Northern Arizona University Graduate Positions
Northern Arizona University is recruiting up to three graduate students (MS or PhD) for funded positions at Northern Arizona University that begin in Fall 2021. They seek students to work on two collaborative, funded projects:
1. Understanding modern dust cycling on the Colorado Plateau. We’re seeking a PhD student at Northern Arizona University to study modern dust cycling on the Colorado Plateau by designing and implementing an innovative monitoring program and integrating the results with regional weather and climate models. This is a collaborative, privately-funded project in collaboration with the Emergent Climate Risk Lab at Cornell University, where there are opportunities for semester-long exchanges. Please email, or visit the opportunities page at http://nau.edu/mckay for more information.
2. Rapid Arctic Warming project. We are seeking up to two students at NAU, in addition to two students at the University at Buffalo, to investigate patterns and processes controlling rapid warming events in the Arctic. This collaborative, NSF-funded project will use a combination of high-resolution proxy record generation, geochronology, proxy data synthesis, and climate modeling. There are opportunities to participate in semester-long exchanges between institutions, and in outreach activities in Buffalo and Flagstaff. Further information at https://ubwp.buffalo.edu/rapidarcticwarming/ or http://nau.edu/mckay, or email ekthomas@buffalo.edu and/or Nicholas.McKay@nau.edu.
They are looking for curious and highly motivated students with excellent communication skills in English (written and oral), and with experience with, or a strong interest in developing skills in, numerical modeling and scientific programming skills. We encourage candidates from groups underrepresented in the geosciences (including black, indigenous, and people of color) to apply; we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. Please email Nicholas.McKay@nau.edu, or visit http://nau.edu/mckay for more details.
Northern Arizona University is located in Flagstaff, Arizona at the base of the San Francisco Peaks, on homelands sacred to Native Americans throughout the region. At 7,000 feet, Flagstaff has a population of 75,000 people, a four-season climate that includes nearly 300 days of sunshine per year, and snow in the winter.