Summer Research at Harvard for Undergraduates

We are pleased to announce opportunities for undergraduate researchers to work on ten-week summer research projects in Nanogeosciences at Harvard University. The Nanogeosciences NIRT (Nanosciences Interdisciplinary Research Team) based at Harvard University is an interdisciplinary partnership that investigates the role of materials and processes at the nanoscale that regulate the earth's environment. Partners in this National Science Foundation-funded research include investigators from Harvard University, Arizona State University, and Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Research projects address the following areas:

• the fate of pollutants in soil, air and water, with a focus on biogeochemical understanding,
• the thermodynamics and kinetics of environmental particles,
• molecular simulations of environmental processes.

The summer program provides undergraduates with first-hand experiences of a career in science while exposing them to cutting-edge research. Each REU project has a clearly identifiable research goal at a level appropriate for undergraduate study during the ten week summer program.

Participants have the unique opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary environment with highly talented scientific mentors. Most experimental projects involve hands-on research in one or more of the state-of-the-art central instrumentation facilities with training and supervision provided by expert technical staff.

Students in the Nanogeosciences REU (http://nanogeosciences.deas.harvard.edu/) will be part of a larger, diverse research community through organized and informal interactions with students, mentors, and faculty in the REU programs of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) based at Harvard University. Professional development seminars and community activities are integrated into the program. Students receive a stipend and travel allowance.

Current Research Opportunities

We invite students with research interest to work with us in the following laboratory facilities and research groups:

• Prof. Scot T. Martin research group located in the Engineering Science Laboratory, http://www.deas.harvard.edu/environmental-chemistry/
• Prof. James G. Anderson research group, http://www.arp.harvard.edu/
• Prof. Brian F. Farrell research group, http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~epsas/people/faculty/farrell/index.html
• Prof. Joseph J. Harrington research group,
• Prof. Daniel J. Jacob research group, http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/
• Prof. Ralph Mitchell research group located in the Engineering Science Laboratory,
  http://www.deas.harvard.edu/projects/mitchell/
• Prof. Allan R. Robinson research group, http://people.deas.harvard.edu/~robinson/
• Prof. James R. Rice research group, http://esag.harvard.edu/rice/
• Prof. Peter P. Rogers research group, http://www.deas.harvard.edu/TransportAsia/
• Prof. Steven C. Wofsy research group, http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/faculty/scw/
• Prof. Michael B. McElroy research group, http://www-as.harvard.edu/people/faculty/mbm/
• Prof. Eli Tziperman research group, http://www.eps.harvard.edu/~eli
• Prof. Ann Pearson research group, http://www.eps.harvard.edu/people/faculty/pearson/
• Prof. Daniel P. Schrag research group, http://www.eps.harvard.edu/people/faculty/schrag/
• Prof. Andrew H. Knoll research group, http://www.eps.harvard.edu/people/faculty/knoll/
• Prof. Colleen M. Cavanaugh research group
• Prof. Charles Langmuir research group  http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/04.03/03-langmuir.html

Last update: November 29, 2006