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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karin Kettenring
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 12:00 PM
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Ph.D. assistantship in plant invasion ecology and
genetics at Utah State University (USU)

I seek a highly motivated Ph.D. student for a NOAA-funded study on the
ecology and genetics of Phragmites invasion in Chesapeake Bay brackish
wetlands.  This study will be part of a larger project at the Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewater, MD, focusing on the
impacts of shoreline modification on Chesapeake Bay ecosystems.  The funded
student would be part of a team of researchers (Karin Kettenring, USU;
Dennis Whigham and Melissa McCormick, SERC; Denice Wardrop, Penn State)
looking at the  role of disturbances, including shoreline modification, on
Phragmites establishment and survival.  There is considerable flexibility
for the Ph.D. student to develop their own project while building on
previous and on-going work on Phragmites invasion ecology and genetics in
the Chesapeake Bay by the co-PIs.

The student would enroll in the Ecology Program and the Department of
Watershed Sciences at Utah State University but would conduct field research
in the Chesapeake Bay.  Interested applicants should send a letter of
interest (previous accomplishments, research experience and interests, and
how this project fits into future career goals), a resume or C.V.,
transcripts, GRE scores, and contact information for three references to
Karin Kettenring at [log in to unmask]  Review of applications will
begin February 5, 2010, but the position will remain open until filled.  The
target start date is summer or fall 2010.  Utah State University is located
in Logan, 90 miles northeast of Salt Lake City, in beautiful Cache Valley. 
Opportunities for hiking, biking, skiing, and camping cannot be beat.

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Karin M. Kettenring
Assistant Professor, Wetland Ecology
Ecology Center and Department of Watershed Sciences
Utah State University
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http://www.cnr.usu.edu/htm/facstaff/Kettenring
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