I am looking for M.Sc and Ph.D. students to join the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia (http://www.marsci.uga.edu/), located in the lively college town Athens, to work on modeling nutrient and microbial dynamics in porous media, including marine sediments and coastal groundwater.

One current project (Macrofaunal Community Effects on Benthic Exchange Fluxes) integrates ecological and biogeochemical components central to benthic-pelagic coupling. The joint experimental and computational analysis of macrofaunal behavior is designed to provide insight into biogeochemical and ecological interactions that affect nutrient dynamics, and aims at advancing the quantification of the role of benthic biodiversity on ecosystem function. The student will be expected to participate in a series of sediment microcosm experiments at the Chesapeake Biological Lab. His/Her focus will be on incorporating those experimental data into a three-dimensional reactive transport model, and the scaling up benthic nutrient exchange to larger areas.

Candidates with a background in natural sciences or engineering and an interest in modeling are encouraged to contact Dr. Christof Meile (cmeile@uga.edu). For more information on the biogeochemical modeling group and additional graduate student opportunities in the Meile Lab please visit http://octopus.marsci.uga.edu/.

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