Applications are invited for a student to join the M.S. program in Environmental Science and Policy (ES&P) 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 and summer stipend as well as two academic years of stipend and tuition for the successful applicant.
> > > 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 with camping in the field during data collection season > - Interest in interdisciplinary, coupled-systems quantitative modeling > > 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 ES&P MS program. 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 MS in Environmental Sciences and Policy > <http://nau.edu/CEFNS/NatSci/SESES/Degrees-Programs/Graduate/MS-Environmental-Sciences-and-Policy/> > offers > the opportunity to apply a scientific understanding of the environment to > inform policy decisions. An emphasis in science and policy allows students > a scientific examination of natural resources (such as air, water, and > land) and integration of this scientific knowledge with an examination of > environmental law, regulation, and policy. > > > For information please see: http://nau.edu/CEFNS/NatSci/ > SESES/Degrees-Programs/Graduate/MS-Environmental-Sciences-and-Policy/ > <http://nau.edu/cefns/natsci/seses/degrees-programs/graduate/phd-earth-sciences-environmental-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>* >
