Ph.D. Programs

Lamont-Doherty hosts 75 doctoral students from the graduate program of Columbia's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences who perform groundbreaking research in almost all areas of Earth and environmental sciences, including aqueous geochemistry, atmospheric science, climate studies, ecophysiology, geology, marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimate, paleontology, physical oceanography, seismology and solid earth geophysics, and solid earth geochemistry. Students have offices on the campus of Lamont-Doherty, and work in its laboratories. Graduate classes are offered both on Columbia's main Morningside Heights campus and at Lamont-Doherty.

Mathematically oriented Earth science students may pursue a Ph.D. through either Columbia's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences or Columbia's Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, which has a joint program in mathematical geoscience with Lamont-Doherty. In either case, students should also apply for an IGERT Fellowship in Applied Mathematics and Earth & Environmental Science.