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Interested in joining the UCLA Field Tectonics group?​
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Graduate students
We're looking for 1 PhD student to start Fall of 2026. Prospective graduate students are encouraged to reach out to me to discuss potential research projects in structural geology/sedimentology/tectonics/thermochronology. For this project, applicants with a M.S. degree are preferred, although not required.

Fieldwork is a central part of my research, and a letter from a field course/camp instructor would be a strong part of your graduate application package. 

The application deadline is Dec 1, 2025 for the 2026-2027 academic year.

​The department policy does not require the GRE, but reviews optional GRE submitted as part of the holistic admissions process. All applications submitted by the deadline listing me as a potential advisor will receive full consideration.
https://epss.ucla.edu/graduate/admissions/
https://grad.ucla.edu/programs/physical-sciences/earth-planetary-and-space-sciences-department/geology/



Post-doctoral scholar:
The application for the 2025-2027 Field Tectonics group Postdoctoral Fellow position has closed.
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Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in writing a NSF Postdoc proposal or the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship program; I am happy to discuss how we could collaborate. 

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Pay and benefits
Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are union-represented positions at UCLA with nationally competitive pay and benefits, based on a newly negotiated system-wide pay scale.

-For graduate students in 2024, this will be ~$2880-$4050/month (depending on rank, which increases with every year [3 quarters] of service) for a normal (half-time) appointment during the 9-month academic year. Summer pay, if you are conducting research/fieldwork, would be in addition to the department offer.
please refer to the official offer letter if you are admitted. The position includes health insurance, tuition, and fee remission.

See also:
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/financial-aid/funding-for-entering-students/teaching-research-assistantships/
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/2024-25-academic-salary-scales.html
See Table 19 (Teaching Assistant), Table 22 (Graduate Student Researcher), Table 23 (Post-doctoral fellow).
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