Agricultural Meteorology Graduate Student Opportunity
Bryan Petersen, a UNL Meteorology-Climatology graduate and current graduate student at Iowa State, has alerted us to a graduate student opportunity at Iowa State in Agricultural Meteorology.
Dr. Brian Hornbuckle at Iowa State is recruiting a new graduate student to work towards an MS degree in agricultural meteorology or environmental science starting in May/June 2025 (start date is negotiable). The present work is funded by NASA. The overall project goal is to determine new ways to use remote-sensing satellites to determine if plants in U.S. Corn Belt agricultural ecosystems are "happy," that is, they have adequate soil water to photosynthesize and do what crops are supposed to do, which is to serve humans by producing one of the five "F's:" food, feed for cattle, fiber, fuel, or fossil-fuel replacements. Consequently, this work is relevant to both agronomy and weather and climate.
The ideal student will have a BS in any physical or life science or engineering discipline (e.g., meteorology, physics, biology, agronomy, environmental science, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering), good quantitative skills, good communication skills in English, some programming experience (any language), the motivation to enable a sustainable future, and interest in eventually earning a PhD.
Apply or contact Dr. Hornbuckle for more information preferably before February 15, but applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Please visit https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/bkh/recruitment to learn more about this opportunity!