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Date:    Tue, 24 Apr 2001 11:38:32 -0400
From:    "David W. Inouye" 
Subject: summer internship in Soil Ecology/Biogeochemistry, Johns Hopkins Univ.

Summer Internship in Soil Ecology/Biogeochemistry

We invited highly qualified and motivated juniors and seniors to apply
for an internship available at the Department of Earth and Planetary
Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University for the summer 2001. The student
will participate in an interdisciplinary research focusing on the role
of soil invertebrates in carbon cycling. The successful applicant will
be responsible for maintaining laboratory cultures of terrestrial
isopods, experimenting with various food substrates in controlled
feeding experiments, maintaining clean laboratory conditions, monitoring
the growth and behavior of organisms, and some dissection and
categorization of invertebrates. The intern will receive training and
mentoring on-site, but applicants should have at least one semester of
general chemistry, chemistry laboratory, and ecology or zoology. Basic
laboratory skills and a strong interest in experimental research are
also necessary.
Dates: June 15 to August 31 (flexible) Stipend: $1200 per month. We can
help with finding reasonable accommodation near the campus.

To apply, please send an email describing your training, experience and
interests, a list of the science courses you have taken (and grades
earned), and the names, phone numbers and emails of two references to:
Prof. Hope Jahren, jahren@jhu.edu or Dr. Katalin Szlavecz,
szlavecz@jhu.edu Deadline: May 7, 2001.

Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218-2687 Fax: 410-516-7933

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