Current Mailing Address:

Street or P.O Box:

City:  State: 

Zip/Postal Code: 

Telephone:

Home:  Cellular: 

Email: 

Permanent Address (if different from above):

Street or P.O Box:

City:  State: 

Zip/Postal Code:  Country: 

Telephone:

Home: 

Personal Information:

Date of Birth: 

Gender: Male   Female

Are you a U.S. Citizen? Yes  No
    (Note: only U.S. citizens are eligible)

[Optional Information] One goal of the REU program is to encourage participation of individuals from underrepresented groups in science. Please check all categories that apply to you:

African American
Asian American
Mexican American
Native American
Puerto Rican
Other Hispanic
White (Non-hispanic)
Disability (please explain)

Other (please explain)

PART II. Your Education:

Year in School: Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior 

Major (intended or declared): 

Advisor's Name: 

GPA in Major:     GPA Overall 

Have you attended other Universities/Colleges? If so, where?

Please list any courses you are currently enrolled in (which will not yet appear on your transcript):

PART III. Your Experience and Motivation!:

1. What aspects of research interest you the most?

2. Which of the on-going research projects at USC interest you the most?

3. What kinds of courses, if any, have you taken in this field?

4. Have you ever been involved in scientific research?

5. Do you have any relevant special skills (such as use of specialized scientific equipment, SCUBA certification, computer skills, etc)?

6. What would you like to do after college?

7. Tell us anything you would like us to know about you (such as special interests, activities, etc.)!

PART IV. Area of Interest:

Please give us three choices of research mentors/projects you are interested in working with:

Marine & Environmental Biology:
Dr. Doug Capone: Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling in the sea
Dr. Dave Caron: Marine and freshwater microbial ecology
Dr. Suzanne Edmands: Population genetics of marine animals
Dr. Katrina Edwards:
Dr. Jed Furhman: Phylogeny and population dynamics of viruses, bacteria and archea in the sea
Dr. Andrew Gracey. Environmental Genomics
Dr. Dennis Hedgecock: Evolution, adaptation, and fitness in marine fish and shellfish populations
Dr. Karla Heidelberg:
Dr. Sergio Sanudo-Wilhelmy:
Dr. Eric Webb:
Dr. Wiebke Ziebis: Marine biogeochemistry, ecosystem function in coastal and deep-sea environments

Earth Sciences/Geochemistry:
Dr. Will Berelson: Global budgets of carbon, silica, nitrogen and phosphorus
Dr. Dave Bottjer: Origin and subsequent evolution of life on Earth, from 600 million years ago to the present
Dr. Doug Hammond: Low temperature geochemisty
Dr. James Moffett:
Dr. Lowell Stott: Reconstruction of climate and ocean history

1st Choice: 

2nd Choice: 

3rd Choice: 

PART V. Letters of Recommendation:

Every applicant must provide two letters of recommendation. Ask a professor, a teaching assistant, your advisor... or another person in academia who knows you well.

The letter of recommendation may be sent to the USC Wrigley Institute via US Mail, fax, or email. If you choose to email us, please send the recommendation to:

Please let us know who will be providing your letters of recommendation:

Name:  
 
Institution:  
 
Email:  
 
Phone:  
 

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