The Russo Lab (www.russolab.unl.edu) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
is seeking masters or PhD students interested in conducting research on
plant-microbe-soil interactions.
Graduate positions are available as part of a multi-PI NSF-funded project
(crri.unl.edu/about-crri) investigating plant-microbe rhizosphere
interactions in natural grassland and agricultural systems. A variety of
approaches (field, greenhouse, genomic, and experimental) are being used to
address questions ranging from identifying patterns of soil and rhizosphere
microbial diversity, to investigations of mechanisms involved in plant-soil
feedbacks, especially under stress.
Graduate students will work in multi-disciplinary collaborative teams and
have the opportunity to gain skills in areas such as microbial ecology,
bioinformatics, genomics, and modeling, in addition to plant physiology and
ecology.
Members of the Russo lab work broadly in plant ecology and diversity,
linking ecophysiology with demography and species distributions. Potential
applicants should email Sabrina Russo (srusso2@unl.edu) with the subject
line, =93Plant-microbe Graduate Position=94, and with a description of their
research interests and experience and resume summarizing previous coursework
and listing any publications. See www.russolab.unl.edu/links and
www.biosci.unl.edu/prospective-graduate-students and
www.unl.edu/gradstudies/prospective/programs/BiologicalSciences#apply for
information on how to apply (deadline December 1, 2017).
The Russo Lab (russolab.unl.edu) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is
seeking masters or PhD students interested in conducting research in the
following areas of forest ecology.
Nebraska Forest Dynamics and Management =96 This project involves
establishing permanent forest monitoring plots in Nebraskan forests as part
of the Smithsonian ForestGEO plot network (www.forestgeo.si.edu) in order to
investigate changes in growth, survival, and recruitment rates of trees in
response to environmental drivers. Ultimately, this information will be
used to describe and forecast changes in forest composition and function to
aid in developing adaptive management plans for forest conservation.
Functional Traits of Bornean Tree Species =96 This project involves
quantification of leaf, stem, and root functional traits of tree species in
Borneo at the Lambir ForestGEO plot (www.ctfs.si.edu/site/Lambir) to predict
tree growth and survival using tree physiological models to scale up to
forest demographic and community dynamics.
These projects involve multi-disciplinary collaborative teams and offer the
opportunity to gain skills in areas such as geographic information systems
and modeling, in addition to forest ecology, ecophysiology, and demography.
Members of the Russo lab work broadly in plant ecology and diversity,
linking ecophysiology with demography and species distributions. Potential
applicants should email Sabrina Russo (srusso2@unl.edu) with the subject
line, =93Forest Ecology Graduate Position=94 and with a description of research
interests and experience, and a resume summarizing previous coursework and
listing any publications. See www.russolab.unl.edu/links and
www.biosci.unl.edu/prospective-graduate-students and
www.unl.edu/gradstudies/prospective/programs/BiologicalSciences#apply for
information on how to apply (deadline December 1, 2017).
Sabrina E. Russo
Associate Professor
School of Biological Sciences
University of Nebraska, Lincoln USA 68588-0118
402-472-8387 (ph), 402-472-2083 (fax)
www.russolab.unl.edu srusso2@unl.edu