PhD Prospective Students
Advisor Requirement
An email and Letter of Acceptance from your Prospective Advisor agreeing to serve as your primary advisor is required. Both can be sent to the Graduate Office at espgrad@gmu.edu.
Finding an Advisor:
Please review the faculty listed below to determine a potential fit for your research interests. Contact him/her via email, including your research interests and resume. If they are available and receptive to becoming your advisor, the advisor must send a letter or email accepting you as their student. Lack of this acceptance letter will keep your application from being processed.
Faculty Bios
Other Faculty - Graduate program
Graduate faculty in any department of the College of Science or the School of Integrative Studies are eligible to be graduate advisors and thesis and dissertation committee chairs. The faculty listed below are currently advisors and committee chairs in the MS in Environmental Science and Policy and/or the PhD in Environmental Science and Public Policy.
NameDepartment/OrganizationEmail
Crooks, Andrew
Computational and Data Sciences
Foster, Greg
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Freeman, Elizabeth
School of Integrative Studies
Gilmore, Michael
School of Integrative Studies
Hinnov, Linda
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
Houser, Paul
Geography and Geoinformation Science
Lim, Haw Chuan
Department of Biology
Luther, David
Department of Biology
McBride, Randolph
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
Uhen, Mark
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
Van Aken, Benoit
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Van Sant, Levi
School of Integrative Studies
Weeks, Andrea
Department of Biology
Wood, Thomas
School of Integrative Studies