The Graduate Ecology program at Fordham University has new research
opportunities and both teaching and research fellowships available
for well-qualified students interested in pursuing a M.S. or Ph.D. in
Fall 2011. We have research opportunities through our expanded
graduate program, which links scientists at our main campus, the
Louis Calder Center Biological Station, the New York Botanical
Garden, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Students can also work
through our new Center for Urban Ecology (CUE).
Accepted MS and PhD students are eligible to receive stipends in the
range of $27,000 to $28,000 per year, plus full tuition remission.
Students may work in many areas of ecology and evolution, as well as
applied areas such as conservation of endangered species,
urbanization effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and
responses of plants and animals to climate change.
Specific research areas of our faculty include:
- Anthropogenic and disturbance-related effects on nutrient dynamics
- Biodiversity, biogeography, and ecology of freshwater algae
- Climate change effects on hibernation and survival of mammals
- Conservation of endangered species
- Ecology and epidemiology of vector-borne diseases
- Ecology of invasive species in urban landscapes and watersheds
- Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and species function
- Evolution of animal social behavior
- Evolution of herbivory defense in invasive plants
- Freshwater food webs and water quality in streams and rivers
- Landscape ecology and spatial distribution of disease vectors
- Microbial and ecosystem responses to disturbances such as
urbanization, species invasions, and global change
- Nutritional and biochemical adaptations to seasonally cold
environments
- Plant systematics
Interested students should contact relevant faculty members or
research scientists to discuss mutual research interests via the
following websites.
Biology faculty: http://www.fordham.edu/academics/
programs_at_fordham_/biological_sciences/faculty/index.asp
Louis Calder Biological Field Station: http://www.fordham.edu/
calder_center
Opportunities at the New York Botanical Garden: http://
sciweb.nybg.org/science2/GraduateStudies.asp
Opportunities at the Wildlife Conservation Society: http://www.wcs.org/
The deadline for applications is January 5, 2011. Online applications
are available from: http://www.fordham.edu/gsas
For any questions, please contact Dr. J.D. Lewis by email:
[email protected]
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J.D. Lewis
Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
Department of Biological Sciences
Calder Center, Fordham University
53 Whippoorwill Road, Box 887
Armonk, N.Y. 10504
[email protected]
(o) 914.273.3078 ext. 24 // (f) 914.273.6346 // (m) 914.274.7375
