Community:Announcement uak08
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Spring 2009 Graduate Assistantships in Atmospheric Science at U AK, Fairbanks
From Richard Collins (rlc@gi.alaska.edu)
Graduate student opportunities in Atmospheric Science. The Geophysical Institute (GI), International Arctic Research Center (IARC), and the College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks http://www.uaf.edu are still accepting applications for three graduate assistantships in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences http://www.uaf.edu/asp/ for the spring semester 2009.
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is multi-disciplinary, with research covering a wide range of themes that are of interest to society with an emphasis on Arctic processes. Opportunities to learn cutting-edge computer modeling techniques and to participate in exciting field experiments exist.
We are seeking highly qualified Ph.D. or M.S. applicants interested in pursing research in aeronomy, remote sensing, cloud physics, climatology, and chemistry transport, mesoscale or climate modeling. Applicants should have strong backgrounds in mathematics, physics and the atmospheric sciences or related fields.
The Department of Atmospheric Sciences has been ranked 9th in 2005 and 8th in 2006 by Academic Analytics for scholarly productivity in Atmospheric Science and Meteorology.
Students have access to the Lidar Research Laboratory http://www.gi.alaska.edu/splidar, Poker Flat Research Range http://www.pfrr.alaska.edu, Geophysical Institute http://www.gi.alaska.edu, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center http://www.arsc.edu, and other observational networks. Graduate students can gain international experience as many of the research activities are carried out in close cooperation with scientists all over the world.
For further information on our Department of Atmospheric Science interested students are encouraged to visit our web-page http://www.uaf.edu/asp. For further information on the department contact the chair Nicole Mölders at molders@gi.alaska.edu, for information on special research topics contact the respective faculty, for general admission information contact the Atmospheric Science Program administrative assistant Barbara Day at atmos@gi.alaska.edu, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320. Application for admission can be made electronically at http://www.uaf.edu/admissions/ or by using the admission forms that can be downloaded at http://www.uaf.edu/asp/Academics/admission.html. University of Alaska Fairbanks is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.
