Student Opportunity Announcements
Graduate Assistantships - Biogeochemistry of Sulfur and Phytoplankton Physiological Ecology
Research assistantships are available immediately for students interested in pursuing M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama. Students will be expected to carry out thesis research within the framework of NSF-funded projects that focus on 1) the biogeochemistry of the algal metabolite DMSP and its climate-relevant degradation product DMS in seawater and 2) the physiological ecology of DMSP production and its enzymatic breakdown in the phytoplankter Phaeocystis antarctica. Students will be enrolled in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, but the research will be carried out at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (http://www.disl.org), located 40 miles south of Mobile directly on the Gulf of Mexico.
Interested students with strong backgrounds in the natural sciences and with a strong motivation to succeed in research should contact Ron Kiene, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, LSCB 25, Mobile, Alabama, e-mail rkiene@jaguar1.usouthal.edu or rkiene@disl.org for more information.