Will you be taking any new graduate students next year?
No, our lab is not currently accepting graduate students.
No, our lab is not currently accepting graduate students.
We do! Both! Undergraduate students can apply for research support from many different sources, including but not limited to the Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI), the Origins of Life Initiative, HUCE, or directly through the EPS department. We also...
The duration of a Harvard EPS Ph.D. is typically 5-6 years. Because of the intensive laboratory component of our research, nearly all students in our group require 6 years. Our group has had 9 PhD students enrolled over the years. Two are current...
The core of our group is Prof. Ann Pearson and group manager Susie Carter. We also generally have 2-5 post-docs, 1-3 graduate students, an undergraduate or two, and sometimes another technical staff member. The average size of the group is 10, although...
Amanda is working on a senior thesis to better understand the origin of a unique archaeal lipid, crenarchaeol, and its significance in microbial membranes.
Ana’s PhD research deals with the carbon isotopic composition of organic compounds in microbial mats.
Lorelei Wolf is a junior at Harvard College concentrating in Earth and Planetary Sciences and pursuing a secondary in Integrative Biology.