GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT (PHD) POSITION. STREAM COMMUNITY ECOLOGY AND WATERSHED PROCESSES IN URBAN LANDSCAPES
The Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) at UMBC invites applications for a full-time PhD Assistantship starting in summer 2011. Students should have a MS degree in ecology, geography or related field, and a keen interest in community ecology and quantitative spatial analysis. Students will be expected to develop an independent project within the context of a NSF funded project on the role of network connectivity in stream community assembly. Funding includes tuition and fees, and a 12-month stipend. Experience with GIS software and quantitative analysis is preferred, as is familiarity with aquatic invertebrate or fish taxonomy and routine aquatic sampling techniques. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Matthew Baker (mbaker@umbc.edu) and Dr. Chris Swan (cmswan@umbc.edu) in the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems. Applicants must also submit required materials to the UMBC graduate program in Geography and Environmental S!
ystems (http://www.umbc.edu/ges/GES_graduate_program.html) by February 1st, 2011. More information on Dr. Baker‚s and Dr. Swan‚s research, the GES department, CUERE, and UMBC can be found at http://www.umbc.edu/ges/index.html.
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Christopher M. Swan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept. of Geography & Environmental Systems
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
211 Sondheim Hall
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Chris.Swan@umbc.edu
http://www.umbc.edu/people/cmswan
(410) 455-3957