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Li Xu and Haiwei Shen collect a formaldehyde sample
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NOSAMS Graduate Student Internship Program
Each year two internships are awarded to U.S. graduate students
for research at the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry (NOSAMS) radiocarbon facility at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. The internships involve application
of radiocarbon measurements to an important research problem
and/or development of new techniques for radiocarbon measurement
and provide 2 to 6 weeks at NOSAMS. Available funds cover
all analytical costs, a travel allowance, accommodation and
subsistence at Woods Hole, but not field work and sampling.
Candidates should submit a two-page proposal outlining the
proposed work and motivation by June 22, 2009. Proposals (as
pdf files), CVs, and contact information should be sent to
Internships@NOSAMS.whoi.edu.
Proposals will be judged on the basis of scientific soundness,
relevance to capabilities and objectives at NOSAMS, novelty,
and scientific impact. Priority will be given to projects
involving collaborative research with PI's at NOSAMS and/or
those that show promise for follow-on projects. Winners will
be notified via e-mail by July 15, 2009. Internships can be
used at a mutually agreed time between September 1, 2009 and
August 31, 2010.
Past Interns
2008
Andrew Kemp (University of Pennsylvania) used high precision radiocarbon measurements to date the historical onset of accelerated relative sea-level rise.
Branwen Williams (Ohio State University) measured radiocarbon in bamboo corals to study the western Pacific warm pool.
Juzhi Hou (Brown University) developed and HPLC method to isolate and measure the radiocarbon content of lignin phenols extracted from lake sediments.
2007
Haiwei Shen (GSO, University of Rhode Island) developed a method to isolate and measure the radiocarbon content of formaldehyde collected from ambient air.
Andrew Wozniak (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) used both stable and radio- carbon isotopes to characterize the total and water-soluble fractions of organic matter in aerosol samples from watersheds.
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