Jed Kaplan, University of Calgary

Research

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Quantifying how technological innovation in history affected global land cover.

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Global Geospatial Intelligence for Earth Systems Modeling
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$150,000

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Global Geospatial Intelligence for Earth Systems Modeling

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kaplan, Jed

Keywords: Global environmental change; Climate change; Paleoecology; Human-environment interactions; Land-atmosphere feedbacks; Anthropocene; Environmental history; Land use modelling; Earth system modelling; Vegetation modelling

$150,000

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: Quantifying how technological innovation in history affected global land cover. Dear Professor Kaplan, 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 quantifying how technological innovation in history affected global land cover. 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 "Global Geospatial Intelligence for Earth Systems Modeling" (2022), 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]