[Coral-List] PhD position in coral resilience and growth in Grottoli lab

[Grottoli, Andrea]

SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR A PHD POSITION IN THE GROTTOLI LAB AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.  The successful applicant will participate in a recently funded project to construct high-resolution 3-D maps of reefs to evaluate individual coral colony growth at the reef scale. Some aspects of the project development will take place at the Reef Systems Coral Farm in Ohio and field testing at the Hawaii Insititute of Marine Biology. This project is in collaboration with Dr. Ronjun Qin at Ohio State University and Dr. James Porter at the University of Georgia. The successful applicant will also participant in ongoing research in the Grottoli lab on coral resilience in the face of climate change.

Desired qualification of applicants:
-Masters degree in relevant field (e.g., biology, marine science, earth science, engineering, other relevant)
- image analysis skills
-scuba certified (advanced and rescue)
-record of publication and/or presentation at international conference

Application deadline is 1 December 2023. Applications details can be found at https://earthsciences.osu.edu/academics/graduate-programs/applying-our-program

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Grottoli directly at grottoli.1 at osu.edu with a statement of interest, CV, and grade report or transcript.

Andréa G Grottoli, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences
Director of the Coral Bleaching Research Coordination Network
OSU Office of Academic Affairs Faculty Fellow

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The Ohio State University
College of Arts and Sciences  School of Earth Sciences
315 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-5782 Office
grottoli.1 at osu.edu

Webpage: u.osu.edu/grottoli.1
Twitter: @CoralResearch
CBRCN page: u.osu.edu/grottoli.1/coral-bleaching-rcn
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