Alexis Dolphin, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Ancient and Contemporary Environmental Bioindicators Laboratory (ACEBioLab)
CFI · 2019 · Principal investigator
$91,500
Tracing the long-term footprint of anthropogenic pollution in the landscape: evaluation of the evidence from a 5000 year old industrialized landscape in southern Jordan
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$197,894

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Ancient and Contemporary Environmental Bioindicators Laboratory (ACEBioLab)

Principal investigatorCFI2019John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Dolphin, Alexis

Keywords: bioindicators, biomonitoring, human-environment interaction, paleopollution, paleoenvironment Precision saw and grinder/polishers, micromill, microscopes and imaging software

$91,500

Tracing the long-term footprint of anthropogenic pollution in the landscape: evaluation of the evidence from a 5000 year old industrialized landscape in southern Jordan

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Adams, Russell B.

Keywords: anthropogenic pollution; ancient economy; early metallurgy; climate and landscape change; prehistoric archaeology

$197,894

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Dolphin, 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 CFI-funded project "Ancient and Contemporary Environmental Bioindicators Laboratory (ACEBioLab)" (2019), 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]