Ph.D. assistantships in biogeochemistry The University of Alabama has several exciting opportunities available for students to pursue a Ph.D. degree in The Plant Physiological Ecology / Global Change Lab at the University of Alabama (http://starrlab.ua.edu). We seeks highly motivated graduates students to work on one of three active research areas:1) Water Use Efficiency of Cellulose based Biofuels 2)Climate and water management effects on the carbon, water and energy dynamics Everglades Ecosystems 3) Understanding the winter physiology of Arctic PlantsThe students may apply for the Ph.D. programs within the Department of Biological Sciences. The student's research interests should focus on plant ecophysiology, ecosystem physiology, or plant ecology. To be eligible for positions, interested students must meet the graduate admission requirements of the University of Alabama and have competitive GPA and GRE scores. In addition, Applicants for these positions should have a strong understanding of photosynthetic equipment, eddy covariance techniques and data loggers. In addition, applicants should have strong analytical and quantitative skills and knowledge of SAS and/or R programming. Applicants with previous research experiences and/or a Masters degree in biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, or atmospheric sciences would be favored for the position. Support is by research and/or teaching assistantships with summer funding opportunities (Dependent on the area of research interest).Interested students should send a copy oftheir CV, statement of research interest, and unofficial copy of transcripts to Dr. Gregory Starr or contact Dr. Starr for more details (gstarr@ua.eduor 205-348-0556).

Environmental Science MS opportunity Stable isotope atmospheric chemistry Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi An Environmental Science MS opportunity is available with the Felix Research Group in the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. The group’s research focuses on using stable isotope techniques to investigate the sources, transport, and fate of reactive nitrogen and volatile organic compounds in the environment. The group’s research across various earth systems provides a unique research experience that balances fieldwork with sample processing, sample analysis and development of novel stable isotope analysis techniques.The potential MS student’s research will use stable isotope techniques to investigate ammonia (NH3) emission sources in a South Texas coastal urban airshed, Corpus Christi, TX, U.S.A. NH4+has been documented in the Corpus Christi air shed as a significant contributor to PM2.5 and although the area is currently within the 3-year PM2.5 attainment rule, there is a reported increasing PM2.5 trend in this region. PM2.5 attainment strategies for urban areas will rely on knowledge of NH3sources and NH3atmospheric chemistry and data provided by this study will provide urban stakeholders with potential avenues of NH3emission mitigation.Potential students should be highly self-motivated and have a strong background in chemistry with extensive laboratory experience. The project relies heavily on stable isotope techniques so experience with these techniques is desired but not necessary. MS students would matriculate through the Environmental Science MS programhttp://gradschool.tamucc.edu/degrees/science/environmental_science.html.Interested candidates should contact Dr. J. David Felix (joseph.felix@tamucc.edu) and provide a short statement of interest and CV. More information about the Felix Research Group and potential research can be found here felixlab.tamucc.edu. Information about the TAMU-CC isotope core facility can be found here http://icl.tamucc.edu/.J. David Felix, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi NRC 11096300 Ocean Drive Corpus Christi, TX, 78412joseph.felix@tamucc.eduhttp://felixlab.tamucc.edu

Graduate Position in Insect Community & Ecosystem Ecology at the University of Dayton An opportunity exists at the University of Dayton (UD) for graduate-level training related to questions at the interface of community and ecosystem ecology utilizing insect communities. The student will be based at UD (although, there may be a substantial field component in grasslands in Texas) and will work in the laboratory of Dr. Chelse Prather, a new faculty member at UD starting in August of 2016. I am seeking a motivated student who is eager to perform the arduous tasks associated with ecology field research and chemical analyses in the lab, the careful work of experimentation, and who has an eagerness to learn and implement complex statistical analyses. Potential students must be excited to work with insects and have substantial fieldwork experience. Students must be able to work well in potentially inclement conditions (e.g., hot summers with many biting insects), and work well with others in the field. Other desirable qualities include: familiarity with sampling grassland vegetation and insects, insect identification, rearing insects, laboratory feeding trials with insects, and laboratory chemical analyses. I would be open to applications from potential Masters or PhD level students.I am currently working on two major projects in my lab: 1) an NSF-funded large-scale manipulation to determine the role of micronutrients in structuring herbivore communities in grasslands <http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1457114>, and 2) amesocosm experiment (in collaboration with Dr. Angela Laws and others) to determine if herbivore diversity affects grassland functioning. These projects are both located in Texas, and could provide an excellent framework for an intellectually curious student to develop independent, interesting complementary projects.The student will be initially supported by a teaching assistantship through the Department of Biology at UD. The assistantship is associated with a stipend of ~$20,000/year; however, a portion of this comes in the form of a University summer fellowship which is awarded through a competitive process. The assistantship also comes with 100% tuition remission. Support is guaranteed for the life of the project pending satisfactory performance.UD is the largest private University in the state of Ohio, and is consistently award winning for both academic programs and scholarshiphttp://www.udayton.edu/awards_and_rankings.php. Enrollment is~11,000 with approximately 3,000 graduate students.Interested individuals are encouraged to view the following web sites:Dr. Prather's Lab Pages:https://chelseprather.wordpress.comUD Department of Biology:http://biology.udayton.eduUniversity of Dayton:http://www.udayton.eduUniversity of Houston's Coastal Center (where field work is located):http://www.eih.uh.eduTo being the application process (or if you have any questions), please send a CV, GPA, GRE scores and any PDF reprints to:chelse.prather@gmail.com.*I realize this is a last minute call, but I recently accepted this position, and I would like to move quickly on finding applicants as I have some projects that would be very amenable for graduate student research. I will be accepting applicants for the next few weeks, and hope to identify students that are a good fit for my lab very soon.*Dr. Chelse PratherPrather lab websitehttps://chelseprather.

