paleonet RA Available

[Roy Plotnick <plotnick@xxxxxxx>]

Research Assistantship,  Spatial Modeling and Analysis of Trace Fossils

I have an NSF funded graduate research assistantship available, beginning 
as early as this coming spring semester. The project involves developing 
new simulation models for the formation of trace fossils, based on concepts 
from foraging ecology, landscape ecology, and artificial life.  We will 
also be developing new methods for the spatial description of trace fossils 
and ichnofabrics. I am looking for a computer literate student with a good 
background in ecology as well as paleontology.  Knowledge of GIS would be a 
plus. Please have interested students contact me ASAP. -Roy Plotnick

Roy E. Plotnick
Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
845 W. Taylor St.
Chicago, IL 60607
plotnick@uic.edu
office phone: 312-996-2111     fax: 312-413-2279
lab phone: 312-355-1342
web page: http://www.uic.edu/~plotnick/plotnick.htm
"The scientific celebrities, forgetting their molluscs and 
glacial  periods, gossiped about art, while devoting themselves to 
oysters  and ices with characteristic energy.." -Little Women, Louisa  May 
Alcott