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PhD application now open, deadline Dec 15, 2024 5pm ET.

  • Our PhD program is open for application! You can find information, including FAQs and admissions details here.

  • We will also be organizing informational webinars on November 21st. We recommend that you subscribe to our mailing list in order to receive updates.

  • If you have questions not answered on the website, you can contact us at phd.environmental.studies@nyu.edu.

  • For inquires about opportunities in our lab group, please contact ml9120@nyu.edu with email title ”Inquiry_PhD”,

Postdoc/Research Assistant/PreDoc opportunities

  • We welcome inquiries even when no positions are listed. We are motivated by big questions, not limited by systems, techniques, or domains of knowledge. We are always on the lookout for motivated and talented scientists who are excited to push the boundaries of research in ecosystem ecology and global biogeochemistry.  For inquiries about postdoc or research assistant opportunities, please contact Prof. Mingzhen Lu at ml9120@nyu.edu with the subject line: 'Inquiry_opportunities.'

 

Most Recent news

12-01-2024: Congratulations to Shijun for this new publication: Carbon-negative transition by utilizing overlooked carbon in waste landfills. In this paper, we explore an often-overlooked aspect of the global carbon cycle: carbon stored in modern city landfills.  Landfills contribute to roughly one-tenth of global methane emissions, yet their standing carbon stock remains poorly characterized. In 346 Chinese cities alone, we estimate the landfill standing stock to be 0.5 Gigaton—equivalent to the weight of 50,000 Eiffel Towers or half the weight of all built structures in New York City, and about 1/20 of annual human carbon emissions. Studying different forms of urban waste can open new doors toward carbon neutrality. I would argue that this research positions waste study as a novel frontier in global biogeochemistry.

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Department of Environmental Studies; 285 Mercer Street, Rm. 704; New York, NY 10012; (212) 992-9670‬; mingzhen.lu@nyu.edu

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