Prospective Students

If you are interested in joining our lab, please contact us by email before applying. We can potentially accept graduate students through either the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences or the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. In general, we expect that applicants to either program have a microbiology background.

Here are some links and resources that may be helpful:

Student Resources

Fellowship opportunities:

UMN Graduate School Fellowships

NASA Graduate Student Research Program

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships

Agouron Geobiology Fellowship

Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marine Microbial Ecology

Summer Courses:

MBL Microbial Diversity Course

RGNO Namibia - Biogeochemical Oceanography in Upwelling Ecosystems

Agouron International Geobiology Course

Ecology and Diversity of Marine Microorganisms (ECODIM)