The ExTerra Field Institutes and Research Endeavor (E-FIRE) is seeking 8 PhD students to begin in Fall, 2016. Each PhD project will focus on an aspect of subduction zone processes addressed through the investigation of exhumed metamorphic rocks in the Western Alps. Each student will reside at a different US institution with a specific advisor or co-advisors, and each student will have an additional mentor within the E-FIRE program at a partnering institution. Additionally, each student will have a European mentor and will have the opportunity to conduct research abroad for several months. There will be ample opportunities for cross-pollination of ideas, including annual workshops, two ~2-week Field Institutes in the Western Alps, domestic and international laboratory visits, and one or more special sessions at national and international conferences.
Interested students should contact the advisor(s) of the projects of interest and apply to the graduate program at the appropriate hosting institution. For more information about E-FIRE, E-FIRE projects, and links to advisors and graduate program applications, please visit /exterra/e-fire/.
E-FIRE also seeks one post-doctoral researcher, to be advised by Ethan Baxter at Boston College. The E-FIRE post-doctoral fellow will lead the effort for all garnet geochronology required for the E-FIRE student projects. This fellowship provides support for a period of three years. The post-doctoral researcher will participate in annual workshops and Field Institutes in the Western Alps. The post-doc will benefit from a broad spectrum of mentors in the US and Europe, and will actively participate in training and mentoring of E-FIRE graduate students.