Graduate student research assistantships are available in the Forest Ecophysiology lab of Dr. Heidi Renninger in the Department of Forestry (http://www.cfr.msstate.edu/forestry/) at Mississippi State University starting in the Fall, 2016. Broadly, our lab seeks to understand how the physical environment affects plant physiological functioning in terms of productivity and water use and how environmental change will alter plant and ecosystem function in the future. Specific research projects are open and could include (but are not limited to) any of the following topics: physiological functioning of bottomland hardwood tree species in terms of the ecosystem services they provide, environmental controls on productivity of Southern woody biofuel crops, structure/function relationships in xylem and phloem across plant types, ecophysiology of Southern invasive plant species. More information about the graduate school at Mississippi State University can be found here: (http://www.grad.msstate.edu/). To learn more about the position, please contact Heidi Renninger at heidi.rennin...@msstate.edu. Interested students are encouraged to submit a letter stating their goals for graduate school as well as a resume/CV to Dr. Renninger prior to submitting an online application.
