Graduate opportunities in
freshwater ecology
Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program
I am seeking for 1 graduate student to work as part of a multidisciplinary team on an
NSERC-funded strategic research program in the area of Aquatic Biogeochemistry and
Ecology. The project is intended to determine the sensitivity of key biogeochemical
processes of aquatic ecosystems to patterns of urbanization. The graduate position would
be based at Trent University as part of the Environmental and Life Sciences (ELS)
Graduate Program. Financial support will be provided through a combination of
research and teaching assistantships. Interested candidates should have a background in
ecology, environmental science and/or environmental chemistry and be able to develop
and conduct independent scientific research. For more information on the ELS graduate
program at Trent University please see http://www.trentu.ca/els/.
The position is intended to quantify greenhouse gases fluxes in urban aquatic
ecosystems. The project will examine the magnitude of carbon and nitrogen greenhouse
gas losses to the atmosphere from urban aquatic ecosystems and the biological and
physico-chemical processes that control these fluxes.
The position would ideally begin before September 2009. The graduate position is
intended to be funded at the PhD level but I we will consider exceptional MSc
candidates. For consideration, please send to the contact below (e-mail is preferred): a
letter of intent, a statement of interests, a C.V., and the contact information for 3
references.
Dr. Marguerite Xenopoulos,
Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8
Tel: 705-748-1011 ext. 7699
mxenopoulos@trentu.ca
(http://people.trentu.ca/mxenopoulos).