Student Opportunity Announcements
Graduate Research Opportunity, Aquatic Carbon Biogeochemistry
Two graduate assistantships are available to carry out either Master’s or Ph.D. theses in the Aquatic Ecology Group of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). The projects will be associated to the newly-created NSERC-funded Chair in Carbon Biogeocheimstry in Boreal Aquatic Systems. The research projects may focus on a wide range of issues related to aquatic C biogeochemistry: Lake and river organic carbon dynamics and processing, green house gas dynamics, and ecosystem metabolism; links between aquatic and terrestrial C biogeochemistry and ecosystem function, and the role of aquatic ecosystems on regional carbon budgets. The projects will involve the combination of approaches, including in situ point and continuous gas, chemical and physical measurements, optical, isotopic and chemical characterization of organic matter, a wide range of process measurements, GIS and landscape modeling measurements, and molecular microbial techniques. The projects will focus on boreal lakes and rivers in northern Québec, but comparative work in temperate and subarctic systems in Québec and elsewhere will also be carried out. Our students are part of a highly dynamic, diverse and multidisciplinary aquatic group at the Déprtement des sciences biologiques of the UQAM, that ranges in expertise from nutrient and C biogeochemistry, modeling, to plankton and fish ecology. The UQÀM is a francophone university, but graduate students have a choice of courses and can submit their theses in English. Interested students should send a letter of introduction, academic resume, and the names of two references, to Dr. Paul del Giorgio (del_giorgio.paul@uqam.ca, 514-987-3000 ext. 2072). E-mail enquiries and applications are welcome. Starting date: Spring-summer 2010.