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CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Clemson Institute for Environmental Toxicology
Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science
2 Ph.D. GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
Plant-based Remediation Systems – Nutrients and Pathogens
A research program at Clemson University is seeking applicants for 2 Ph.D. students. These students will join research efforts focused on the Clean Water3 project (detailed below), with direct interactions with nursery and greenhouse growers in South Carolina and nationally. Possible dissertation topics include: floating treatment wetlands for nutrient and pathogen remediation, vegetative buffers: plant selection for pathogen remediation.
Selected student(s) will be expected to collaborate directly on research and extension publications, to complete class work on Campus, and to conduct research at the Clemson Institute for Environmental Toxicology and/or Belle W. Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, and assist with other research projects.
The research is part of a larger U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) – Specialty Crop Research Initiative competitive grant entitled “Clean WateR3 – Reduce, Remediate, Recycle – Enhancing Alternative Water Resources Availability and Use to Increase Profitability in Specialty Crops”. The team is comprised of a national team of scientists working to encourage use of alternative water resource. The Clean WateR3 team will assist the grower decision-making process by providing science-based information on nutrient, pathogen, and pesticide fate in recycled water both before and after treatment, average cost and return-on investment of technologies examined, and model-derived, site specific recommendations for water management. The trans-disciplinary Clean WateR3 team will develop these systems-based solutions by integrating sociological, economic, modeling, and biological data into a user-friendly decision-support system intended to inform and direct our stakeholders’ water management decision-making process.
Starting date:
Summer 2015.
Benefits:
. Competitive stipend.
. Tuition waiver.
. Research expenses.
Application requirements:
. Statement of interest
. Resume or C.V.
. GRE scores.
. TOEFL scores for international students.
. Transcripts of previous studies.
. At least two (2) letters of recommendation with contact information.
Contact information:
Sarah A. White, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nursery Extension Specialist
School of Agricultural, Forest, & Environmental Sciences
Clemson University
Office: E-143 Poole Agricultural Center
PO Box 340319
Clemson, SC 29634-0139
Laboratory: 509 Westinghouse Rd.
P.O. Box 709
Pendleton, SC 29670
Phone: 001 (864) 656-7433
Fax: 001 (864) 656-4960
Email: swhite4@clemson.edu
Skype: lilac_frost24060
For more information about our department, please visit this web-site: http://www.clemson.edu/exte…/horticulture/nursery/index.html
Deadline:
All application requirements should be submitted by January 15, 2015. Official applications need to be submitted online at http://www.grad.clemson.edu/admission/application.php. Only those applicants who contact Dr. White prior to submission of official application will be considered for the positions.
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