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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 Stroud 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 watersheds. Adjunct Faculty at the Center and their research interests are:
Thomas L. Bott
Aquatic microbial ecology, energy flow & ecosystem metabolism, nutrient cycling & microbial food web interactions in streams, bacterial population dynamics, bioremediation.
Email: tlbott@stroudcenter.org
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.
Email: jkjackson@stroudcenter.org
Louis A. Kaplan
Aquatic microbial ecology, biogeochemistry, characterization & utilization of biodegradable dissolved organic matter.
Email: lakaplan@stroudcenter.org
Bernard W. Sweeney
Population and community ecology of temperate & tropical insects, ecology of streamside forests, genetic structure/ bioenergetics & secondary production of aquatic insects, bioassay of toxic substances, stream pollution assessment & restoration.
Email: sweeney@stroudcenter.org
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