Graduate opportunities in Ecological Physiology Development and Behavior.
Dr. Krista McCoy is accepting students.
I invite applications from highly motivated and
organized prospective Masters and PhD students
interested in understanding the mechanisms
through which endocrine disrupting chemicals
disrupt normal development, physiology, and
behavior and the implications of those
alterations on individual, population, or
community level processes. My research program
has several foci that are integrative and
translational. Ideally, my new laboratory will
consist of happy and engaged students that are
interested in wildlife conservation and/or human health.
My role
As an advisor, I believe my role is to teach my
students how to think scientifically and with an
open mind, and to appreciate science generally so
that we can use approaches from many fields to
answer big questions and develop broad expertise.
I will also help my students communicate what we
learn through a variety of media (e.g.,
manuscripts, presentations, artÂ…). My students
must be comfortable giving and receiving
constructive feedback, which is important for
advancing knowledge and improving our science. I
want my students to be excited to train and
collaborate with undergraduates, other graduate
students, and post docs. Students will also be
expected to attend departmental seminars, excel
in classes, teach, and attend weekly laboratory
meetings. I look forward to having a happy,
intellectually engaged and productive laboratory
environment where we will share ideas, work
through experimental designs, analyze data sets,
and critique manuscripts and grant proposals
during our weekly laboratory meetings.
If you are interested please
1) Read some of my publications (contact me if you do not have access to them)
2) Contact me at
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] with the
following information (be brief at this stage).
a) Your interests generally and specifically in joining my lab
b) What experiences have motivated you to pursue,
and prepared you for, graduate school
c) Curriculum Vitae (include GPA, and GRE scores).
About ECU
<http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/biology/ncbiodiversity/gradstudentopportunities.cfm>http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/biology/ncbiodiversity/gradstudentopportunities.cfm
