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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Assistantships available at Louisiana State University

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Thomas J. Dean

Professor, Quantitative Silviculture

School of Renewable Natural Resources

Louisiana State University A&M and Agricultural Center

Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Phone: (225) 578-4216

Cell: (225) 328-0930

Fax: (225) 578-4227

 

http://www.rnr.lsu.edu <http://www.rnr.lsu.edu> 

 

Gilbert Foundation Research Assistantships

School of Renewable Natural Resources

Louisiana State University

 

The School of Renewable Natural Resources is seeking M.S. and Ph.D.
applicants for Gilbert Foundation Graduate Research Assistantships.
These assistantships are available to students concentrating in the study of
forestry or forestry-related areas.  Research areas could include forest
management and economics, wood science and technology, forest biometrics,
silviculture, forest hydrology, wetland forests, hardwood regeneration,
ecophysiology, forest genetics, and forestry-related wildlife and fisheries
management and conservation.

 

Annual stipends are $23,000 for master's students and $26,000 for doctoral
candidates and include a full tuition waiver and a scholarship for student
fees.  Master's degree applicants must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0
overall and 3.25 for last two years. Ph.D. applicants must a have a
cumulative graduate GPA of 3.6. Verbal and quantitative scores of the GRE
should be 1,200 with greater than 500 in both sections, and the writing
score must be at least a 4.0. Performance on the GRE will be evaluated in
combination with GPA, letters of reference, and other evidence of the
applicant's potential success in pursuing a graduate degree and
representation of the Gilbert Foundation ideals.  

 

Louisiana State University is a comprehensive Research I institution
enrolling more than 28,000 students. The campus is located in south
Louisiana, 60 minutes from New Orleans, close to Louisiana's Cajun country,
and in the heart of the state's abundant forestry, wildlife, and fisheries
resources.  

 

The School of Renewable Natural Resources has a teaching, research, and
extension faculty of 30, which includes adjunct professors of the US
Geological Survey's Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
The faculty in the School is committed to innovative teaching,
state-of-the-art research, and quality extension programs designed to train
well-rounded natural resource professionals.  Graduates of the School are
employed in private industry, and state and federal natural resource
agencies, but many choose to continue their graduate education.

 

For more information about graduate studies in the School of Renewable
Natural Resources you are encouraged to visit the School's web page
(http://www.rnr.lsu.edu) and the Graduate School web page
(http://gradlsu.gs.lsu.edu/). Interested applicants should apply online at
http://www.applyweb.com/aw?lsu.  If you need more information concerning
graduate studies in the School of Renewable Natural Resources, please
contact:

 

Dr. Thomas Dean

Professor and Gilbert Committee Chair                       

315 Renewable Natural Resources Building

Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

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(225) 578-4216