New Graduate Opportunities in Ecology and Evolution at UT Arlington The Department of Biology at the University of Texas (UT) Arlington is pleased to announce newly enhanced Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) positions for Ph.D. students beginning as early as January 2011. These positions offer highly competitive stipends plus full tuition benefits during the long semesters, and are guaranteed for five years assuming satisfactory academic and job performance and research progress. Most students will spend part of their time supported as GTAs and part of their time supported as Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs) on faculty grants. Research in the department centers on three areas: Genome Biology, Ecology and Evolution, and Microbiology and Molecular Biology.
Our Ecology and Evolution faculty and their research interests include: Dr. Jon Campbell: herpetology Dr. Paul Chippindale: evolution, molecular systematics Dr. Tom Chrzanowski: aquatic microbial ecology Dr. Jeff Demuth: speciation genetics Dr. Dan Formanowicz: behavioral ecology, entomology Dr. Laura Gough: plant ecology Dr. Jim Grover: aquatic ecology, theoretical ecology Dr. Laura Mydlarz: marine biology Dr. Sophia Passy: macroecology, environmental and experimental stream ecology Dr. Eric Smith: systematics, biogeography, herpetology We have a thriving graduate program with approximately 45 Ph.D. students and 40 M.S. students. For more information, please see: http://www.uta.edu/biology/graduate/index.htm or contact Dr. Laura Gough, Graduate Advisor ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> or 817-272-2871). ---------------------------------------------------------------- Laura Gough Associate Professor and Graduate Advisor Department of Biology University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019 office: 817-272-1453 FAX: 817-272-2855 http://www.uta.edu/biology/gough/index.htm
