Prospective Students

[please email me regarding student opportunities]

PLEASE NOTE MY MOVE:

I will be moving to the Nicholas School of Environment at Duke University starting June 2011; I will be seeking at least 1 PhD student and 1 post-doc in the coming year(s) as part of the hydrology/ecology initiative at Duke. Please contact me if you are interested

I am always looking for bright, motivated, and highly independent graduate students. I am open to students from all majors (current students represent backgrounds in Ecology, Botany, Geography, Geology, Engineering…), but incoming students are expected to have a usable understanding of math through several semesters of calculus, at least a year of physics, chemistry, and some hydro and eco kinds of classes; engineering courses are always a big plus. Field experience is also a big plus, as is lab experience. I take on a mixture of MS and PhD students, and acceptance is usually driven by the availability of funding.

The range of projects on which my students work is quite broad, but I am best able to advise students who are interested in rivers and the intersection of river science and society.

If you are interested in research in my group, I encourage you to send me an email with your CV/resume, and a description of your research interests. Be as specific as possible, as this will allow me to gauge if my group is the right place for you, or if you should look elsewhere. I also encourage you to contact some of the current students in my group to get a sense of the work we do, and the atmosphere; they can often give you a better sense of the place than I can.

-martin