Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences

DEEPS Shorts is a video series highlighting the diverse research within Brown’s Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. This week we hear from John Nicklas, PhD Candidate and Climate and Health Scientist. Created by PhD Candidate Élise Beaudin, with support from Communications Specialist Mae Jackson.

The Brown Daily Herald has featured a story about John Matthew Nicklas, a second-year medical student currently on leave from the Alpert Medical School, and DEEPS PhD student focused on planetary health. Planetary health is an interdisciplinary field that studies the links between human health and the health of the planet’s natural systems and resources.