INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS

UNDERGRADUATE

Undergraduate students are welcome to join my lab and participate in work in a number of aspects of my research program. Such work would provide opportunities for learning bacterial culture, field ecology, computer modeling, experimental infections, and molecular techniques, as well as exposure to experimental design and data analysis. Participation in lab meetings and general enthusiasm for the subject matter is expected. If you are interested, contact me. Tell me about your research interests, your goals for your undergraduate research experience, what you scientific background is, and how you would like to fit into the lab.

GRADUATE

Students interested in working on the ecology and evolution of disease causing organisms are welcome to contact me regarding graduate work. Graduate students with the intention of working in my lab can apply to either the Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group (CAMB) in the School of Medicine or the Biology Graduate Group. I will entertain any graduate student project involving evolutionary biology or ecology, although projects within my areas of expertise or involving my study system are more likely to quickly yield results. Students joining the lab generally begin by taking part of an ongoing project in my research program to gain research skills and experience. Graduate students will develop their own research project and direct the remainder of their graduate research program more independently. If you are interested in doing graduate work in my lab, contact me by email. In your email, please describe your interests, your scientific background, and how you see yourself fitting into my lab.

Last modified on: 15 april 2007