The Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program at Trent University is deliberately interdisciplinary offering both masters and doctoral degrees. Our students’ experiences are diverse, gleaned from across the disciplines – ecology, environmental chemistry, forensics, genetics, geography, and physiology. This is deliberate. It is because scientific advances are most rapid at the interface of the disciplines. It is because environmental solutions demand a multifaceted view. It is because interdisciplinary training enhances our students’ success in publishing, finding employment, and flourishing.
Students are supervised by faculty members from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Resource Sciences, Forensic Sciences, Geography, and Psychology, as well as by scientists at the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources & Forestry, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Health Canada, and other governmental and non-governmental organizations. There are typically 160-190 students enrolled and the program annually accepts an average of 50 students out of approximately 300 applications.
Scroll through the Research Opportunities below to see the exciting positions that are available to incoming students in the Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program! You are encouraged to contact the faculty member directly. If you have any questions, please contact Linda Cardwell, Program Coordinator at lcardwell@trentu.ca or 705-748-1011 Ex 7817. Visit our website at www.trentu.ca/els
Listing of research opportunities:
- Master of Science opportunity — Conservation Value Assessment of the Boreal Forest – Supervisor: Dr. Jim Schaefer – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Masters Projects in Environmental Fate of Chemicals Modelling – Supervisor: Dr. Mark Parnis – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Masters and Doctoral Graduate Positions available for a management focused methylation study on large mammals – Supervisor Team: Dr. Aaron Shafer, Trent University and Dr. Joe Northrup, NDMNRF – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- MSc/PhD opportunities for research on the environmental impacts of Hi-tech industries, Environmental and Life Science program (EnLS), Trent University, Peterborough, Canada – Supervisor: Dr. Huy Dang, Assistant Professor of Chemistry – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Graduate positions in the Integrative Wildlife Conservation lab at Trent University – Supervisor: Dr. Dennis Murray – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. or Ph.D. Opportunity in Molecular Virology and Viral Pathogenesis – Supervisor, Dr. Craig Brunetti, Professor of Biology – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Research for a PhD student to study fish behaviour, metabolism, thermal biology, and bioenergetics – Supervisor: Dr. Graham Raby – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Research on the movement patterns of Great Lakes fish using acoustic telemetry – Supervisor: Dr. Erin Dunlop, NDMNRF – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
· Research on the ecology of Great Lakes fish populations – Supervisor: Dr. Erin Dunlop, NDMNRF – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. Opportunity for research in Microplastics – Supervisor, Dr. Julian Aherne, Trent School of the Environment – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Ph.D. Positions – Ecology of Lake and River Ecosystems – Supervisor: Dr. Maggie Xenopoulos – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Ph.D. Graduate student opportunities in avian ecological physiology – Supervisor: Dr. Gary Burness – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. and Ph.D. positions – Cell and molecular biology – Supervisor: Dr. Robert Huber – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Graduate Student Opportunities in Chemical and Biomedical Sciences – Supervisor: Dr. Sanela Martic, Dept. of Forensic Science, Trent U – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. and Ph.D. Positions studying the Evolutionary Ecology of an Invasive Hybrid Zone – Supervisors: Dr. Marcel Dorken and Dr. Joanna Freeland, Dept. of Biology; Dr. Aaron Shafer, Forensic Science Program – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. in Environmental and Life Sciences – Nutrients and ecosystem health – Supervisor: Dr. Shaun Watmough – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. and Ph.D. Positions – Molecular Parasitology/Biochemistry – Supervisor: Dr. Janet Yee – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. positions – Chemical Property and Environmental Fate Modelling – Supervisor: Dr. J. Mark Parnis – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- Ecology of Lake and River Ecosystems – Supervisors: Dr. Maggie Xenopoulos and Dr. Paul Frost – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. and Ph.D. positions – CO2 mineralization within mine wastes and natural systems – Supervisor: Dr. Ian Power – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
- M.Sc. & Ph.D. positions – Mercury source tracing and mercury bioaccumulation in the Wabigoon river system – Supervisor: Dr. Holger Hintelmann – Click here to see full ad – https://www.trentu.ca/els/current-research-opportunities
Mary-Lynn Scriver, Administrative Assistant
Environmental & Life Sciences Graduate Program
Trent University
Peterborough, Ontario
marylynnscriver@trentu.ca