Last week I posted a request for information about ecotoxicology graduate programs. I asked to receive replies off the list, but there were some requests that I share the information back to the list, so here is a quick summary of the responses. Note that this is literally a summary of what I was sent. I have not checked out any of this information myself. Sincere thanks to the many people who replied.
Dr. Nora Underwood, Florida State University Universities with ecotoxicology or other related programs UC Davis (by far the most common suggestion) <http://ecology.ucdavis.edu/AOE/ecotox/ecotox_home.htm>http://ecology.ucdavis.edu/AOE/ecotox/ecotox_home.htm Duke University <http://www.nicholas.duke.edu>www.nicholas.duke.edu Wright State University <http://www.wright.edu/academics/envsci/>http://www.wright.edu/academics/envsci/. Also MS in Pharmacology and Toxicity (<http://%20www.med.wright.edu/pharm/ms.html>http:// www.med.wright.edu/pharm/ms.html) and a MS program in environmental science (<http://www.wright.edu/geology/department/programs/%20envscience.html>http://www.wright.edu/geology/department/programs/ envscience.html LSU's School of the Coast and Environment. <http://info.envs.lsu.edu/programs.html>http://info.envs.lsu.edu/programs.html Clemson University North Texas University U of Saskatoon (Canada) Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Toxicology (aka The Institute of Environmental Toxicology) <http://www.tiehh.ttu.edu/>http://www.tiehh.ttu.edu Guelph University Environmental Biology U Wisconsin U Mississippi Cornell University of Minnesota School of Public Health Western Washington University in Bellingham UC Riverside Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program (ETOX) <http://www.etox.ucr.edu/>http://www.etox.ucr.edu/ Individual faculty doing ecotoxicology Rick Relyea, University of Pittsburgh Gary Cherr & Ron Tjeerdema at UC Davis Russ Flegal at UC Santa Cruz Allen Burton at Wright State Univ. Jim Oris at Miami of Ohio David Secor <http://www.cbl.umces.edu/~secor/connectivity.html>http://www.cbl.umces.edu/~secor/connectivity.html Per Larsson at University of Lund, Sweden Song S. Qian at Duke Heather A Morrison (works on the Great Lakes) for modeling Karen F. Gaines Eastern Illinois University <http://www.eiu.edu/~biology/personnel/gaines.htm>http://www.eiu.edu/~biology/personnel/gaines.htm Paul L. Klerks <http://biology.louisiana.edu/>http://biology.louisiana.edu/ Greg Cope at NC State Univ <http://www.tox.ncsu.edu/faculty/cope/>http://www.tox.ncsu.edu/faculty/cope/ John Stark at Washington State University Vancouver Ruth Harper Univ of WA in Bellingham Mike Hooper at Texas Tech General advice UC Davis offers a 6-week summer course in ecotox for undergrads offered through Bodega Marine Lab. If a student is more interested in human toxicology, a medical school might be a good way to go. Check out the SETAC website (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) (<http://www.setac.org/>www.SETAC.org), and graduate position and job board: <http://www.setac.org/htdocs/careercenter.html>http://www.setac.org/htdocs/careercenter.html Because this field if very applied and can work closely with industry, you can easily get into a lab that is more about turning a profit than academics. It should be noted that many (maybe "most") ecotoxicologists are not in ecotox programs per se, but are part of departments or programs called "environmental science," "biology," or "ecology." Perhaps students interested in ecotoxicology would get a broader education in that sort of graduate program.
