Alina Shchepetkina, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

The effects of climate forcing on invertebrate burrow distributions (neoichnology): Modern and ancient sedimentary environments
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500
The effects of climate forcing on invertebrate burrow distributions (neoichnology): Modern and ancient sedimentary environments
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$33,000

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The effects of climate forcing on invertebrate burrow distributions (neoichnology): Modern and ancient sedimentary environments

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Shchepetkina, Alina

Keywords: ichnology; estuary; marginal-marine sedimentation; fluvio-tidal zone; trace fossils; deep sea; climate change; physico-chemical stresses; tidal flats; environmental proxies

$12,500

The effects of climate forcing on invertebrate burrow distributions (neoichnology): Modern and ancient sedimentary environments

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Shchepetkina, Alina

Keywords: ichnology; estuary; marginal-marine sedimentation; fluvio-tidal zone; trace fossils; deep sea; climate change; physico-chemical stresses; tidal flats; environmental proxies

$33,000

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 Dear Professor Shchepetkina, 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 "The effects of climate forcing on invertebrate burrow distributions (neoichnology): Modern and ancient sedimentary environments" (2024), 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]