CREDIT OFFERED:    PHSX 800 or 999

SALARY OFFERED:    A Research assistantship is possible.

CONTACT PERSON:    Adrian Melott, 864-3037, melott@ku.edu, Malott Hall 4075.

PREREQUISITE COURSES:    A 3.2 GPA in graduate physics courses.

DESIRED SKILLS:    Possibilities are limited only by our imagination.

DESCRIPTION OF JOB:  We now have students computing the atmospheric effects of a gamma-ray burst, amassing data on mass extinctions for analysis, and collecting and analyzing rock samples for isotopic anamolies. See http://kusmos.phsx.ku.edu/~melott/Astrobiology.htm .