Prospective Undergraduate Researchers
EPIC will have an opportunity open to do undergraduate research starting during the Spring 2022 semester. Preference will be given to students who have completed "igneous and metamorphic petrology" along with other introductory geology courses (due to the nature of the work in our lab). If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please check back as instructions on applying for the position will be posted here in February 2020.
Prospective Graduate Students
December 2021 Update: Unfortunately our pending grant proposal was not funded and so I am not able to afford to accept and support any new graduate students for a Spring or Fall 2022 start. I am of course disappointed not to have the opportunity to with all of you wonderful potential applicants. Best of luck in your applications and hope our paths have another chance to cross in the future.
EPIC lab alumni, Dr. Hannah Shamloo, is likely looking for a masters student at Central Washington University for a Fall 2022 start. So if you are interested in magma and volcano-related science on Earth and a masters program, I encourage you to consider contacting her.
Although I am not currently accepting graduate students, I provide a lot more information and advice on applying to be a graduate student in the EPIC lab and in the School of Earth & Space Exploration at ASU in general, as well as information on need-based graduate application fee waivers on this separate page specifically for prospective graduate students, if that is of interest.
-Prof. Christy Till, December 2021
EPIC lab alumni, Dr. Hannah Shamloo, is likely looking for a masters student at Central Washington University for a Fall 2022 start. So if you are interested in magma and volcano-related science on Earth and a masters program, I encourage you to consider contacting her.
Although I am not currently accepting graduate students, I provide a lot more information and advice on applying to be a graduate student in the EPIC lab and in the School of Earth & Space Exploration at ASU in general, as well as information on need-based graduate application fee waivers on this separate page specifically for prospective graduate students, if that is of interest.
-Prof. Christy Till, December 2021
Prospective Postdoctoral Fellows
We do not have any funding to support new postdoctoral fellows in EPIC at this time, and because four new postdocs are joining the lab during the 2021-2022 academic year, Prof. Till does not anticipate sponsoring any new grants to support postdoctoral work until the 2022-2023 academic year. This is not a reflection of the quality of the applicants expressing interest but rather the size of research group and wanting to ensure adequate mentoring capacity for everyone.
SESE Exploration Postdoctoral Fellowships: The School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU sponsors one or more interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships each year with proposals due in December annually (for a Summer or Fall start date). See here for more information. This program emphasizes supporting scholars focused on interdisciplinary research, with a requirement of having two faculty mentors with different disciplinary expertise. For this program, the more interdisciplinary the proposed project and the more divergent the expertise of the two proposed advisors, the better. For example, a proposed research project with a faculty mentor with a seismology background and another with an igneous petrology background would likely be more favored than one with mentors with igneous petrology and igneous geochemistry expertise. Also Prof Till is an advisor for a present SESE Exploration Fellow (Dr. Daniel Portner), so while not impossible, it is improbable that an SESE Exploration Postdoc applicant applying to work with Prof Till will get chosen in the Winter 2021-2022 selection round, all other things being equal.
SESE Exploration Postdoctoral Fellowships: The School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU sponsors one or more interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowships each year with proposals due in December annually (for a Summer or Fall start date). See here for more information. This program emphasizes supporting scholars focused on interdisciplinary research, with a requirement of having two faculty mentors with different disciplinary expertise. For this program, the more interdisciplinary the proposed project and the more divergent the expertise of the two proposed advisors, the better. For example, a proposed research project with a faculty mentor with a seismology background and another with an igneous petrology background would likely be more favored than one with mentors with igneous petrology and igneous geochemistry expertise. Also Prof Till is an advisor for a present SESE Exploration Fellow (Dr. Daniel Portner), so while not impossible, it is improbable that an SESE Exploration Postdoc applicant applying to work with Prof Till will get chosen in the Winter 2021-2022 selection round, all other things being equal.
