Graduate assistantship in Russian knapweed biological control A graduate assistantship (applicants for either a MS or PhD will be considered) is available at Colorado State University to study the joint effects of two biological control agents (the gall midge, Jaapiella ivannikovi, and the gall wasp, Aulacidea acroptilonica) of the Russian knapweed. This project provides an excellent opportunity to examine whether biocontrol efforts are improved or hindered by the use of multiple control agents. Successful candidates will be expected to spend a significant amount of time conducting field releases of these biocontrol agents and post-release monitoring at multiple sites throughout Colorado. This project is a collaboration between researchers at Colorado State University (Paul Ode) and the Colorado Department of Agriculture as well as US Forest Service collaborators in Utah.
If interested, please send a preliminary application (CV, unofficial transcripts, GRE scores, contact information for three references) to Paul Ode, Colorado State University, at [email protected]. Please e-mail me if you are going to the Entomological Society of America meeting in Austin so that we can meet in person. Interested candidates should apply to the graduate program in either the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (http://www.ecology.colostate.edu/prospective.aspx) by January 1st or the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences (http://bspm.agsci.colostate.edu/04-2/prospective-students-2/) by January 15th to be assured full consideration.
