jkelly17 Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Hey all! I was just wondering what everyone plans on researching for their potential thesis/dissertation? I will be attending the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography under Dr. Steven Carey and I will most likely be working on his project concerning the tsunami risk hazard in the Mediterranean Sea associated with Marsili volcano. Just curious what you all plan on studying! - Josh
waddle Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Something involving biology, geology and chemistry. I'll get back to you in a year or so.
waddle Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 ahhh biogeochemist...jack of all trades master of all! (wishful thinking, but the job market for biogeochemists is pretty rough)
UnlikelyGrad Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 master of all! (wishful thinking, but the job market for biogeochemists is pretty rough) Shhhh....don't make me lose hope until I get some publications!!
paigeski Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 I'll be attending Colorado School of Mines and studying Geological Engineering. I still have to make up some prereq's, so I'm not sure on my thesis yet.
Kitkat Posted March 8, 2011 Posted March 8, 2011 I'm hoping to get in for paleonology/ geobiology/ biostratigraphy. Like waddle, I'll let you know, I'm applying this fall.
InquilineKea Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Planetary Atmospheres/Astrobiology/Exoplanets
RedPanda Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Cool, I'm not the only astrobio person hanging around here this cycle! Geobio/astrobio/extremophiles But I haven't even decided where I'll be going yet, so thesis topics are still a long ways out.
LCBucky Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Marine Geophysics (subduction zones particularly)/Tectonics....something in there.
UnlikelyGrad Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 RedPanda, I call myself a wannabe astrobiologist, and my best friend here at grad school is one (funded by NASA). Where did you apply? LCBucky: nice to see another oceanographer on board (yes, pun intended). Have you ever been to sea before? I <3 research cruises. And to both of you: Welcome to the earth sciences club here at Grad Cafe!
RedPanda Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Well, I applied to geoscience departments at Penn State, Indiana, and Colorado; microbiology at Cornell; and marine bio at UCSD/Scripps (for deep sea microbiology research). So far I've been accepted to Penn State (yay!) and I've heard unofficial good things from the adcom at Cornell. I'm completely psyched for next year but the suspense is driving me batty! Thanks for the welcome!
LCBucky Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 UnlikelyGrad: thank you! I spent the summer sailing down in the South Pacific. Had the opportunity of doing some field work while down there. Though not a research cruise, it was a pretty neat experience! RedPanda: Congrats on the acceptances!
hope4fall2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Tropical Atmospheric Dynamics, Large Scale Circulation Patterns, Cloud and Precipitation Dynamics.. If at all I get accepted somewhere..
UnlikelyGrad Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 RedPanda: No University of Hawaii? They do a fair bit of marine microbio work (and yes, have an ROV for ocean-bottom stuff). And it's HAWAII. LCBucky 1
waddle Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) RedPanda: No University of Hawaii? They do a fair bit of marine microbio work (and yes, have an ROV for ocean-bottom stuff). And it's HAWAII. Going to second this. From what I hear, the CMORE building is just magnificent. Also, dock access to the newest ship in the UNOLS fleet is a great plus. (The Kilo did spring a pretty bad leak on a HOT cruise just recently, though.) Edited January 31, 2012 by waddle
sweet_schist Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Well, I applied to geoscience departments at Penn State,...... So far I've been accepted to Penn State (yay!).... That's awesome! Are you hoping to do geomicrobiology here? (I'm finishing up my undergrad here this year)
taylorific Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 Isotope biogeochemistry! Lots of syllables... LCBucky 1
LCBucky Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 taylorific - ahh, you're the first other MIT/WHOI applicant i've seen on here this year! (although, we have two very different subfields!)
UnlikelyGrad Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Going to second this. From what I hear, the CMORE building is just magnificent. Oooh. The CMORE building is awesome. I would love to work there. Also, dock access to the newest ship in the UNOLS fleet is a great plus. (The Kilo did spring a pretty bad leak on a HOT cruise just recently, though.) Haha, yes. It's screwing up everyone's plans. Which is too bad because it's an amazing ship. And it's not just the ship...it's the program. Because of the constancy of the work that's done at station ALOHA, you can get all sorts of historical and real-time data. Dr. Hand-Waver and I went out and just did our own thing while all of the HOT folks handled temperature, salinity, etc. measurements, DNA analysis, and whatever. So we can get access to all of that info without doing the work ourselves. (FWIW, I was on the HOT cruise right before the one where it sprang the leak. After reading the news article a couple of weeks later I spent several days walking around saying, "That was close! That was close! Yikes, that was close!" )
waddle Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) (FWIW, I was on the HOT cruise right before the one where it sprang the leak. After reading the news article a couple of weeks later I spent several days walking around saying, "That was close! That was close! Yikes, that was close!" ) Totally been there. Different cruise though, but yikes! Love that ship. I feel sorta bad for the guys who were on duty at the time; must have been nothing but sweat and salt for a few days..\ Isotope biogeochemistry! Yes! Though I've definitely seen more syllables than that. I get the feeling that I might've met some of the people you might be interested in working with (judging from your list of schools); feel free to PM me. Edited February 7, 2012 by waddle
XXF Posted February 14, 2012 Posted February 14, 2012 Geophysics/geodynamics Planetary interiors, potentially surfaces. Definitely physics-based.
sansao Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Marine Geophysics - OBS, MORs, Magma Chambers and Rifting, and maybe a little biogeochem on the side if I get to look at vents. There are some really amazing prospects at my POIs. *waves at LCBucky* Marine Geophysics is the future. LCBucky 1
LCBucky Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Marine Geophysics - OBS, MORs, Magma Chambers and Rifting, and maybe a little biogeochem on the side if I get to look at vents. There are some really amazing prospects at my POIs. *waves at LCBucky* Marine Geophysics is the future. love it!
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