<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-228d3122-7fff-4170-e771-2dbf6efe7a8e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-1a590260-7fff-9364-0734-ca71ac35593e"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The </span><a href="https://www.hilarypalevsky.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Marine Biogeochemistry Laboratory at Boston College</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (PI: Prof. Hilary Palevsky) is seeking a new PhD student to join our group </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">working on research related to a recently funded </span><a href="https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2024/spring/hilary-palevsky-wins-nsf-career-award.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">NSF CAREER award</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></span><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The research project: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This project seeks to better understand the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle and ocean carbon uptake from the atmosphere using marine biogeochemical time series data from </span><a href="https://oceanobservatories.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Arrays in the northeast Pacific and subpolar North Atlantic Oceans. The research approaches we will use to accomplish this goal include seagoing fieldwork on the </span><a href="https://www.whoi.edu/what-we-do/explore/ships/ships-neil-armstrong/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">R/V Neil Armstrong</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, laboratory analysis of samples collected at sea, and computational data analysis to calibrate and analyze autonomous sensor datasets. The project also involves development of educational videos for use in undergraduate courses, and the PhD student working on this project will be highly encouraged to contribute to educational material development and undergraduate student mentoring.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The PhD program: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The </span><a href="https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/departments/eesc/graduate.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Boston College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences graduate program</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> offers broad training in the Earth and Environmental Sciences through coursework, teaching assistantships, and professional development opportunities through the department and the broader university. Distinctive features of our program include an emphasis on the importance of “broader impacts” such as outreach and education, in addition to research, and a broad disciplinary scope within our relatively small department, offering opportunities to develop close relationships with peers and faculty working across the geosciences.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Our research group:</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> The Marine Biogeochemistry research group includes early career scientists spanning the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels, and prioritizes a lab culture of mutual support and near-peer mentorship among all lab members. Our group holds regular full lab group meetings and meetings among the team working on each project, in addition to each mentee having regular individual meetings with me. All group members create a strategic plan covering personal and professional goals for the coming months at the beginning of each spring, summer, and fall, and discuss key goals from their plan with the full lab group as well as with me.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Applying for this position:</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> Prospective students interested in this position should apply to the </span><a href="https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/departments/eesc/graduate/phd" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Boston College PhD program in Earth and Environmental Sciences</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and include in their application materials that they are interested in working with me on this project. I recognize that all applicants, no matter their prior research experience or coursework, will have lots to learn as a PhD student. The strongest applications will share how this project aligns with your professional goals and interests, including your existing skills and experiences it would build on as well as new skills it would help you develop. I will not be meeting with potential candidates prior to the application deadline (Jan. 2, 2025) because I will be on parental leave and there is no expectation that candidates reach out prior to applying. However, candidates who have questions prior to applying may contact </span><a href="mailto:kristen.fogaren@bc.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Dr. Kristen Fogaren</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, Senior Research Associate in our group, or </span><a href="mailto:noah.snyder@bc.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Prof. Noah Snyder</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, Department Chair, if they have questions about the project, research group, department, or PhD program.</span></p></span><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><font color="#888888"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:12px"><br></span></div></div></div></font></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"></div></div></div></div>