Join the lab

PhD students join through the EEPS graduate program. The best applications start with a conversation — email us before you apply and tell us which questions pull at you and why. We welcome people coming from geology, chemistry, biology, or computing; curiosity and persistence matter more than any one background.

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Funded postdoc lines come and go, but the door is open to good ideas. If your work touches what we do — molecular fossils, stable isotopes, microbial metabolism, remote sensing, or geochemical data science — write to us with a sketch of what you'd want to pursue. We're happy to build a fellowship application with you (NSF, NASA, NOAA, and the like); start the conversation months ahead, not at the deadline.

If you're a WashU undergraduate curious about how life and Earth shape each other, there's likely a project here for you — in the lab, with field and satellite data, or in code. You can join for credit or through a summer program, and you don't need prior research experience, just curiosity and follow-through. Tell us what's caught your interest.

What helps your message stand out

Tell us about a scientific problem you've worked on or thought hard about. What fascinates you? What skills do you bring? A specific, honest message beats a generic one.