The
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) at the
University of Miami is seeking applicants to several Ph.D. research
assistantships available in 2020. RSMAS faculty research interests fall
under the following departments: Atmospheric Science (ATM), Marine
Biology and Ecology (MBE), Marine Ecosystems and Society (MES), Marine
Geosciences (MGS), Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (MPO), and
Ocean Sciences (OCE). Please see our website for more information about
specific research assistantships and faculty interests: https://graduate.rsmas.miami.edu/admissions/phd-assistanships/index.html.
The list below contains some of our available assistantships available in Fall 2020. Please
note that this is not a complete list of opportunities. Prospective
students are welcome to reach out to any individual faculty member or
the graduate program director to learn more.
- Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center – Elizabeth Babcock, MBE and David Die, MES
- Impact of Aerosols on Oceans and Rainforests – Cassandra Gaston, ATM/OCE
- Impact of Harmful Algal Blooms on Air Quality – Cassandra Gaston, ATM/OCE
- Surface Expressions of Deep Subduction Dynamics – Adam Holt, MGS
- Subduction Zones and Dynamic Topography – Adam Holt, MGS
- Interactions of Oceanic Currents with Bathymetry – OCE/MPO
- Climate Change Risks and Preparedness – Katharine Mach, MES
- Multi-Scale Interactions and Predictability of Tropical Cyclone Intensification – Sharan Majumdar, ATM/MPO and Jason Dunion, NOAA/CIMAS
- Characterizing African Easterly Wave Variability and Environmental Factor Associated with Tropical Cyclogenesis, Sharan Majumdar, ATM/MPO and Jon Zawisiak, NOAA/CIMAS
- The Serotonin Transporter (SERT) and the Control of Circulating Serotonin in Teleost Fish – Danielle McDonald, MBE
- Sargassum Research Opportunity – Maria J Olascoaga, OCE, Francisco Beron-Vera, ATM, and Rick Lumpkin, NOAA/AOML
- Evolutionary Genomics – Margorie Oleksiak and Douglas Crawford, MBE
- Ocean Prediction and Exploration Using Machine Learning – Tamay Ozgokmen, MPO/OCE
- Climate Change: Clouds, Circulation, and Climate – Brian Soden, ATM/MPO
- Understanding
Trade-Wind Cumulus Mesoscale Organization Using Field Datasets Gathered
Jan-Feb 2020 East of Barbados – Paquita Zuidema, ATM
The
majority of Ph.D. students are supported as Graduate Research
Assistants during their tenure (typically 5 years). These assistantships
provide an annual salary of $30,312, and tuition and health insurance
is provided for all students. All applications received prior to January
1, 2020 will be reviewed. In order to increase the chance of an
assistantship, applications are encouraged by December 1, 2019.
We are visiting these campuses and locations over the next few months for recruitment:
October 31: Texas A&M – College Station
November 1: Texas State University / San Marcos, TX
November 4: University of Texas / Austin, TX
November 12: University of Oregon / Oregon State University / Eugene, OR / Newport, OR / Charleston, OR
November 13: University of Portland / Portland State University / Lewis and Clark
November 14: University of Washington / Seattle, WA
November 15: University of British Columbia / Vancouver, Canada
November 18: UC-San Diego, University of San Diego, San Diego State University
November 19: UC-Santa Barbara, Pepperdine University
November 20-22: Los Angeles, CA / UCLA, USC, Scripps College, California State University – Long Beach
December 9-13: AGU Conference / San Francisco, CA (possibly travel as far as Monterey Bay)
January 10-16: AMS Annual Meeting 2020 / Boston, MA
February 16-21: Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 / San Diego, CA
Master of Professional Science (take the same courses as Ph.D. and MS students, but instead of a thesis/dissertation, you do an internship/research in the field with organizations such as NOAA, NPS, NGOs, etc. and 94% of students have a job in the field 6 months after graduation). These applications are still open for Fall 2019 start until July 23rd:
Potential
students can apply to both Ph.D./MS and MPS degrees (no extra costs
from the original application fee). Just make sure to click the button
inside the PhD/MS application. Applications can be found here:
Any
questions, please ask! I'm more than willing to facetime, Skype, text,
or just chat on the phone to help you out. Excited to chat with you all
about the programs!!!
Josh Coco, Ed. D.
Executive Director, Rosenstiel School
Tel: (305) 421.4002
Fax: (305) 421.4711
Direct: jcoco@rsmas.miami.edu
University of Miami
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
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