Graduate Research at the Stroud Water Research Center leading to a degree from the University of Pennsylvania

The Stroud Water Research Center and the Department of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania announce opportunities for graduate research with adjunct Penn faculty at the Center. Students will complete their course work at Penn and be active participants in the Ecology group on campus. Research may address a wide variety of questions related to flowing water ecosystems. Stroud scientists are actively working at numerous study locations including White Clay Creek and other Piedmont streams near the Center, streams near the Maritza Field Station in northern Costa Rica, and other stream and large river locations. The Stroud Water Research Center is approximately 40 miles southwest of the Penn campus and is known worldwide for its excellent laboratory capabilities and study of watersheds. Adjunct Faculty at the Center and their research interests are:

• Thomas L. Bott
  Aquatic microbial ecology, energy flow and ecosystem metabolism, nutrient cycling and microbial food web interactions in streams, bacterial population dynamics, bioremediation. Profile
• John K. Jackson
  Population and evolutionary ecology of stream insects, abiotic and biotic processes in streams, energy and nutrient exchange within streams and riparian zones, and benthic monitoring and water quality assessment. Recent studies have been located in temperate and/or tropical streams. Profile
• Louis A. Kaplan
  Aquatic microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, characterization and utilization of biodegradable dissolved organic matter. Profile
• Bernard W. Sweeney
  Population and community ecology of temperate and tropical insects, ecology of streamside forests, genetic structure/ bioenergetics and secondary production of aquatic insects, bioassay of toxic substances, stream pollution assessment and restoration. Profile

For more information please contact one of the above (via contact information in their profile pages) or:

Ms. Colleen Gasiorowski
Graduate Studies Coordinator
Department of Biology
University of Pennsylvania
103 Leidy Lab
3740 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6018
Email: gasiorow@sas.upenn.edu

The Stroud Water Research Center seeks to advance the global knowledge of freshwater streams, rivers and lakes through research, education and public outreach, and to promote stewardship of freshwater among businesses, landowners, policy makers and individuals, around the world. The SWRC is an independent, privately endowed 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The Stroud Water Research Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.