Since there are lots of smart people on AP I thought I'd post this here as well in hopes others could pass it on to others that might be interested.
PhD or PDF opportunity in numerical modelling of wildfire behaviour!!
Start date: January or May, 2013
Location: McMaster University (
http://ecohydrology.mcmaster.ca)
My lab group is looking for a PhD student or a PDF to assist in developing a suite of models that recent students and PDF's in my lab have started to develop on wildfire behaviour in peatlands. Hydrological models, peat smouldering models and ecohydrological tree simulation models. A strong background in math and/or computer science is required. Additional courses in ecological earth and/or environmental sciences is an asset. This research is part of a larger research program with the Canadian Forest Service to develop a new wildfire moisture code for peatlands and may also have links to northern resource extraction impacts and reclamation. If you have any questions or know of somebody that is interested please let me know. I also will have an opening for more traditional field-based ecology and/or hydrology.