Seeking highly qualified graduate students to pursue graduate degrees in ecology, starting in the Summer or Fall of 2008 in the lab of John Drake at the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology. Research in this lab focuses on population dynamics in experimental systems, infectious disease ecology, and ecology of invasive species. We have strengths in modeling, computation, and stochastic population theory. Recent projects include invasive aquatic species in the North American Great Lakes, extinction in experimental zooplankton populations, and models of the 2003 SARS outbreak in Singapore. For other past research see http://dragonfly.ecology.uga.edu/drakelab/. Students interested either in modeling/computation/theory or in empirical research are encouraged to apply.
Potential students are strongly encouraged to email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) a letter of introduction and expression of interest by December 1, 2007). For more information about the Graduate Program in Ecology and instructions for applying, please see http://www.ecology.uga.edu/programs/doctorate.htm. Funding is immediately available for the following position. Outstanding applicants with other interests are encouraged to contact us about for information about fellowships and other sources of funding. POPULATION ECOLOGY OF BRANCHIOPODA IN TEMPORARY PONDS Drs. John Drake (University of Georgia) and Stephen Golladay (Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center) are seeking a graduate student at either the MS or PhD level to study the population ecology of rare branchiopod crustaceans in temporary ponds of the Ichauway conservation site in southwest Georgia. Results of this work will be used in the conservation and restoration of coastal plain isolated wetlands. The successful applicant will complete coursework at the Odum School of Ecology (University of Georgia) and will be subsequently stationed at the Jones Center for research. For more information about the UGA graduate program in ecology, please see http://www.ecology.uga.edu/programs.htm. For more information about joint program between the Odum School of Ecology and the Jones Center, please see http://www.ecology.uga.edu/facilities/assocfacil/josephjones.htm. For more information about the Jones Center, including information about the site, facilities, and programs, please see http://www.jonesctr.org/.
