The Environmental Sciences Ph.D. program at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio invites applicants for Fall 2015 admission. The program provides interdisciplinary and focused courses as well as exciting research and training opportunities to prepare students to understand and solve complex environmental problems affecting human and ecosystem health. An emerging area of strength includes a focus on understanding the causes and consequences of global change, defined broadly in terms of the physical, chemical and biological changes that are occurring across the globe.
Our interdisciplinary program is designed to expose students to both traditional and emerging areas of environmental sciences, and provides the ability to focus on research in a more defined area. Program faculty reside primarily in the departments of Biological Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics, with contributions from Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Computer Science, and Mathematics and Statistics. Current research by program faculty, which is funded by agencies such as the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense, ranges from issues of importance to aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric environments and from levels of organization from the molecular to the ecosystem scale. Research approaches range from data mining and modeling to lab- and field-based research. Our graduates have moved on to a variety of positions in academia, state and federal agencies, industry, and non-profit organizations. Wright State is also home to Pi Epsilon, the National Environmental Sciences Honor Society, which was founded in 2003 by Environmental Sciences Ph.D. students. The program offers stipends on a competitive basis to qualified applicants ($22,660 for Fall 2015) along with a waiver of tuition costs. Student support is typically derived from a mixture of research and teaching assistantships. Highly qualified applicants are also eligible to receive a Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI) Fellowship supplement for the first year in the program. Applicants are encouraged to contact program faculty in their areas of interest prior to completing the application to determine fit with a program faculty member. To apply online and to read more about our program and its curriculum, research, and faculty and student profiles, please visit our main program website at: http://science-math.wright.edu/environmental-sciences-phd Questions regarding our program may be directed to our program office: Don Cipollini Director, Environmental Sciences Ph.D. program 114 Biological Sciences I Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435 Phone: (937) 775-3273 FAX: (937) 775-3485 e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> *************************************** Don Cipollini, Ph.D. Professor, Plant Physiology/Chemical Ecology Director, Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Program Wright State University Department of Biological Sciences 203 Biological Sciences I 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway Dayton, OH 45435 Phone: 937-775-3805 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Lab website: http://cipollinilab.wordpress.com Environmental Sciences PhD program website: www.wright.edu/academics/envsci<http://www.wright.edu/academics/envsci>
