Subject: Graduate Student Opportunities — Texas State University
The Nowlin Aquatic Ecology Lab (https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnowlinaquatecollab.wp.txstate.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7C809ed0be33744aacaf9508d61974843a%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C0%7C636724385597355722&sdata=eFA1czRMBulmL1qvejoCe6jPLPfzevmaQtfbx0tMfY4%3D&reserved=0)
invites applications for graduate students to the lab and the Aquatic Resources graduate programs at Texas State University. The lab currently has funding to conduct several multi-year studies on the community and ecosystem ecology of spring systems and their biota in semi-arid and arid regions of central and west Texas. The Nowlin Lab is seeking well-qualified applicants to start in Spring and/or Fall 2019. The lab is located in the Aquatic Station and has a variety of research resources, including water quality analytical equipment, field instrumentation, scopes, boats, field vehicles, a wet lab, and an outdoor experimental stream facility. Graduate students will be funded through a combination of research and instructional assistantships. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Weston Nowlin
(wn11@txstate.edu) by email and submit: (1) a letter of research interests and career goals, (2) a current CV, (3) unofficial undergraduate transcripts and GRE scores (if taken), and (4) a list of references. A formal application package must also be submitted to the Graduate College at Texas State University by October 30, 2018 or January 15, 2019 for full consideration in the Spring 2018 or Fall 2019 semesters, respectively.