Brendan Murphy, Simon Fraser University

Latest funding

Climate, erosion & sediment dynamics: Investigating controls on landscape evolution
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$120,000
Climate, erosion & sediment dynamics: Investigating controls on landscape evolution
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$12,500

Climate, erosion & sediment dynamics: Investigating controls on landscape evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Murphy, Brendan

Keywords: landscape evolution; fluvial geomorphology; bedrock erosion; bedrock weathering; sediment cascades; watershed dynamics; climate change; post-wildfire erosion; debris flows

$120,000

Climate, erosion & sediment dynamics: Investigating controls on landscape evolution

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Murphy, Brendan

$12,500

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 Dear Professor Murphy, 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 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 "Climate, erosion & sediment dynamics: Investigating controls on landscape evolution" (2021), 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]