The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) Graduate Program is rated among the top programs in the nation and the world. Faculty members, nationally and internationally acknowledged leaders in their fields, conduct research that spans the study of Earth’s climate and environment, the properties and evolution of Earth’s dynamic interior, and the surface environment and interiors of other planets.
In collaboration with the Leadership Alliance, DEEPS offers an NSF REU Site: Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century. For more information on faculty mentors and potential projects, please visit the program webpage: https://deepsoutreach.brown.edu/deeps-leadership-alliance-reu/.
We welcome applications from students who have backgrounds in any of these fields: Geoscience/Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, and Biology.
Potential span a wide range of key science questions. What processes drive climate change and what are the likely conditions of Earth’s future climate? What processes control the occurrence of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes? What are missions to planets such as Mars revealing about the past and present planetary environments and how planetary interiors evolve? What is the structure of the tectonic plates on Earth and what processes drive plate motions, mountain building, and continental break-up?
More information on potential research can be found on the research websites for DEEPS faculty (under Our Faculty Mentors). Some of the possible research areas are highlighted here.