I invite applications from students interested in disease ecology and host-parasite interactions to apply for two positions in my lab starting in the Spring or Summer of 2008. Students with field experience and strong quantitative skills are especially encouraged to apply.
The first opening is for a Master's student interested in using patterns of fish-mussel interaction to assess the effects of impoundment on the faunal communities of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. This student will be a participant in the Northern Gulf Institute =96 a cooperative institute of f= ive research institutions and NOAA's Office for Atmospheric Research which is a branch of the High Performance Computing Collaboratory ( http://www.hpc.msstate.edu/) at Mississippi State University. The second position is for a student who is interested in studying the ecology of leprosy in armadillo populations living in lowland areas of Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Preference is for a doctoral student but exceptional M.S. students will also be considered. This project provides an unique opportunity to integrate field-collected data with mathematical models to better understand the factors affecting the geographic patterns o= f transmission. This student will be closely affiliated with the Center for Computational Sciences and the GeoResources Institute =96 two branches of t= he High Performance Computing Collaboratory at MSU. Mississippi State University is a doctoral/research extensive university with an international reputation for excellence in research. There are numerous opportunities for motivated students to interact across discipline= s including the diverse interests represented in the High Performance Computing Collaboratory, as well as initiatives in landscape genetics and ecological genomics within the Department of Biological Sciences, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Life Sciences and Biotechnology Institute. Please send inquiries to Dr. Christopher Brooks, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University at [EMAIL PROTECTED] by November 10. Include a brief vitae, a statement of your research interests and goals, a list of courses completed, and your most recent GRE (and if necessary TOEFL) scores.
