Desert Research Institute – Reno, NV – Employer Desert Research Institute Location Reno, NV Posted Dec 24, 2020 Closes Jan 23, 2021 Discipline Hydrology Career Level Student / Graduate Education Level PhD Job Type Internship Relocation Cost No Relocation Sector Type Academia You need to sign in or create an account to save The Microplastics Lab at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) is recruiting two PhD students to study microplastics and snow hydrology. This successful applicant will be enrolled in the Graduate Program… of Hydrologic Sciences (GPHS) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). Position: The students will study microplastics deposited within snow-dominated montane watersheds during periods of snow accumulation and melt in the Sierra Nevada of California and Nevada. These findings will be used to determine the sources of microplastics in the remote environment and their downstream fate in vulnerable, semi-arid watersheds. As part of an ongoing DRI education activity, their research findings will be integrated…