We seek two summer interns, likely through the Clemson UPIC program, to conduct forestry field work in carbon sequestration projects as part of a USDA NIFA funded grant project in collaboration with the US Forest Service at Francis Marion National Forest. Details are posted at the UPIC website in early spring each year.
Clemson University (www.clemson.edu/about/) is a public land-grant Carnegie R1 Research University in a college town setting on Lake Hartwell within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about a 2-hour drive from Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC. Students in our lab take classes on the main campus and conduct field work at the Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science (www.clemson.edu/baruch/), located on the 16,000-acre (6,500 ha) Hobcaw Barony nature and research preserve. Hobcaw Barony is 35 miles (56km) south of Myrtle Beach and 60 miles (100km) north of Charleston with beach frontage on the Atlantic Ocean and is bordered by Winyah Bay and North Inlet Estuary. Temporary housing in cottages is available on site while you conduct research.
The O’Halloran Lab and Clemson University aspire to create a diverse community that welcomes people of different races, cultures, ages, genders, sexuality, religions, socioeconomic levels, political perspectives, abilities, opinions, values and experiences. We believe every member on our team enriches our research by contributing to the ways we understand and engage with the world and our environment, and to discover solutions to manage our shared natural resources more sustainably.
Our lab also recognizes that effective mentorship has been shown to strongly impact student outcomes such as degree completion, increased self-efficacy, and overall satisfaction with their education. We find the most productive and empowering mentor-mentee relationships are a mutual exchange founded on respect and prioritize personal goal setting with honest, rigorous, and kind communication. If this position and our community of learners seem like a fit where you could do great science, we would like to hear from you!
Questions can be directed to Dr. Tom O’Halloran (he/his) at tohallo@clemson.edu. Contact info and details about the lab are available here: http://bit.ly/ohalloranlab