Joint and Dual MS Research Assistantships

The E-IPER Master's RAship is on hold for the academic year 2025-2026.

E-IPER supports opportunities for Joint and Dual MS students to work as research assistants on faculty mentored, individualized environment, energy, and sustainability research. Through this offering, E-IPER aims to encourage and accelerate collaboration among faculty scholars, their labs, and the MS students as emerging practitioners.

Research Assistantship Projects

Joint and Dual MS students have the unique opportunity to work with faculty from the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, School of Engineering, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford Law School, Stanford Woods Institute, and Precourt Institute for Energy on specialized projects. Examples of past projects include the following:

• Michelle Wilde Anderson | Understanding the Relationship Between Inequality and Climate Change
• Larry Crowder | Charting Shared Waters: Building Cooperative Frameworks for High Seas Resource Management
• Desiree LaBeaud | Exploring Plastics, Pathogens, and Contaminants in Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Farming: A Preliminary Literature Review, Case Data Analysis, and Artistic Exploration
• Jim Leape | Analyzing Blue Foods in Nationally Determined Contributions
• Ariel Evan Mayse | Spiritual Biodiversity Network
• Roz Naylor | Assessing Chemical Contamination in Animal- and Plant-based Meat Products to Maximize U.S. Food Safety and Sustainability
• Khalid Osman | Strengthening Community Self-Advocacy Through Ecosystem Services Evaluation
• Khalid Osman | A Study of Patient and Environmental Factors that Drive Kidney Stone Disease in the Wet Zone of Sri Lanka
• William Tarpeh | Benchmarking Ion Selective Membranes for Lithium Recovery
• Gabrielle Wong-Parodi | Our Communities, Our Bay