Graduate Student Position Available Now!

One fully funded 4-year PhD position open immediately on Oil and Gas Methane Emission Measurements, Flaring and Seasonality Effects in our lab, in collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC). To start in January 2026, all application material must be submitted to the McGill Graduate Applicant Portal by August 1st, 2025: https://www.mcgill.ca/civil/grad/admissions

See Available Positions for more information.

Contacts: mary.kang@mcgill.ca and sseymour@edf.org

Due to strong demand, please note that we will not be responding to most emails from interested applicants.

Our main research areas are subsurface hydrology and environmental impacts of energy development. Application areas include groundwater and greenhouse gas emissions related to oil and gas systems and geologic storage of carbon dioxide, natural gas, and hydrogen.

We aim to quantify emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants and the extent of groundwater contamination from oil and gas systems, particularly abandoned wells, and urban infrastructure, including waste sources. To address these multi-disciplinary questions, we employ field studies using state-of-the-art sensors (e.g., laser-based gas analyzers), advanced geochemical analysis, novel measurement platforms, models of multiphase flow through porous media, and big data analysis (machine learning and geospatial analysis).

McGill University is situated on the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst nations. We recognize and respect the Kanien’kehà:ka as the traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which we meet today.

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