We are looking for motivated students to join the lab! Our lab uses field, computational, and remote sensing-based techniques to address a wide variety of questions related to water, sediment, and organic material dynamics in rivers and floodplains, particularly under hydrologic extremes.
If you're interested in joining the lab, please send me a brief description of your research interests, past research experience and/or fieldwork experience, and what you want out of graduate school (e.g., what skills you want to learn) as well as a 1-2 page CV and copy of your academic (unofficial) transcripts. Informal inquiries are also welcome.
Graduate students in my group are funded by research assistantships or fellowships. Additionally, I encourage strong candidates to apply for external research fellowships, including the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and the NASA FINESST Fellowship, and I am always happy to discuss fellowship proposals and ideas.
I strongly encourage you to reach out to me a few months before the USU application deadline. For more information on applying for a graduate degree at USU, see the USU Graduate School's website and the Watershed Sciences Department page.
USU's Department of Watershed Sciences excels in the science of 'wet' ecosystems, including rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, oceans, and the watersheds that feed them. We have a diverse range of faculty working on water and an abundance of courses that you can take to build your graduate experience, both within our department as well as across the University in Biology, Geosciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and more. Water research at USU is enhanced by collaborative opportunities through the multidisciplinary Ecology Center as well as the Utah Water Research Laboratory. We also have easy access to a wide range of field sites in the Bear River Range, Colorado River Watershed, and across the southwestern U.S.
Logan, Utah is nestled in the valley between the Wellsville and Bear River mountain ranges, with a population of ~55,000 people. The area offers numerous opportunities for outdoor activities, including skiing, biking, fishing, and hiking, and Logan is just a 90-minute drive to Salt Lake City and within a half day's drive to many National Parks, Monuments, and Conservation Areas.
The lab has a number of opportunities for USU undergraduate who are looking to learn more about geomorphology, hydrology, and research! These opportunities include:
Independent Research Projects
Field Assistants (typically in the Summer)
Lab / GIS Assistants (typically in the Fall / Spring)
Undergraduate researchers and assistants can be funded via on-going lab grants or one of USU's undergraduate grant programs, or students can take research course credits.
If you are interested in undergraduate research opportunities, please email me a brief description of: (1) what interests you about our lab, (2) any prior research or outdoors experience, and (3) your unofficial transcript.