Jennifer Scott, Mount Royal University

Research

climate cycles dinosaur evolution foreland basin hominin evolution hydrothermal systems lake basins rift valley sedimentology

Latest funding

Climatic forcing and tectonic control on environments in evolving lake basins of Africa and North America
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Trace fossils and hominid evolution in East African rift lakes
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 2 grants and awards

Climatic forcing and tectonic control on environments in evolving lake basins of Africa and North America

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Scott, Jennifer

Keywords: lake basins; sequence stratigraphy; climate cycles; trace fossils; sedimentology; rift valley; foreland basin; dinosaur evolution; hominin evolution; hydrothermal systems

$125,000

Trace fossils and hominid evolution in East African rift lakes

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Development Grant

Principal investigators: Scott, Jennifer

$20,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: climate cycles Dear Professor Scott, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on climate cycles connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Climatic forcing and tectonic control on environments in evolving lake basins of Africa and North America" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]