Graduate Research Assistantship
Arctic Ecology
University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
For further information, please contact:
Laura Gough
E-mail: gough [at] uta.edu
The University of Texas at Arlington is seeking a graduate student
(preferably Ph.D. level) interested in arctic plant ecology and arctic
ecosystems. The successful candidate will assist Dr. Laura Gough,
University of Texas at Arlington in studies of the influence of climate
warming on trophic interactions among plants, fauna, and microbes in
arctic tundra.
This position will be funded from a new collaborative NSF grant with Dr.
John Moore at the University of Northern Colorado. Funding is available
for three years, beginning as early as January 2005, with teaching
assistant support available thereafter. Summers will be spent in
residence at the Toolik Field Station, location of the Arctic Long-Term
Ecological Research (LTER) site in northern Alaska, while the academic
year will be spent in Arlington in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
You must be physically able to work at a remote, climatically harsh
field site for weeks at a time to apply for this position.
For more information on the biology department and graduate program,
please see:
http://www.uta.edu/biology
For further information on Dr. Gough's research, please go to:
http://www.uta.edu/biology/gough/index.htm
Interested individuals should contact Laura Gough at gough [at] uta.edu to
describe their backgrounds and interests.