Departmental Unit № 1
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES)
PhD in Geosciences / Environmental Sciences
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Full tuition waiver + 12-month living stipend (~$34,000/yr) + comprehensive health insurance guaranteed for 5 years through graduate fellowships and assistantships.
Fall Priority Deadline: January 15
GRE Policy: Not required / Waived
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 95 minimum or IELTS 7.0 minimum
MS in Earth and Environmental Sciences (Thesis)
Funded on Research Track
Funding Reality: Research MS students funded via faculty research assistantships.
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. Vasilii Petrenko
Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
He melts ancient polar ice in high-tech vacuum laboratory tanks to measure ancient air bubbles, discovering how ancient floodplains and wetlands responded to global warming.
Core Research Topics: Environmental geochemistry, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon-14 isotopic analysis, polar ice core hydrology, wet-lab analytical gas testing.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Directs the Rochester Ice Core and Atmospheric Chemistry Lab. Extracts and analyzes trace air bubbles trapped in polar ice cores to understand how natural wetlands and melting permafrost release methane gas during abrupt climate warmings.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: Ultra-clean vacuum extraction lines, isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS), gas chromatography, field ice sampling.
Recruiting Context: Directs unique analytical wet-laboratory with continuous NSF polar funding.
Candidate Match:
Environmental PollutionLab Water TestingGeoscienceEnvironmental Science
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Highlighting your hands-on laboratory sample testing background and interest in geochemical and isotopic analysis of environmental change."