Current openings!
Dr. Costigan is recruiting a MS student to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for Fall 2020. The student will work on the Dry River Research Coordination Network. The student will work on this collaborative project to develop a hierarchical scale-based framework for predicting spatial intermittence patterns and compare statistical and process-based models for prediction of IR streamflow metrics at reach-to-network scales.
Candidates should have a background in a related discipline (natural resources, environmental science, civil engineering, etc.) and experience or willingness to learn some coding. Ideally, the candidate would begin in August 2018, but a deferred start date is negotiable. Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
To apply, contact Dr Costigan via email ([email protected]) with your CV, names for two or more references, and a brief (~750 word) statement of your research interests and experience and your career goals.
Some thoughts on me as an adviser:
For those who are interested in working with me, our research interests must overlap somewhat so that I may mentor appropriately and provide intellectual input. Graduate student support comes through teaching assistantships and research assistantships. There are several grants and fellowships available for post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduates. I am happy to help those who are interested in writing grants or applying for fellowships. I encourage post-docs and graduate students to compete for grants and fellowships as it improves them as well as the lab.
Mentoring philosophy
My broad career goal is to make a meaningful and lasting contribution to the scientific community and aim to do so not only with research but also by providing training and mentorship to the next generation of river scientists. Mentoring spans a gradient from rigorous, hands-on structure and guidance to near independence. I have seen and been mentored from both ends of this spectrum as well as somewhere in the middle. No two mentees are the same and what your goals and desires are will differ. As such, I do not believe that there is a single way in which to mentor. I am willing to do what is best for individual mentees. Though, I think I fall somewhere in the middle of this spectrum. I will not micro-manage you and I will not abandon you. I will let you know what you're doing well or what you could improve on. I expect the same out of mentees. We will work together to identify what best works for you and for what your goals are. We will meet regularly in a one-on-one setting and as a group to keep the lines of communication open. Things change... droughts occur, field equipment fails, etc. I expect you to be flexible and adapt as necessary to meet your goals.
Mentoring is a high priority and a great responsibility and privilege. I will work hard to prepare you as a professional, whichever way you want to go. I will nominate you for awards and make sure that we have funding to get whatever you need to get your work done.
Dr. Costigan is recruiting a MS student to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for Fall 2020. The student will work on the Dry River Research Coordination Network. The student will work on this collaborative project to develop a hierarchical scale-based framework for predicting spatial intermittence patterns and compare statistical and process-based models for prediction of IR streamflow metrics at reach-to-network scales.
Candidates should have a background in a related discipline (natural resources, environmental science, civil engineering, etc.) and experience or willingness to learn some coding. Ideally, the candidate would begin in August 2018, but a deferred start date is negotiable. Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
To apply, contact Dr Costigan via email ([email protected]) with your CV, names for two or more references, and a brief (~750 word) statement of your research interests and experience and your career goals.
Some thoughts on me as an adviser:
For those who are interested in working with me, our research interests must overlap somewhat so that I may mentor appropriately and provide intellectual input. Graduate student support comes through teaching assistantships and research assistantships. There are several grants and fellowships available for post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduates. I am happy to help those who are interested in writing grants or applying for fellowships. I encourage post-docs and graduate students to compete for grants and fellowships as it improves them as well as the lab.
Mentoring philosophy
My broad career goal is to make a meaningful and lasting contribution to the scientific community and aim to do so not only with research but also by providing training and mentorship to the next generation of river scientists. Mentoring spans a gradient from rigorous, hands-on structure and guidance to near independence. I have seen and been mentored from both ends of this spectrum as well as somewhere in the middle. No two mentees are the same and what your goals and desires are will differ. As such, I do not believe that there is a single way in which to mentor. I am willing to do what is best for individual mentees. Though, I think I fall somewhere in the middle of this spectrum. I will not micro-manage you and I will not abandon you. I will let you know what you're doing well or what you could improve on. I expect the same out of mentees. We will work together to identify what best works for you and for what your goals are. We will meet regularly in a one-on-one setting and as a group to keep the lines of communication open. Things change... droughts occur, field equipment fails, etc. I expect you to be flexible and adapt as necessary to meet your goals.
Mentoring is a high priority and a great responsibility and privilege. I will work hard to prepare you as a professional, whichever way you want to go. I will nominate you for awards and make sure that we have funding to get whatever you need to get your work done.