Departmental Unit № 1
Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering (EECE)
PhD in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Full tuition fellowship + 12-month living stipend (~$37,000–$40,000/yr) + university health/dental insurance guaranteed for 5 years through McKelvey School fellowships and research assistantships.
Fall Priority Deadline: December 15
GRE Policy: Not required / Waived
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 90 minimum or IELTS 7.0 minimum
MS in Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Mostly Self-Funded (Target PhD)
Funding Reality: Coursework MS is self-funded; full funding is guaranteed on the PhD track.
Application Deadline: January 15
Admissions Advisory: If full funding is required and MS is self-funded, students are strongly advised to apply directly to the PhD track.
Vetted Matched Scholars (1 Profiles)
Prof. Daniel E. Giammar
Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
He runs a state-of-the-art laboratory testing toxic lead and heavy metals in municipal drinking water, discovering how to treat city pipes so toxic lead doesn't leach into home drinking water.
Core Research Topics: Aquatic chemistry, chemical contaminant fate in drinking water, lead and heavy metal pipe corrosion, water treatment, wet-lab analytical chemistry.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Investigates chemical reaction mechanisms governing toxic lead and arsenic release from drinking water pipes and mineral surfaces, developing laboratory chemical treatment methods to stop municipal tap water lead poisoning crises.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), chemical titration, flow-through pipe reactors.
Recruiting Context: Directs prominent environmental chemistry wet-lab with substantial federal EPA and NSF funding.
Candidate Match:
Environmental PollutionLab Water TestingWater QualityEnvironmental Chemistry
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Connecting your wet-lab environmental testing experience and chemical titration training directly with his research on heavy metal contaminant mobility and water treatment."
Departmental Unit № 2
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (EEPS)
PhD in Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Tuition waiver + 12-month stipend (~$37,000/yr) + health insurance.
Fall Priority Deadline: December 15
GRE Policy: Not required
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 90 or IELTS 7.0
MS in Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (En route)
N/A
Funding Reality: Admissions are directly to the fully-funded PhD program.
Application Deadline: N/A
Admissions Advisory: If full funding is required and MS is self-funded, students are strongly advised to apply directly to the PhD track.
Vetted Matched Scholars (1 Profiles)
Prof. Jeffrey G. Catalano
Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
He studies the invisible chemical bonds between muddy river sediment and toxic chemicals, discovering whether soil can trap hazardous pollutants or let them leach into aquifers.
Core Research Topics: Environmental biogeochemistry, mineral-water interface chemistry, contaminant adsorption (arsenic, copper, uranium), water quality testing.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Studies how heavy metals and toxic chemicals stick to clay minerals, iron oxides, and sediments in rivers and aquifers, controlling whether pollutants remain locked in dirt or dissolve into drinking water.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy, wet-lab geochemical batch adsorption experiments, spectrophotometry, geochemical equilibrium codes.
Recruiting Context: Well-funded wet-lab group at the boundary between environmental chemistry and geosciences.
Candidate Match:
Environmental PollutionLab Water TestingWater QualityEnvironmental Science
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Highlighting your hands-on laboratory experience in water testing and chemical analysis, expressing interest in his research on contaminant adsorption at mineral-water interfaces."