Graduate research assistantship opportunity

Geophysical Institute and Department of Atmospheric

University of Alaska 

A graduate research assistantship is available in the Geophysical Institute and Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The assistantship is part of a project investigating dynamics and coupling of the Arctic atmosphere and geospace that employs resonance and Rayleigh lidars. These lidars are operated as part of a suite of lidar, radar and imaging instruments by a team of researchers conducting meteorological and space weather studies at Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR). Rocket-borne investigations are also conducted at PFRR in coordination with the ground-based instrumentation. The successful applicant will work with a new sodium resonance wind-temperature lidar system that is operating at PFRR and have the opportunity to further improve the system as well as the scientific analysis and interpretation of the lidar measurements.

For more information please contact Prof. Richard Collins ([rlcollins@alaska.edu](mailto:rlcollins@alaska.edu); Web: https://collinslab.community.uaf.edu/