Northern Arizona University We are recruiting an MS student to work with us on a project examining the functional importance of the soil food web in response to climate change We are looking for someone with lots of initiative to field and lab work in a newly developing set of studies in the Southwest Experimental Garden Array, a gradient of sites designed to examine ecosystem response to climate change in the southwest Previous experience and course work in entomology, microbiology or ecology is preferred but not necessary The student will be funded through Northern Arizona University's School of Forestry and the Department of Biological Sciences Application Deadline: March 15, 2014 (to apply go to: http://nau.edu/GradCol/Admissions/Application/ ) Starting date: Between May and August 2014 May 2014 start preferred Funding: 1.5-year Research Assistantship (~$15,000), including health benefits and tuition coverage, conditioned upon continued satisfactory progress in the graduate program Additional 0.5 year of support possible through TAship Contact: Please contact Dr Karen Haubensak (Karen.Haubensak@nau.edu) for more information about the project and position For information about the application process you can also contact Dr Richard Hofstetter (Richard.Hofstetter@nau.edu), who will co-advise the student Detailed information about the Forestry Department and graduate studies can be found on the department’s web site at http://nau.edu/CEFNS/Forestry/Degrees/MS/ Details about the Biology Department can be explored here: http://nau.edu/cefns/natsci/biology/