MSc and PhD opportunities | Global Change in the western Canadian Arctic

| Global Change in the western Canadian Arctic

The laboratory of Dr. Suzanne Tank

at the University of Alberta is seeking MSc and PhD students to join

her team’s ongoing research efforts to explore how

global

change

is affecting ecosystem function and

broader biogeochemical cycling in the western Canadian Arctic. Graduate student research will build on

her group

’s past and ongoing efforts to u

the ecological and biogeochemical effects of the

accelerating

permafrost thaw in this region

, with

a focus on stream

ecosystem

function

. This work is

part of a collaborative effort that includes

scientists at the University of Alberta, other Canadian

institutions, and the NWT T

erritorial government

, and occurs in close association with local community

organizations

. Over the near term, project focal areas will include examining the ecological and

biogeochemical effects of sediment mobilization and transport from land, to freshwater, to ocean; how

changes to carbon and nitrogen cycling work together to determine the broad scale effects of climate

change

; and how changes t

o chemical weathering affect this region

’s carbon cycle.

Positions will be based at the University o

f Alb

erta

, which is a top

-five research institution in Canada.

Preferred start dates are September 2024 or January 2025.

To apply, please send an email to

that

include

s a statement of

interest, a CV, and a copy of

transcripts

(unofficial transcripts are acceptable

). Recruitment for these positions will be ongoing, with applications

reviewed as they are received.

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