Multiple Graduate Student Opportunities Available - Chemical Weathering and Organic Carbon Export from Arctic Watersheds, North Slope, Alaska

Multiple Graduate Student Opportunities Available
Chemical Weathering and Organic Carbon Export from Arctic Watersheds,
North Slope, Alaska
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
Marine Sciences Institute, University of Texas at Austin
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fort Wainwright, Alaska

To learn more about the PhD opportunities, contact:
Andrew D. Jacobson
Email: adj [at] earth.northwestern.edu

Or:
James McClelland
Email: jimm [at] mail.utexas.edu

To learn more about the MS opportunity, please contact:
Thomas A. Douglas
Email: Thomas.A.Douglas [at] usace.army.mil

Graduate student opportunities (2 PhD and 1 MS) are available to
participate in a multidisciplinary investigation of the inorganic,
organic, and isotopic (C, H, O, N, Ca, and Sr) geochemistry of North
Slope Alaskan rivers and soils with the aim of developing new proxies
for tracking arctic climate change, permafrost stability, and carbon
export at the watershed scale. This project, funded by the National
Science Foundation, will involve two sampling campaigns based out of
Toolik Field Station (2009 and 2010 summers), general and clean room
chemistry, numerical modeling, and instrumental analyses by IC, ICP-OES,
IRMS, and TIMS. A BA and/or MS degree in earth science, geology,
chemistry, or a related field is required.

To learn more about the PhD opportunities, please contact:

Andrew D. Jacobson (chemical weathering and radiogenic isotope
geochemistry)
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northwestern University
Email: adj [at] earth.northwestern.edu
web: http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/research/jacobson/index.html

Or:

James McClelland (nutrient and organic matter dynamics)
Marine Sciences Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Email: jimm [at] mail.utexas.edu
web: http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/staff/mcclelland.html

To learn more about the MS opportunity, please contact:

Thomas A. Douglas (hydrogeology and stable isotope geochemistry through
collaboration with the University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Fort Wainwright, Alaska
Email: Thomas.A.Douglas [at] usace.army.mil
web: http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/es/personnel/douglas.thomas.html