Join us!
The Watershed Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene Lab is actively recruiting highly motivated, collaborative, and curious PhD students and postdocs. The priority application deadline is early December. Initial contact is requested prior to formally applying to the department. Please read the information included on this page, get familiar with the research being conducted in our lab, and reach out to me ([email protected]) if you are interested. In your introductory email, please include your CV and briefly address the following: 1) your previous research experience and/or relevant skills, 2) your research interests, and 3) why you are interested in joining this lab. More information about this position can also be found here.
Why work with me?
I am driven by the desire to understand how human activity is influencing the movement of nutrients and contaminants through the environment. I then seek to understand how these alterations influence human and wildlife health to inform conservation and global health policies and management plans. If you are similarly motivated, curious, and excited about these biogeochemical questions with important environmental and social implications, then it could be fun to collaborate on these questions together. Current lab projects are detailed on the Research page, but if you have a specific project that you are excited about and think is related to the work in this group, I'd love to discuss it.
My mentoring philosophy
I am committed to helping each student in my lab grow as a researcher, communicator, and collaborator in an inclusive and supportive environment. I expect my students and postdocs to be curious, supportive, productive, creative, self-motivated, and engaged learners, researchers, and peers. As a members of my lab, you should be teaching me new things as you become an expert in your sub-field, and we should be inspiring each other to constantly think critically about the work we do and the implications of our findings. In turn, I will help you develop research questions that you are excited about, guide you through the process of writing a dissertation, and ensure that you have the resources to be successful in achieving your goals. As we meet about the possibility of your joining the lab, I look forward to discussions regarding my mentoring philosophy so that we can create a plan that will help you be successful in graduate school and achieving your desired career.
Commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
In the Watershed Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene Lab, we are committed to promoting and enhancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in STEM for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, physical abilities, neurodivergence, religion, age, nationality, and socioeconomic status. We embed this commitment within our research, teaching, mentoring, and peer interactions . To do this, we challenge our own implicit biases, continuously educate ourselves, work to break down historical barriers, and actively recruit and mentor individuals with a JEDI mindset. One component of my JEDI work is GALS (Girls on outdoor Adventure for Leadership and Science), an organization that I co-founded in 2016. This is a free summer science program for high school students to learn science hands-on while overnight camping and backpacking through the wilderness. GALS was created to increase opportunities for students who identify as female or gender nonbinary, students of color, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and other groups underrepresented in fields of STEM.
Postdocs
I am recruiting a motivated, collaborative, and curious postdoc in coupled biogeochemical cycles to start in Fall 2025. I am also always excited to work with prospective postdocs on independent postdoctoral fellowships, such as the NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology, and the Smith Fellowship. If you have ideas, I would look forward to discussing them with you.
Graduate students
I am recruiting recruiting a motivated, collaborative, and curious PhD student in coupled biogeochemical cycles. More on this position can be found here. I also recommend that students applying for grad school check out this article I co-authored about demystifying the graduate school application process.
I encourage all students who are eligible to apply for a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and I would be excited to work with prospective graduate students to develop a proposal (due mid-October).
I can accept graduate students through the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering or the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell. The deadline for admissions is in early December, but you should reach out to me well in advance of this deadline so that we can discuss your interests and potential research projects.
Undergraduate students
I am always excited to have undergraduates become involved in research in my lab. If you are interested, please send me an email ([email protected]) explaining your interests, why my lab is intriguing to you, and what you hope to gain from the experience.
Why work with me?
I am driven by the desire to understand how human activity is influencing the movement of nutrients and contaminants through the environment. I then seek to understand how these alterations influence human and wildlife health to inform conservation and global health policies and management plans. If you are similarly motivated, curious, and excited about these biogeochemical questions with important environmental and social implications, then it could be fun to collaborate on these questions together. Current lab projects are detailed on the Research page, but if you have a specific project that you are excited about and think is related to the work in this group, I'd love to discuss it.
My mentoring philosophy
I am committed to helping each student in my lab grow as a researcher, communicator, and collaborator in an inclusive and supportive environment. I expect my students and postdocs to be curious, supportive, productive, creative, self-motivated, and engaged learners, researchers, and peers. As a members of my lab, you should be teaching me new things as you become an expert in your sub-field, and we should be inspiring each other to constantly think critically about the work we do and the implications of our findings. In turn, I will help you develop research questions that you are excited about, guide you through the process of writing a dissertation, and ensure that you have the resources to be successful in achieving your goals. As we meet about the possibility of your joining the lab, I look forward to discussions regarding my mentoring philosophy so that we can create a plan that will help you be successful in graduate school and achieving your desired career.
Commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
In the Watershed Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene Lab, we are committed to promoting and enhancing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in STEM for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, physical abilities, neurodivergence, religion, age, nationality, and socioeconomic status. We embed this commitment within our research, teaching, mentoring, and peer interactions . To do this, we challenge our own implicit biases, continuously educate ourselves, work to break down historical barriers, and actively recruit and mentor individuals with a JEDI mindset. One component of my JEDI work is GALS (Girls on outdoor Adventure for Leadership and Science), an organization that I co-founded in 2016. This is a free summer science program for high school students to learn science hands-on while overnight camping and backpacking through the wilderness. GALS was created to increase opportunities for students who identify as female or gender nonbinary, students of color, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and other groups underrepresented in fields of STEM.
Postdocs
I am recruiting a motivated, collaborative, and curious postdoc in coupled biogeochemical cycles to start in Fall 2025. I am also always excited to work with prospective postdocs on independent postdoctoral fellowships, such as the NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship, NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology, and the Smith Fellowship. If you have ideas, I would look forward to discussing them with you.
Graduate students
I am recruiting recruiting a motivated, collaborative, and curious PhD student in coupled biogeochemical cycles. More on this position can be found here. I also recommend that students applying for grad school check out this article I co-authored about demystifying the graduate school application process.
I encourage all students who are eligible to apply for a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and I would be excited to work with prospective graduate students to develop a proposal (due mid-October).
I can accept graduate students through the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering or the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell. The deadline for admissions is in early December, but you should reach out to me well in advance of this deadline so that we can discuss your interests and potential research projects.
Undergraduate students
I am always excited to have undergraduates become involved in research in my lab. If you are interested, please send me an email ([email protected]) explaining your interests, why my lab is intriguing to you, and what you hope to gain from the experience.
