The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Horn Point Laboratory (HPL) is seeking one graduate student to work on a NOAA-funded project on marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR). Mitigating the harmful effects of global CO2 increases is both a global and local problem and there is wide consensus that negative emissions technologies are required to meet global warming mitigation goals. The goal of this project is to evaluate the potential for the chemical treatment of wastewater streams to achieve Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) and mCDR in a coastal environment using a combination of targeted field evaluations and numerical model simulations. The position will involve the development and applications of coupled hydrodynamic-biogeochemical models, and the analysis of observational data. The person will have an opportunity to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of scientists including sea-going oceanographers.
UMCES offers full financial support for graduate study. The assistantship includes an annual stipend, tuition, and eligibility to participate in a group health insurance plan. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Prof. Li at mingli@umces.edu. Please include your CV, transcripts, any publications, and names/email-addresses of three references.
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