Graduate Student Fellowships at the Ph.D level for students matriculating in the Spring or Fall 2008 semesters are available through the Center for Critical Zone Research (CCZR) and the Institute of Soil and Environmental Quality (ISEQ), both interdisciplinary environmental centers of excellence at the University of Delaware. Students have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary research in environmental sciences and engineering with distinguished faculty in marine and earth studies, soil science, chemistry, physics, environmental microbiology, engineering, and materials science. First-rate laboratory and field facilities are available, along with state-of-the-art core facilities in microscopy, spectroscopy, and biotechnology. Students also have the opportunity to conduct research and internships at national laboratories, state agencies, and nearby industries and environmental centers/institutes.
Research areas of particular interest are: mineral/microbe/metal and plant/soil interactions and impacts on contaminant cycling and transformation, carbon-metal-mineral interactions and effects on C cycling, stabilization, and sequestration: the role of microbial communities in remineralization and impacts on environmental events such as algal blooms and fish kills; transport of nanoparticles in the critical zone; biogeochemical mechanisms that control concentrations and fluxes of nutrients, metals, organic chemicals, and pathogens in the CZ and nearby marine environments; mechanisms of particle formation in coastal regions, including nucleation bursts, and impacts on the local and global environment; interactions of particles, emitted from industrial and agricultural sources, with contaminants and microbes and effects on ecosystem and human health; and development of sensor technology to predict environmental events and processes.
Each fellowship will provide an annual stipend of $22,000 for up to three years and an additional $3000 per year for travel to scientific meetings and for other professional development enrichment activities.
Interested students should electronically submit a letter of application, statement of research interest, grade transcripts, GRE and TOEFL scores, and three letters of reference by December 31, 2007 to:
Dr. Amy Broadhurst
Center for Critical Zone Research
University of Delaware
Delaware Biotechnology Institute
15 Innovation Way
Newark, DE 19711
Email: als@udel.edu
Center for Critical Zone Research • 15 Innovation Way • Newark, DE 19711 USA • 302-831-4335