Thanks @pennstate

ponpon:
Thanks @pennstate

UWC

@Pennstate
Pennstate greetings! I recently got admitted to LSU, but they've not mentioned anything about funding in the provisional admission letter. I've contacted the graduate program coordinator of my department (ECE)... No response from him yet!

My questions are these:
1. Should I go ahead and send a financial affidavit, hoping i'll get funding decision in my I20/Official admission letter?
2. When do they notify admitted students of funding?

Also got admitted to NCAT (No funding decision yet) and IIT (they said No funding at all).

I need funding.
Happy Easter Y'all.

Hello @pennstate where do you normally see all these GA postings? please do you know about any Administrative/Service GA in West virginia University Morgantown, LSU, Uni of Utah, University of north carolina Charlotte and Uni of Maryland? I have admits from them but sadly no funding from any yet except a miracle happens tomorrow..LSU said no funding at all..the Grad coord of UNCC said he will put me in mind for a TA if there is a vacant position, Utah has not made funding decision yet..WVU and Maryland' s Grad Cord are not replying mail..i am TIRED!

Kapitain:
@Pennstate
Pennstate greetings! I recently got admitted to LSU, but ll.

Well guess depts are different, my own dept said in my own letter that 'Unfortunately we are unable to offer RA or TA at this time"...your best bet is to contact the grad coord and pray he replys. I dont think there will be funding you are not aware of on your i20. Some schools do send funding letter seperate. best of luck..this funding issue na wa

femi321:
Hello @pennstate where do you normally see all these GA postings? please do you know about any Administrative/Service GA in West virginia University Morgantown, LSU, Uni of Utah, University of north carolina Charlotte and Uni of Maryland? I have admits from them but sadly no funding from any yet except a miracle happens tomorrow..LSU said no funding at all..the Grad coord of UNCC said he will put me in mind for a TA if there is a vacant position, Utah has not made funding decision yet..WVU and Maryland' s Grad Cord are not replying mail..i am TIRED!

Well it was basically from individual faculty members who are interested in recruiting MS/PhD Student for a specific projects. I personally think talking to faculty members prior to application is the best way to go.
It is just like the faculty member sending your documents to grad school.

@pennstate, great job! Do you have any info on offers related to mechanical engineering?

femi321:
Well guess depts are different, my own dept said in my own letter that 'Unfortunately we are unable to offer RA or TA at this time"...your best bet is to contact the grad coord and pray he replys. I dont think there will be funding you are not aware of on your i20. Some schools do send funding letter seperate. best of luck..this funding issue na wa

I m sure if you had talk to one or two potential advisor and they told you that there is no funding currently, you wouldn't have bordered to apply self.

@all here is the link I use to copy from!
(www.nku.edu/~boycer/gradopps.html)
Basically for those in Ecology, Agric, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Earth Science, Hydrology, Geography.
NB: It is usually updated regularly

This is for Environmental Engineering-it is also updated regularly.
http://www.aeesp.org/jobs
I m sure there might be links for mechanical engineering and others

lobito007:
@pennstate, great job! Do you have any info on offers related to mechanical engineering?

Just do a google search using this format: Graduate Student Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering. You can remove the student and add any of the following. Teaching Assistanships, Research Assistantships. You ll find something.

@femi321
Have you received I20 or any official admission letter from lsu or any of the above schools? I'v guess contacting professors is the next step.

Kapitain:
@Pennstate
Pennstate greetings! I recently got admitted to LSU, but they've not mentioned anything about funding in the provisional admission letter. I've contacted the graduate program coordinator of my department (ECE)... No response from him yet!

My questions are these:
1. Should I go ahead and send a financial affidavit, hoping i'll get funding decision in my I20/Official admission letter?
2. When do they notify admitted students of funding?

Also got admitted to NCAT (No funding decision yet) and IIT (they said No funding at all).


I need funding.
Happy Easter Y'all.

I would rather wait till I get a response from them.

