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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is a message from professor: Joseph Ortiz who is looking for a Master’s student.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I have an immediate opportunity to hire a NASA-funded, two-year MS-level graduate research assistant (GRA) at Kent State University to begin this fall (August 2017).
Due to the federal funding source all applications must be US Citizens or nationals. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The successful applicant will work with Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz (Department of Geology, Kent State University) as part of an ongoing, NASA-funded collaboration with the
NASA Glenn Research Center and seven other institutions studying the perennial cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms that occur on Lake Erie and several of the inland waters in Ohio each summer. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Water Quality Lab at Kent State University is working on state-of-the-art algorithms to differentiate algae, cyanobacteria and suspended sediment based on their
spectral signatures using multispectral and hyperspectral data sets from a variety of aerial and satellite sensors. The preferred candidate will have expertise in visible remote sensing and IDL programing, but on the job training is possible for well qualified
candidates. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, visit my website (<a href="http://earthsci.info/" target="_blank">http://earthsci.info</a>) or contact me by email or phone. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please feel free to share this announcement with colleagues!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely, </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Joseph Ortiz</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717">Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717">Professor, Department of Geology</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717;background:#FFFEFE">Ohio Space Grant Consortium Campus Representative</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#282828">2018 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting Program Planning Committee Member</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosm.agu.org%2F2018%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cjortiz%40kent.edu%7C8911f32e73344b9eefbf08d4926678cb%7Ce5a06f4a1ec44d018f73e7dd15f26134%7C1&sdata=Z0afCyTTcUhczY2rBukmqpE35ZrIAEbFDRGBUf%2FK9vs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#255CC7">11‑16 February: 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:gray"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717">221 McGilvrey Hall phone: <a href="tel:(330)%20672-2225" target="_blank">330-672-2225</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717">Kent State University fax:
<a href="tel:(330)%20672-7949" target="_blank">330-672-7949</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#171717">Kent OH 44242 <a href="mailto:jortiz@kent.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000E3;text-decoration:none">jortiz@kent.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:#282828"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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