Wesleyan University has funding for a student to complete a Ph.D. in the Department of Chemistry with a Concentration in Planetary Science. The program of study will be tailored to include a relevant geoscience curriculum. The proposed project is to create a series of Mars
analogue brines and precipitate them under terrestrial and martian conditions in a Mars chamber. Visible – near-infrared spectra of the precipitates will then be compared to similar data collected in Mars orbit. The research will be under the tutelage of Prof. Gilmore in the
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. The opening is available for Fall of 2017. Please apply to the Chemistry Department at: http://www.wesleyan.edu/grad/

Applications will be reviewed as they are received. More information about Planetary Sciences at Wesleyan may be found at: http://www.wesleyan.edu/planetary/

Please direct all inquiries to:

Prof. Martha Gilmore
[email protected]