Departmental Unit № 1
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Full tuition fellowship + 12-month living stipend (~$38,000/yr) + comprehensive student health insurance guaranteed for 5 years through Graduate School Fellowships and research assistantships.
Fall Priority Deadline: January 1
GRE Policy: Not required / Waived
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 88 minimum or IELTS 7.0 minimum
MS in Earth and Environmental Sciences (En route)
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Funding Reality: Admissions are directly into 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. Jonathan M. Gilligan
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Civil & Environmental Engineering
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
He models how rising seas and cyclone storm surges threaten coastal farming communities living inside river delta embankments, showing how water engineering and human choices interact.
Core Research Topics: Coupled human-natural water systems, coastal delta flood vulnerability, agent-based modeling of water management, water resources in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Investigates flood risks, polder embankment hydrology, and community migration in tidal floodplains of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta (Bangladesh) combining hydrological models, spatial GIS data, and agent-based socio-ecological models.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: Agent-based models (NetLogo, Python), GIS spatial flood hazard mapping, statistical water resources models, R.
Recruiting Context: Well-funded interdisciplinary projects on delta hydrology and water management.
Candidate Match:
Flood ModelingHydrologyGISGeographyPython
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Discussing your background in environmental geography and spatial hydrology, expressing strong interest in his research on coastal delta flood vulnerability and coupled human-water systems."