> Please bring this advert to the attention of any suitably qualified students (e.g. MSc. finishers).
We have just lost our student for the following studentship, so are now
looking for a start in January 2004 (though an earlier start may be
negotiable with NERC).
The key points are
UK student only
£16,000 a year tax free
12 weeks fieldwork in Nova Scotia
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We are seeking a UK Maths/Stats student to undertake research in
the application of Maths and Stats in Biological Oceanography.
There would be 6 weeks of fieldwork in years 1 and 2 at the
Bedford Institute of Oceanography at Dartmouth in Nova Scotia. There
would also be the possibility of field trips at sea.
By the end of the 3 years the student will have experience in
modelling oceanographic processes and in manipulating several
oceanographic data sets.
The work will be a mixture of computer programming, maths, stats
and biology. The idea is to validate an existing mathematical model of
the photoacclimation of phytoplankton photosynthesis (try that after a
couple of beers!) using remotely sensed (satellite) observational data
of the North Atlantic. To help with the background the student would
attend the 2nd year module on Aquatic Ecology, and the 3rd year module
on The Open Sea.
There will be supervision by Prof Geider (Biology) and myself at
Essex, and by our partners in Nova Scotia.
If you have a 2(i) degree or better, and are interested, then
contact [log in to unmask] for further details, as soon as possible.
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Prof. Graham J. G. Upton, Professor (Statistics/Environmetrics)
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Propagation and Remote Sensing Group,
University of Essex, Centre for Remote Sensing and
Colchester, Essex. Environmetrics
CO4 3SQ. England
http://www.essex.ac.uk/maths/staff/upton/index.htm
Tel +44 1206 873027 Fax +44 1206 873043 Sec +44 1206 873040
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