student opportunities at the Insect Museum
Two graduate assistantships are available (PhD-level preferred) for exceptional students broadly interested in biodiversity, phyloinformatics, evolution, and systematics. Selected candidates will work with a large team of engaging, approachable, and highly motivated researchers that have diverse interests and skill sets. Assistantships pay for tuition and fees and provide $19,000 stipend per annum.
Students will have the opportunity to learn and develop fundamental biodiversity tools as part of their graduate training, including Web application development, databases in evolutionary biology, data mining, ontology design/implementation, PCR, primer design, phylogenetic methods, and advanced microscopy. Prior exposure is beneficial but not required, and we will consider applicants with degrees in computer science, anatomy, bioinformatics, information visualization, or other related fields.
How to apply: North Carolina State University hosts a top-rated Entomology program, and as a vertex of North Carolina’s Research Triangle, we benefit from close proximity to a large community of evolutionary biologists and our affiliation with the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). Interested students should send a CV, names of two references, and a one-page statement of purpose to Dr. Andrew Deans via email: andy_deans@ncsu.edu.
Review of applications commences March 25, 2009 and continues until candidates have been selected. Interested students should also apply to the NCSU Department of Entomology. More details and contact information are available at the Deans lab and Insect Museum websites. A PDF version of this announcement is also available.
/AA/EOE. ADA Accommodations: Dr. Andrew R. Deans andy_deans@ncsu.edu 919-515-2833.// NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation./
- Project 1 will address biodiversity questions involving ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) in Costa Rica. The student will focus on digital approaches to species revision/description, including opportunities to explore novel methods for integrating systematics with the Web (e.g., Tree of Life and/or Encyclopedia of Life), phylogenetics (estimating relationships), and species hypothesis testing using molecular (DNA barcoding) and morphological data.
- Project 2 broadly addresses questions of Hymenoptera evolution and/or functional morphology, with a student directly involving him or herself in the development of informatics resources (anatomical ontology development/testing, Web programming, database design), while pursuing a related project of his or her own conception. This student will have the opportunity to describe species, address biodiversity questions, work with molecular data, and learn phylogenetic methods.
Students will have the opportunity to learn and develop fundamental biodiversity tools as part of their graduate training, including Web application development, databases in evolutionary biology, data mining, ontology design/implementation, PCR, primer design, phylogenetic methods, and advanced microscopy. Prior exposure is beneficial but not required, and we will consider applicants with degrees in computer science, anatomy, bioinformatics, information visualization, or other related fields.
How to apply: North Carolina State University hosts a top-rated Entomology program, and as a vertex of North Carolina’s Research Triangle, we benefit from close proximity to a large community of evolutionary biologists and our affiliation with the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). Interested students should send a CV, names of two references, and a one-page statement of purpose to Dr. Andrew Deans via email: andy_deans@ncsu.edu.
Review of applications commences March 25, 2009 and continues until candidates have been selected. Interested students should also apply to the NCSU Department of Entomology. More details and contact information are available at the Deans lab and Insect Museum websites. A PDF version of this announcement is also available.
/AA/EOE. ADA Accommodations: Dr. Andrew R. Deans andy_deans@ncsu.edu 919-515-2833.// NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation./
