Are you looking for a graduate opportunity? Our Department has many faculty members working on a range of exciting research initiatives.
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Dalhousie University offers a range of scholarships for MSc and PhD studies available to Canadian and International applicants (see https://www.dal.ca/faculty/gradstudies.html).
In addition to these funding opportunities our Department offers 1-2 EES Doctoral awards every year for outstanding students.
The minimum qualifications:
Successful completion of a BSc degree (MSc preferred) with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 (“A-” equivalent).
Ph.D. funding package covers tuition, medical insurance, fees, and a stipend for living expenses of $22,000 CAD/year. The award is guaranteed for two years, then subject to renewal for the 3rd and 4th years based on student performance.
Application deadline: January 1
Announcement of the results: February 1
Below you will find a list of professors, who accept graduate students. Contact them directly if you are interested in working with them.
Fedortchouk, Yana
Professor; Co-Director - Experimental High Pressure Geological Research Laboratory Email: yana@dal.ca Phone: +1 902 494 8432
Graduate Student Opportunities
Graduate student opportunities in Igneous and Experimental Petrology applied to:
- examine the origin, evolution, and emplacement conditions of kimberlites
- growth and dissolution of kimberlitic and UHP metamorphic diamonds
John is a geochronologist and geomorphologist who specializes in the application of terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides (isotopes produced in rocks exposed to cosmic rays) to solve questions regarding: slip rates of faults in Tibet, USA, and southern central Andes; glacial history of Canada; rates of erosion and exhumation by landslides, streams, and glaciers; geoarcheology; and the influences of climate change, particularly the Pliocene-Quaternary change) on landscape change. Current field areas include Ellesmere, Devon, and Baffin Islands and the western Canadian Arctic archipelago, and southern South America.
Only PhD projects are available for candidates with demonstrated skills. My projects aim to explore the geological signatures of slow earthquakes and examine the dynamic interplay between brittle and ductile deformation mechanisms within mega shear zones. Methods, including advanced imaging techniques, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), will be pivotal for elucidating the deformational processes governing the transition from ductile flow to fault slip. Computational Modelling will enable more detailed and complex models of fault rock deformation. These models can incorporate various factors like rock properties, fluid interactions, and stress conditions to better predict rock behaviour in the transition between ductile flow and frictional sliding laws.
My research looks at nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems and how it is represented in terrestrial biosphere models and Earth System Models, with a focus on nitrogen limitation of carbon sequestration in boreal forests under global change. I take an interdisciplinary approach, combining empirical ecology and field work with global modelling of the terrestrial biosphere and climate change. My website has more information on my research: https://siankou-giesbrecht.weebly.com.
In particular, I am looking for students who are interested in any of the following research directions:
(1) Characterising the degree of nitrogen limitation of plant growth and carbon sequestration across a latitudinal gradient representative of Canadian boreal forests.
(2) Improving how nitrogen and carbon cycling are represented in the Canadian Land Surface Scheme Including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC), which is the terrestrial biosphere model component of the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM) developed by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and which contributes to the climate change projections in the IPCC Assessment Reports. This work would focus on the pan-Canadian domain and how nitrogen limitation of carbon sequestration in Canadian boreal forests is influenced by global change.
(3) Understanding the influence of nitrogen cycling on simulated future trajectories of carbon sequestration as well as simulated future trajectories of nitrogen losses across the terrestrial biosphere models and Earth System Models that contribute to the IPCC Assessment Reports.
I currently have opportunities for graduate students interested in my research group’s work on the psychometric evaluation of pre-school children’s’ bioaffinity (also known as “connection to nature”) which is considered a precursor to pro-environmental decision-making in adulthood. Using games-testing assessment tools, my group quantifies the depth of ecological affinity of 3-5 year old’s and examines the impact of educational interventions on that relationship. Through this work we seek to understand how early the roots of environmental stewardship take hold and to inform educational strategies that could strengthen this bond.
Miao's main interests lie in the study of earthquake source processes and Earth's internal structure using seismic waveforms. He is curious about all types of seismic events on land and at sea ranging from tectonic and volcanic earthquakes to induced earthquakes and man-made explosions. His research recently focuses on detection, location, and characterization of seismic sources. More information can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/seismzhang
