Dear Colleagues, The Institute of Geobotany - Department of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany, seeks applications for a funded 3-month summer internship under the Research Internships in Science and Engineering program of the German Academic Exchange Service. The internship will focus on quantifying the effects of tree diversity on productivity in experimental mixtures, using unmanned aerial system hyperspectral data coupled with common field sampling techniques. The intern will assist a PhD student (under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Michael Scherer-Lorenzen) with summer-2018 field data collection, and analysis of ground and remotely sensed vegetation data, using a UAS and other novel tools coupled with common laboratory techniques. The project will tentatively start May-June 2018. The supervising PhD student is a native English speaker from the USA (Penn State University graduate).
Please feel free to share this offer with any prospective students. Candidates are encouraged to apply early - the application deadline is December 15, 2017. Undergraduate students from the USA, UK, or Canada, are eligible to apply. Please refer to the DAAD RISE website for details on stipend, housing, and other information regarding the program, and please feel free to email me with any questions you may have. Link to program/application is below. Link to the online application: https://www.daad. de/rise/en/rise-germany/find-an-internship/application-portal/ (reference number: *FreiburgimBreisgau_BI_2905*) Sincerely, Kyle R. Kovach, MS PhD Candidate University of Freiburg Department of Biology - Geobotany [email protected]
