Prospective Ph.D. students
Our group always looks forward to having talented new members, and we hope you apply! The Zondlo Group conducts field measurements related to atmospheric emissions of the carbon and nitrogen cycle, air quality, and atmospheric chemistry with teams of researchers across numerous disciplines and organizations. Because we are in a deadline-driven environment with intensive field campaigns across the world, I particularly look for Ph.D. students who have strong communication, organizational, and teamwork building skills. Measurements don’t happen in a vacuum, and it takes a teamwork approach within the group to make new discoveries in unique, and often challenging, field environments.
One also needs the context of other measurements, modeling products, remote sensing measurements, and meteorological data to truly make discoveries in data analysis. Students in my group get to collaborate with other leading researchers in the world to maximize their individual impacts of their research, and they present at national and international conferences. Students in my group get to take advantage of Princeton University’s strengths in sustainability, energy and the environment, and public policy through various internal fellowships and programs. While my group also develops new optical sensors and approaches to make such measurements, very few of my past graduate students have had any expertise with instrumentation or lasers/optics prior to joining my group. Instead, I look for excellence in quantitative skills, intellectual curiosity, being “hands-on”, and motivation to learn about new areas. Students in my group have educational backgrounds across the natural sciences and engineering. Due to the timescales involved in field planning, measurements, and associated analyses, I generally accept Ph.D. students in my group as opposed to students in the 2-year MSE program (please contact if you have questions). Note that I cannot comment on any one person’s qualifications for admission as this is decided by the Graduate School and the entire CEE faculty.
Princeton’s Graduate School receives applications and admits students. Please refer to its website for more information on policies, the application package, and deadlines. Past graduate students in our group have come from a variety of disciplines and have strong quantitative coursework and expertise in the fields of engineering, atmospheric science, chemistry, or physics in most cases.
Postdocs
Postdoctoral opportunities occur intermittently. Depending upon the project, expertise is needed in areas ranging from laser-based detection schemes in the mid-infrared to instrument development to atmospheric field projects to analyses of atmospheric datasets in concert with other in-situ measurements, model products, and remote sensing measurements. Opportunities will be posted on Princeton’s Human Resources page.
Undergraduate researchers during Summer
Princeton students can look to the HMEI summer internships and opportunities with the Office of Undergraduate Research, while outside students can look for opportunities in Princeton's REU programs at Princeton REUs.
Diversity and Inclusion
Our group is committed to a demographically, culturally and individually diverse environment. We believe that diversity of all kinds makes for a stronger group and encourage all to apply.