Ph.D. Assistantships in Physical and Chemical Limnology Funding is available to support two Ph.D. students at Washington State University (Vancouver). These students will participate in a collaborative, multi-year, National Science Foundation-funded effort to understand interactions between physical mixing of water and chemical processing of nitrogen in reservoirs and lakes. One student, working in the Environmental Hydrodynamics Lab (http://research.vancouver.wsu.edu/stephen- henderson) will focus primarily on internal waves and turbulent mixing, while the other student, working in the Global Change and Watershed Biogeochemistry Lab (http://research.vancouver.wsu.edu/gcwblab), will focus primarily on biogeochemical dynamics. If interested in either position, please contact Dr. Steve Henderson ([email protected]) or Dr. John Harrison ([email protected]).
Required background: math, physics/engineering, or environmental sciences (for hydrodynamics position), or chemistry/environmental science (for biogeochemistry position). Admission requirements and application materials for the Ph.D. in Environmental Science at WSU Vancouver are available at http://cas.vancouver.wsu.edu/environmental-science. Ph.D. degrees in Geology are also an option, see WSU School of the Environment homepage: http://environment.wsu.edu/GraduateStudies/index.html. Students will be supported by teaching and research assistantships, tuition waivers, and subsidized health insurance. Washington State University Vancouver is a vibrant, rapidly growing institution located within the greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area, near the Columbia River, Cascade Mountains and Pacific Ocean, and offers an exceptional quality of life.
