Seeking Ph.D. Students Interested in Arctic Plant Physiology The Terrestrial Ecosystem Science & Technology (TEST) group at Brookhaven National Laboratory / Stony Brook University is currently recruiting Ph.D. students with one or more of the following skill sets:
Experience with portable infrared gas analyzers. Experience modeling plant physiology. Knowledge of Arctic plant communities and their ecology. Experience conducting field work, particularly in extreme environments. A degree in the biological sciences is required, preferably in plant biology. Candidates with an interest in the measurement and model representation of leaf and plant community gas exchange, and those with extensive experience working with Arctic plant communities are strongly encouraged to apply. Students will be supervised by Dr. Alistair Rogers and have the opportunity to structure their thesis research around a multi institute U.S. Department of Energy Arctic research project, Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Arctic (NGEE-Arctic, ngee.ornl.gov). The successful candidate will have the opportunity to conduct field research in Barrow and on the Seward Peninsula, AK, collaborate with over fifty scientists engaged in the NGEE-Arctic project, and the faculty and scientists at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Financial support may be available through a combination of research grants, graduate fellowships, and teaching opportunities. Please send CV and cover letter describing research interests to Dr. Alistair Rogers (arog...@bnl.gov). The deadline for applicants to the Ecology & Evolution doctoral program at Stony Brook is December 1st. Learn more about the TEST group at www.bnl.gov/test. Seeking Ph.D. students interested in the remote sensing of plant traits The Terrestrial Ecosystem Science & Technology (TEST) group at Brookhaven National Laboratory / Stony Brook University is currently recruiting Ph.D. students with one or more of the following skill sets: Experience measuring plant physiological traits Experience with remote sensing data Experience analyzing large data sets Experience conducting field work, particularly in extreme environments. A degree in the life sciences is required, preferably in plant biology, ecology or remote sensing. Candidates with an interest in the measurement and model representation of plant structural and functional traits and model-data fusion are strongly encouraged to apply. Students will be supervised jointly by Dr. Alistair Rogers (arog...@bnl.gov) and Dr. Shawn Serbin (sser...@bnl.gov) and have the opportunity to structure their thesis research around a growing portfolio of research within the TEST group. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to conduct research in a diverse range of field sites spanning Arctic and tropical ecosystems. Financial support may be available through a combination of research grants, graduate fellowships, and teaching opportunities. Please send CV and cover letter describing research interests to Dr. Alistair Rogers. The deadline for applicants to the Ecology & Evolution doctoral program at Stony Brook is December 1st. Learn more about the TEST group at www.bnl.gov/test.
