Prospective and Current Students

Because of the small size of Dartmouth's Earth Science department, ensuring a good intellectual fit between an applicant and an EARS professor is a key part of graduate admissions. Before or during the application process, you should reach out to professors you are interested in working with to introduce yourself and discuss potential projects. 

To facilitate this communication, we compile annually a list of EARS professors looking for graduate students, what projects those students might expect to join, and any specific interests or skills that would make a good fit. This list is not exhaustive and some professors may also be open to student-led projects.

Meredith Kelly

I am accepting new graduate students for the academic year 25-26. I have ongoing projects investigating the past fluctuations of tropical glaciers. These projects aim to understand tropical paleoclimate conditions from approximately the Last Ice Age until the present, and investigate the influence of topography on tropical glacial extents. I also have projects investigating the deglaciation of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in western North America as well as in New England. These focus on understanding the role of the ice sheet in global climate changes as well as the paleoenvironmental conditions during late glacial time. Ideally students will have some Earth Science background, prior research experience, strong quantitative skills, good writing ability and the willingness to work hard.

Emily Lacroix

I am looking for graduate students (MS and PhD level) to join our group. We are mechanism-focused, "big-picture" motivated soil biogeochemists. Using a combination of field and laboratory studies, we aim to understand how small-scale soil processes alter large-scale carbon, nutrient, and contaminant fluxes. Research topics include i) the influence of anoxic microsites on various biogeochemical cycles, ii) mineral surface dynamics in the rhizosphere, and ii) how organic carbon stays in soils. Sound interesting? Please fill out this form to learn more and to express your interest: https://forms.gle/KCG3cLPyo8mJMHi6A

Sarah Slotznick

I am looking for a graduate student (at either the MSc or PhD level) to start in the 2025-2026 academic year.  Potential projects could include: a) diving into mineralogy of the renewable energy transition with magnetics, first principles computations and/or laboratory mineral synthesis or b) dating key paleontological sites in Earth History with magnetostratigraphy.  Students should be excited about laboratory research and exploring how magnetism provides a unique window into the natural world! For the first project, prior coursework in physics or material science and experience coding are preferred.