Current Openings

Summer Internship for Undergraduates

STARTING DATE: May 12th 2025 (somewhat flexible)

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: April 30th 2025

DESCRIPTION: The student will be part of a research group in the department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation that focuses on ecosystem responses to global change. We study the role of nutrient availability and disturbance on herbaceous productivity, biodiversity, and soil gas flux. They will develop skills in field work in terrestrial systems along the South Carolina coast. Work will be in the field and lab. Such duties during the internship might include collecting vegetation and soil samples, identifying plants, sorting vegetation types, and measuring light availability. Up to 14-28 hours/week. 

The Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science is located on the coast near the historic seaport Georgetown, SC. Under a long-term agreement with the Belle W. Baruch Foundation, the Institute is located on the 16,000-acre Hobcaw Barony at the southern end of the Waccamaw Neck and is 35 miles south of Myrtle Beach and 60 miles north of Charleston. Hobcaw Barony is located on the Atlantic Ocean, bordered by Winyah Bay and North Inlet Estuary. The Institute features a 12,000 sq. ft. LEED-certified office building with an adjoining 7,000 sq. ft. laboratory and support facility. The research station is in close proximity to Pawleys Island beaches, Brookgreen Gardens, Huntington Beach State Park. Summer housing may be available.

TO APPLY: email lohallo@clemson.edu