[LTER-sbc_grad] Fwd: Master's opportunity at Cal Poly in nearshore fisheries

[Jenny Dugan]

Please share with your undergrads who may be interested in and qualified
for pursuing a fishery related master's degree at Cal Poly.

Jenny

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Benjamin Ruttenberg <bruttenb at calpoly.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 4:33 PM
Subject: Master's opportunity at Cal Poly in nearshore fisheries
To:
Cc: Dean Wendt <dwendt at calpoly.edu>, Grant Waltz <gwaltz at calpoly.edu>


Hi all,

Please forward to any potential candidates or appropriate listservs. Thanks!

*Master's Opportunity at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA: nearshore fisheries,
climate change, and oceanography*

The Ruttenberg Lab <https://www.marineconservationlab.org/> and Wendt Lab
<https://bio.calpoly.edu/content/Wendt> at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo have
funding for a master's student for a project examining the link between
climate change and nearshore groundfish fisheries along the central coast
of California (and throughout the state), to begin Fall 2019. More
information about the Cal Poly Biology Graduate Program is available here:
http://bio.calpoly.edu/content/grad-degrees.

The project will continue two on-going fisheries monitoring programs that
provide data to fishery managers. However, these datasets (initiated in
2003 and 2007) now span several major oceanographic events (e.g. El
Niño/ENSO and ‘The warm-water blob’), providing an opportunity to examine
the impact of changing oceans on key nearshore fishery species. Major tasks
for the student would be: 1) conduct analyses of existing fishery
monitoring data, 2) assess relationships between these data and relevant
oceanographic metrics, and 3) assist with field and lab work for the
ongoing monitoring projects.

There will be ample opportunities to explore additional questions of the
student’s interest related to these issues.  Funding for the project
includes in-state tuition, costs related to field work and travel, and
moderate salary support; opportunities will also be available to obtain
additional salary/stipend support as a teaching assistant/lab instructor in
the Biological Sciences Department at Cal Poly.

This is a specific project, so the ideal student would have many of the
following qualifications:

   1.

   Experience and/or understanding of nearshore recreational fisheries in
   California
   2.

   Experience managing and analyzing complex datasets using coding-based
   statistical software packages (experience with R strongly preferred)
   3.

   Experience with marine fieldwork conducted from vessels; experience
   aboard recreational or commercial fishing vessels and/or experience with
   fishery research projects preferred.
   4.

   Experience managing teams of students/assistants.
   5.

   Ability to collaborate with commercial/recreational fishers, scientists,
   and resource managers.
   6.

   Minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA and 150 on each GRE section (higher strongly
   preferred).
   7.

   CA residency advantageous but not required; tuition funds only cover
   in-state tuition, but out-of-state tuition waivers are available for strong
   candidates.

Interested candidates should email Dr. Benjamin Ruttenberg (bruttenb (at)
calpoly (dot) edu) and cc Dr. Dean Wendt (dwendt (at) calpoly (dot) edu)
with:

a *brief* description of qualifications, interest in the Cal Poly MS
program and the project, followed by a short CV (2 pages max), all as a
single PDF file (with the title ‘LastName_Firstname.pdf’). Please include
GPA, GRE scores, experience with data analysis/statistical software,
fieldwork/logistics, fisheries, and other relevant skills. Please include
names and contact info for at least 3 references following the CV.

Application deadline for Cal Poly is Feb 1.

(Interested candidates who are attending WSN in Tacoma in November are
encouraged to talk with Dr. Ruttenberg about the project in person)

-- 
<*(((><      <*((((><     <*(((((><     <*((((((><     <*((((((><
Benjamin Ruttenberg, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
Biological Sciences Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0401
Office: 361 Fisher Hall
Phone: 805-756-2498
Email: bruttenb at calpoly.edu
Publications: http://works.bepress.com/bruttenb/
Lab website: http://www.marine.calpoly.edu/faculty/benjamin-ruttenberg
https://www.marineconservationlab.org/




-- 
*Jenny Dugan*
Marine Science Institute
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6150
Phone: 805-893-2675
email: j_dugan at lifesci.ucsb.edu
http://msi.ucsb.edu/people/research-scientists/jenny-dugan
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