Coastal Science Assistantship ($25,000/yr for 3 years)
A graduate position at the MS level is available in the School of Renewable Natural Resources (http://www.rnr.lsu.edu/), Louisiana State University. This is a prestigious graduate position supported through a Coastal Science Assistantship Program (http://coastal.la.gov/project/coastal-science-assistantship-program/) by the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). The position includes a competitive stipend of $25,000/year for a period of 3 years. The new graduate student will conduct a research on sediment transport and sedimentation in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River. In addition to the research and academic programs, the graduate student will be required to complete 240 hours of internship with CPRA during his/her academic career and/or the three year term of the award, in an effort to expose the student to the office's various functions and activities. It is anticipated that each internship will involve work at the CPRA headquarters in Baton Rouge or at one of the CPRA regional offices (New Orleans, Lafayette and Thibodaux). Applicants should have a BS in hydrology, water resources, soil science, or a closely related field. To be competitive applicants must have an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.5 and a combined GRE score of at least 310 (verbal/quantitative each above 150). Experience in riverine study, modeling, and GIS/Remote Sensing are desirable. Interested candidates should send an email describing their past experience and their motivation for pursuing a graduate degree, along with a resume, unofficial college transcripts, GRE scores, and the names and contact information for 3 references to [email protected]. Missing any of the above documents will not be considered. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Start date is expected to be in the summer semester of 2015. Louisiana State University is one of only a handful of universities in the United States having land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant status. The University is home to over 34,000 faculty, staff, and students from every state of America and more than 120 foreign countries. Y. Jun Xu School of Renewable Natural Resources Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA http://www.rnr.lsu.edu/hydrology/
