Student Opportunity Announcements
Ph.D. opportunity-Benthic Nitrogen Cycling
Ph.D. opportunity in benthic nitrogen cycling for Fall 2010.
Application deadline is Feb 26, 2010. We have space available
in the Biogeochemistry Lab that currently has active projects
in Weeks Bay Alabama, and Toolik Lake Alaska. Our work
focuses on effects of climate change on trace gas fluxes, and
how eutrophication affects coastal regions. The successful
applicant will work on elucidating spatial and temporal
patterns in nitrogen cycling in coastal waters located within
the vicinity of Dauphin Island, a barrier island in the Northern
Gulf of Mexico. The initial work will focus on using membrane
inlet mass spectrometry to detect rates of denitrification.
Future work may involve tracing sources and utilization of
nitrogen in coastal waters. The assistantship will include (1) a
tuition waiver, (2) an annual stipend and (3) health insurance.
For additional information, contact Dr. Behzad Mortazavi,
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa AL 35487, email: bmortazavi@ua.edu, ph: 251-
861-2189. Application information and forms are available at
http://bsc.ua.edu/gradstudies.htm. Funding is primarily in
the form of research assistantships.