Come to the College of Marine Sciences for an MS or a PhD
(and get paid while earning a graduate degree in Oceanography)

Are you interested in graduate school and want to pursue a PhD? Contact us at the link below!

You aren’t ready to commit to a Ph.D. program? That’s ok! Most oceanography schools will make you pay to get an M.S, but the College of Marine Science at USF pays you to get a MS degree in Oceanography

The Rafter lab is currently looking for a student to lead one of these (among many) projects:
1: NSF-funded project to identify global changes in ocean carbon chemistry (especially the radioactive isotope of carbon or “14C”)

2: Examining the global relationship between marine nitrogen, iron, and carbon (a.k.a., carbon export in iron-limited waters)

3: Measuring carbon isotopes, such as 13C (of various seawater carbonate species, the air, and more). This work aims to better understand how carbon dioxide moves between the atmosphere and the ocean

Students joining these projects will earn their Masters of Science (M.S.) in Chemical Oceanography, with the option to stay on for a Ph.D. Or they can start in the PhD program.

Contact Patrick Rafter for more information and make sure to apply to USF College of Marine Sciences in December see here for more information.