Student Opportunity Announcements
Graduate Assistantships – Marine Biogeochemistry/Microbial Ecology
Research assistantships with full stipends and tuition waivers are available immediately for students interested in pursuing an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Marine Sciences at the University of South Alabama. Opportunities exist to carry out thesis research within the framework of several ongoing NSF-funded projects that focus on the marine biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of organic sulfur compounds including the widespread algal osmolyte, dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its climate-relevant degradation product, dimethylsulfide (DMS). Opportunities for participation in oceanographic research cruises will be available. Laboratory work will be carried out at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (www.disl.org) located directly on the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of Mobile Bay.
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 for more information. The application deadline for fall 2010 admission is March 1, 2010. Information on applying to the Graduate School at the University of South Alabama can be found at http://www.southalabama.edu/admissions/grad.html.