TWO RESEARCH POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Mid-May through mid-August 2001
Position one will be based at the Toolik Lake LTER Site in northern Alaska
Position two will be based at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, northern
Canada
Applications due: 15 April 2001
For questions about the application process or these positions, you may
contact Jeff Welker at 307/766-5470 or Jace Fahnestock at 307/766-5470.
We are seeking two enthusiastic undergraduates or recent graduates
(within 6 months) who are interested in summer field research in the
Arctic. The primary duties associated with position one will be the
collection and analysis of minirhizotron root images. The primary duties
associated with position two will be the collection of carbon exchange
parameters (net carbon exchange, photosynthesis, respiration) in several
high arctic ecosystems. Both positions will be supervised by a graduate
student. In addition to participating in the overall research program,
students will be expected to develop their own individual research
project.
Each position pays $1200 month. Travel from your university to and from
the field site will be covered. Food and lodging will be covered while
you are in the field. Class background in ecology, botany, soil science,
and/or meteorology/climatology and experience in field or laboratory
experiments is preferred. Students must be willing to work long hours in
the field, occasionally under adverse weather conditions. Applicants for
position two must also be willing to live in a tent all summer and
contribute toward general cooking and cleaning duties. Competent,
careful, emotionally mature, and enthusiastic people desired! We want
the work to be fun as well as intellectually challenging. We encourage
applications from women and minorities. These positions are open only to
U.S. citizens who are undergraduates or have graduated since January
2001.
To apply, send us a cover letter and a resume that includes the names,
phone numbers, and email addresses of two referees, and have your
referees send letters of recommendation separately. In your cover
letter, explain why you are interested in this program and how it fits
into your long-term education and career goals. Also describe your
background and include anything that you think would convince us that
you are the most appropriate person for one or more of these research
positions. Please list which project you are most interested in. To
qualify for either of these positions you must be a citizen or permanent
resident of the United States and be an active student or within six
months of graduation.
Submit your application materials via email before 15 April 2001 to Jeff
Welker (jeff [at] uwyo.edu) or Jace Fahnestock (jacef [at] uwyo.edu) or send them
by mail to either of us at: Department of Renewable Resource, University
of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.
For questions about the application process or these positions, you may
contact Jeff Welker at 307/766-5470 or Jace Fahnestock at 307/766-5470.