Applications are invited for a student in the PhD program in Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability (ESES) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability. The student will work on a National Science Foundation-funded Coupled Natural-Human Systems project to study connectivity between protected areas and surrounding socio-ecological systems. The successful applicant will lead the ecological field data collection component of this project, working closely with an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional group of PIs as well as with undergraduate and graduate students from different institutions and disciplines. The successful applicant will perform summer fieldwork in several national parks across the US, collecting vegetation and habitat data. Current funding will cover research costs as well as two years of stipend and tuition for the successful applicant, and we will work with the applicant to develop a funding plan to cover the remainder of the student’s graduate program.
> >> >> The ideal candidate will have: >> >> - Strong willingness to work independently and collaboratively with >> interdisciplinary colleagues from diverse backgrounds >> - Experience conducting ecological research >> - Ability to perform strenuous physical activity, particularly hiking >> to reach sampling sites >> - Comfort camping in the field during data collection season >> - Interest in interdisciplinary, coupled-systems quantitative modeling >> - Completed a Master of Science degree (strongly preferred) >> >> Interested applicants should send an email addressed to Clare Aslan ( >> [email protected]). In addition to the preferred qualifications for >> these positions, potential candidates must meet the admission standards and >> be fully accepted into the ESES PhD program. After discussing interest with >> Dr. Aslan, applicants must submit: online application; transcripts; test >> scores; three letters of recommendation; and a statement of your interests >> in and goals for a PhD program, and your reasons for pursuing an advanced >> degree. Application materials are due January 15, 2017 for Fall 2017 >> admission. You can access the application portal and view graduate school >> requirements here: http://nau.edu/GradCol/Admissions/Application/. >> >> >> >> Program information: The interdisciplinary Earth Sciences and >> Environmental Sustainability doctoral program will prepare you to be part >> of a growing industry of leaders, scientists, and engineers addressing >> issues of climate change, water scarcity, natural resource demand, and >> environmental sustainability in the Southwest, United States, and the >> global community. Northern Arizona University’s School of Earth Sciences >> and Environmental Sustainability draws upon faculty and professionals in >> the natural and social sciences to combine outreach and educational >> programs addressing the diverse needs of stakeholders with undergraduate >> degrees in environmental sciences, environmental studies, and geology. >> >> >> >> For information please see: http://nau.edu/cefns/natsci/se >> ses/degrees-programs/graduate/phd-earth-sciences-environment >> al-sustainability/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> --- >> Clare E. Aslan, PhD >> Assistant Professor, Lab of Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology, >> Northern Arizona University >> Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 >> *www.clareaslanecology.wordpress.com >> <http://www.clareaslanecology.wordpress.com>* >> > >
