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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
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Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:35 AM
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Graduate assistantship: Forest ecology at the University
of Illinois

Graduate assistantship:  Forest ecology at the University of Illinois

The Dietze lab seeks qualified applicants for a graduate assistantship at
the Ph.D. or Masters level starting in the summer or fall of 2010 in the
Department of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign (summer preferred).

The lab seeks to understand and predict the dynamics of ecosystems and
plant communities by integrating field research with modeling.  Current
projects focus on two themes, assessing the potential global change
impacts on eastern temperate forests and assessing the potential impacts
of biofuel crops on ecosystem services.  Our research spans scales from
plots to landscapes to regions, with a focus on scaling and environmental
heterogeneity.  Further information about the lab and our projects can be
found at http://www.life.illinois.edu/dietze

All students in the lab are expected to develop a focused field research
project that falls within these broad themes.  Students that are also
interested in modeling and/or statistics are especially encouraged to
apply.

The Plant Biology Department at the University of Illinois is consistently
ranked among  the top 10 botany/plant biology programs nationally.  At
Illinois the Dietze lab is also affiliated with the Program in Ecology
Evolution and Conservation Biology (http://sib.illinois.edu/peec/), the
Institute for Genomic Biology (http://www.igb.uiuc.edu/), the Energy
Biosciences Institute (http://www.energybiosciencesinstitute.org/), and
the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science
(http://nres.illinois.edu/).

Outside Illinois the lab is involved in the North American Carbon Program
(http://www.nacarbon.org) and works at over a dozen field sites across the
eastern US including sites within the the National Ecological Observatory
Network (http://www.neoninc.org/), the Ameriflux network
(http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/), the LTER network (www.lternet.edu),
and the FACE (Free Air CO2 Enrichment) experiments.

Interested parties should contact Mike Dietze ([log in to unmask]).

Further information about the department and how to apply can be found at
http://www.life.illinois.edu/plantbio/   Interested students are
encouraged to apply by January 15th to receive top priority.