Research Opportunities
A list of current graduate and post-graduate research opportunities, listed by title.
NOTE: If you do not receive a response from faculty members it is likely they are not looking for students at this time.
Arctic Paleoclimatology
A Ph.D. position is available for a project using coralline algal geochemistry to study paleoclimates and sea-ice change in the Arctic. Students with a background in Geoscience, Bioscience or Climate Physics …
Development of molecular markers for the study of carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry
Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology
A graduate research assistantship is available to pursue research in microorganism– mineral interactions…
Climate and Tectonics in Nepal
A highly motivated PhD student is sought to work with Lindsay Schoenbohm on tectonic geomorphology in western Nepal.
Environmental Geoscience: Geochemistry of deep crustal fluids
Studies of the origin, residence times and geochemical signatures of deep crustal fluids…
Environmental Geoscience: Studies of hydrocarbon contaminants in groundwater
Studies of hydrocarbon contaminants in groundwater using field, laboratory, and modelling…
Graduate research opportunities in the area of experimental petrology/magmatic salts for both PhD and Masters students starting in the 2021/22 academic year…
Geophysics
PhD positions in geophysics methods are available with Professor Andrei Swindisky starting in the 2021/22 academic year….
PhD project 1. To improve exploration for blind hydrothermal systems. Can novel ground and airborne EM measurements be used to better explore for deeply buried blind hydrothermal systems?
PhD project 2. To increase exploration depth in the search for critical minerals. Can novel ground and airborne EM measurements be used to increase the exploration depth for critical mineral deposits buried under cover?
PhD project 3. To characterize artificial fractures in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). How can EM methods be used to image the distribution of artificial fractures in an enhanced geothermal system?
PhD project 4. To develop reservoir monitoring tools for subsurface carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. How can EM methods be used to monitor carbon capture & storage processes in the presence of steel infrastructure?
Isotope geochemistry and igneous petrology
PhD and Masters students will work at the intersection of isotope geochemistry and experimental petrology. Students will simulate magmatic conditions in the experimental petrology laboratory and analyze the textural, chemical, and isotopic compositions…
Marine Geology – Paleoceanography
Understanding the marine barite proxy record of sulfate oxygen and sulfur isotopes (Ph.D.)….
Understanding the impact of pyrite dissolution on the Quaternary pCO2 (Ph.D)….
One graduate student position is available for research on paleoecology of temperate or boreal/sub-arctic peatlands using microfossil indicators and reconstructions of carbon fluxes over the Holocene and Pleistocene Epochs. Applicants should have a degree in Earth Science, Physical Geography, Environmental Science, Ecology or related discipline and applicable research experience. Contact Prof S. Finkelstein (finkelstein@es.utoronto.ca)
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tectonics, Geomorphology, Landscape Evolution and/or Hazards
The Schoenbohm Research Group (http://www.lindsay-schoenbohm.com/) in the Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences at the University of Toronto Mississauga invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning September 1, 2019. Deadline June 14, 2019. See http://www.lindsay-schoenbohm.com/opportunitiesfor full details.
Tracking Atmospheric Mercury Sources by Isotopic Fingerprinting
The long-term goal of the Bergquist research program is to use Hg isotopes in improve our understanding of the Hg biogeochemical cycle and to develop Hg isotopes as a proxy of past environmental changes. Professors B.A. Bergquist and B. Sherwood Lollar.