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Dear Colleagues, I'd me most grateful if you would bring this opportunity to the attention of any students or recent graduates who might be interested. Other funded Master's projects on Plio-Pleistocene dinocysts are also available. Please contact me for information. Apologies for cross-posting. Thanks, Martin *** RESEARCH MASTER'S IN PLIOCENE DINOCYSTS *** Funded Research Studentship in Pliocene Dinocyst Ecology and Stratigraphy Application Deadline SEPTEMBER 29th! A funded two-year research MSc studentship is available this January to study Pliocene dinoflagellate cysts from the eastern US and Central America: potentially Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Costa Rica and Panama. The study is part of a larger investigation (involving scientists at the universities of Leicester, Reading and Leeds, UK, and the NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory) using the stable isotopic and morphological signal of fossil bryozoans, combined with advanced Earth System Modelling techniques, to reconstruct Pliocene climates and their seasonality. Dinoflagellate cysts have not been studied extensively from the Pliocene of the eastern US or Central America, and will be used to construct an onshore biostratigraphy and yield supplementary paleoenvironmental information. The mid-Pliocene was a time of significant global warmth and elevated atmospheric CO2 levels, and new information on Pliocene climate will therefore enhance our understanding of future climate. This project also represents the western extension of an E–W transect of Pliocene dinoflagellate cyst studies from Europe and the North Atlantic, and so will also provide insights into North Atlantic paleocirculation. Training at Brock University will be given in dinoflagellate cyst morphology and taxonomy, biostratigraphy, paleoecology, paleoceanography, and laboratory techniques. This study will be conducted in close collaboration with scientists at the above mentioned institutions (Drs Mark Williams and Alan Haywood, and Profs Beth Okamura and Melanie Leng). Brock University sits atop the Niagara Escarpment and is surrounded by the scenic countryside of southern Ontario's Niagara region. The University is a 20-minute drive from Niagara Falls and the US border, and just over an hour's drive from Toronto. DEADLINE for completed applications is SEPTEMBER 29th. Applications should be submitted online by this deadline. International as well as domestic applicants are welcome. Other research MSc projects on late Cenozoic dinoflagellate cysts are also available. For initial enquiries and further information please contact: Prof. Martin J. Head Department of Earth Sciences Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Martin J. Head Professor Department of Earth Sciences BROCK UNIVERSITY 500 Glenridge Avenue St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1 CANADA Tel 905-688-5550 ext. 5216 Fax 905-682-9020 www.brocku.ca/earthsciences/people/mhead.php |
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