Jobs:Job-00744
Start reviewing process: 6 September 2022
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Posting:
Position: Graduate Student
Start reviewing process: 6 September 2022
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(1) Managed aquifer recharge, surface water – groundwater interactions, water quality, incentives for enhancing use of stormwater and floodwater for managed recharge.
In addition, I may consider admitting a student with expertise and interest in these areas:
(2) Subseafloor geothermics and hydrothermal systems on Earth and Ocean Worlds
Project descriptions:
- We are helping to design, create, and operate managed recharge systems to improve water supplies and water quality, conducting field and laboratory research, managing a novel recharge incentive program, and running models of coupled processes to understand these systems. We may also have opportunities in surface water - groundwater interactions in stream/river systems. Our work includes field studies, laboratory experiments, GIS analyses, and numerical modeling. We collaborate with colleagues in other departments and at other universities, agencies, NGOs, and across California and around the world.
- We are working as part of several research teams: designing, building, and testing the next generation of marine geothermal measurement systems, including software for data processing, and developing numerical models of coupled fluid-heat-solute transport below the icy shells of ocean worlds. We are also preparing two- and three-dimensional simulations of subseafloor hydrothermal circulation on Earth, and looking for new opportunities to conduct surveys and experiments at sea.
Funding:
Hydrogeology students are funded with fellowships, research grants, and teaching assistantships. Research support for this work comes from federal, state, regional, and private sources. We have funding in place for some projects, and other proposals are pending.
More information on projects and funding is available here: https://websites.pmc.ucsc.edu/~afisher/Research/GraduateOpportunity220722.pdf
Successful applicants will have an outstanding academic record with a B.S./B.A. in some branch of Earth/Planetary Science, Hydrogeology, Engineering, Physics, Geochemistry, or a related discipline, including considerable quantitative coursework. Prior research experience is helpful, as are strong writing and/or coding skills, interest in reading and discussing the scientific literature, enthusiasm for discovery, and technical ambition.
Other helpful skills/interests include: working with lab/field equipment, organizational skills, interest in working independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams, and ability to work long days in the field or lab. For field work: transit to distant sites, working on uneven ground/ships, occasional heavy lifting, attention to safety and doing quality work.
Andrew Fisher, Professor
Hydrogeology
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department
University of California afisher@ucsc.edu
Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://websites.pmc.ucsc.edu/~afisher