Kapitain:
@femi321
Have you received I20 or any official admission letter from lsu or any of the above schools? I'v guess contacting professors is the next step.

official letter from LSU has been posted to my app portal. I don contact prof tire..some said they dont have while most have not replied..

femi321:
official letter from LSU has been posted to my app portal. I don contact prof tire..some said they dont have while most have not replied..

What I have on my app is a provisional admission... Hoping sth positive will be on the I20. Don't give up bro.

Kapitain:

What I have on my app is a provisional admission... Hoping sth positive will be on the I20. Don't give up bro.

mine too is provisional, I am required to submit official transcript. I cant.

... I'm guessing How many prospective LSU students all over are in our shoes now.

Guys check out Grad Cafe for different graduate schools' admission acceptance/rejection history.
For those that are not familiar with the site,
use this link for grad cafe results:

thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php

You can also search for your school's admission status history...just type the name of the state; e.g Utah

Kapitain:
... I'm guessing How many prospective LSU students all over are in our shoes now.

I am also a prospective LSU grad student. I applied for a PhD in chemistry and I was offered full tuition waiver and graduate assistantship. I got an initial acceptance letter (by email) from the department of chemistry which also notified me of my assistantship offer before I got a mail from the graduate school notifying me of same. It still reads provisional admission though cos I have to present my original degree statement (B.Sc cert. can suffice) when I resume at LSU. It will be extremely cool to have you guys around there.

cutemorgan:

I am also a prospective LSU grad student. I applied for a PhD in chemistry and I was offered full tuition waiver and graduate assistantship. I got an initial acceptance letter (by email) from the department of chemistry which also notified me of my assistantship offer before I got a mail from the graduate school notifying me of same. It still reads provisional admission though cos I have to present my original degree statement (B.Sc cert. can suffice) when I resume at LSU. It will be extremely cool to have you guys around there.

Wow! Congratulations Sir. Did u apply to PhD directly or you already have masters

cutemorgan:

I am also a prospective LSU grad student. I applied for a PhD in chemistry and I was offered full tuition waiver and graduate assistantship. I got an initial acceptance letter (by email) from the department of chemistry which also notified me of my assistantship offer before I got a mail from the graduate school notifying me of same. It still reads provisional admission though cos I have to present my original degree statement (B.Sc cert. can suffice) when I resume at LSU. It will be extremely cool to have you guys around there.

please what was ur application profile like GPA, Gre, toefl nd d likes..how did u go about the application.. wud like to apply nxt yr...since u got admitted wit funding.. thanks.

Cephas0009:


Wow! Congratulations Sir. Did u apply to PhD directly or you already have masters

I applied directly to phd with my Bsc.

cutemorgan:

I am also a prospective LSU grad student. I applied for a PhD in chemistry and I was offered full tuition waiver and graduate assistantship. I got an initial acceptance letter (by email) from the department of chemistry which also notified me of my assistantship offer before I got a mail from the graduate school notifying me of same. It still reads provisional admission though cos I have to present my original degree statement (B.Sc cert. can suffice) when I resume at LSU. It will be extremely cool to have you guys around there.

are u on WhatsApp? or bbm..

cutemorgan:

I applied directly to phd with my Bsc.

Okay, so in your own words and experience, what's d difference in application procedure 4 msc n PhD? Do u need to write a research thesis proposal?

femoalaofin:


please what was ur application profile like GPA, Gre, toefl nd d likes..how did u go about the application.. wud like to apply nxt yr...since u got admitted wit funding.. thanks.

My profile is not that hot oo boss mi. I have a 4.55/5.00 cgpa, Gre score of 304(Q157, V147 and AW 3.5), didn't write toefl cos the school waives toefl for Nigerian applicants. Just normal apps; completed the online app, sent in my official transcript from my university of undergraduate study and also requested that an official Gre copy be sent from ets. All the best boss

cutemorgan:

My profile is not that hot oo boss mi. I have a 4.55/5.00 cgpa, Gre score of 304(Q157, V147 and AW 3.5), didn't write toefl cos the school waives toefl for Nigerian applicants. Just normal apps; completed the online app, sent in my official transcript from my university of undergraduate study and also requested that an official Gre copy be sent from ets. All the best boss

Thanks a lot

cutemorgan:

My profile is not that hot oo boss mi. I have a 4.55/5.00 cgpa, Gre score of 304(Q157, V147 and AW 3.5), didn't write toefl cos the school waives toefl for Nigerian applicants. Just normal apps; completed the online app, sent in my official transcript from my university of undergraduate study and also requested that an official Gre copy be sent from ets. All the best boss

Still dope profile ... congrats once again

Cephas0009:


Okay, so in your own words and experience, what's d difference in application procedure 4 msc n PhD? Do u need to write a research thesis proposal?

I guess the application procedure varies by institution. I didn't have to write a research thesis proposal in my own case but during my school search, I came across some schools that require this. So what's up with ur apps boss mi? Hope decisions have started trolling in sir?

femoalaofin:


are u on WhatsApp? or bbm..

I'm on both sir.