Graduate Student Opportunities: Ecology and conservation of at-risk butterflies and restoration of their habitats. Washington State University Vancouver
Opportunities are available for graduate studies in the Conservation Biology Laboratory at Washington State University Vancouver. Students should be interested in ecology and behavior of at-risk butterflies or in restoration of butterfly habitat. Our lab addresses applied conservation and restoration questions by building on a strong foundation in population and community ecology. We use a mix of field, lab and quantitative techniques to address conservation and restoration questions. We will be starting two new projects for which I anticipate accepting graduate students for Fall 2008. The first is a project on the ecology and behavior of Mardon Skipper, a federal candidate species in Washingtons South Puget Sound Prairies. The second is a project to investigate prairie restoration for Fenders Blue, a federal endangered species, in the context of Oregons Willamette Valley oak savannah habitat. See our website for a research overview and list of publications: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/schultzc/index.html Students will be admitted through the Environmental Science Program at WSU Vancouver. The Master of Science in Environmental Science Program provides students with an interdisciplinary, applications-oriented education in environmental science. Students will be financially supported through a combination of teaching and research assistantships. For more information, see http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/mses.html Washington State University Vancouver is a new campus in the WSU system located in Vancouver, Washington just north of Portland, Oregon. It is a new and rapidly growing campus in the WSU system. Students benefit from outstanding faculty, world-class research, state-of-the-art facilities and small class sizes. For more information, see http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/generalinfo.html Interested students should send a CV/resume and a letter describing past research experience and future research interests to Cheryl Schultz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
