of applications will begin February 3, 2012; the deadline for application to this program is February 15. Suzanne Tank Assistant Professor Department of Geography York University 4700 Keele St. Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 CANADA P: 416.736.2100 x22763 F: 416.736.5988 E: [email protected] W: http://www.yorku.ca/laps/geog/profiles/tank.html
