Graduate student opportunities Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, Kellogg Biological Station (KBS)
Opportunities are available for graduate studies in the Microbial Ecology Laboratory at Michigan State Universitys Kellogg Biological Station. Students should be interested in studying the roles of microorganisms in community and ecosystem processes. Our lab addresses ecological and evolutionary questions using laboratory cultures, field experimentation, simulation modeling, molecular microbiology, and sensor technology. See our lab website for a research overview and list of publications: http://microbes.kbs.msu.edu/ Students will most likely be admitted through the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics (MMG; http://mmg.msu.edu/), which is affiliated with the Center for Microbial Ecology (http://www.cme.msu.edu/). The first two academic years, students will be in residence on main campus in East Lansing, MI. During the summers and subsequent academic years, students will be in residence at KBS. KBS has an exciting and supportive academic environment, hosts an LTER site (http://lter.kbs.msu.edu/), and is equipped with state-of-the-art resources for conducting ecological and microbiological research. See the KBS website for more details: http://www.kbs.msu.edu/. In addition to affiliations with KBS and MMG, students will have the opportunity to be apart of the interdisciplinary graduate program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, & Behavior (http://www.msu.edu/~eebb/). Students will be financially supported through a combination of teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and university fellowships. In addition, there are potential funding opportunities associated with an NSF-funded GK-12 program at KBS (http://www.kbs.msu.edu/k12/) and DOE supported research on the sustainability of bioenergy production systems (see http://www.bioeconomy.msu.edu/news/glbrc.aspx). Interested students should send a CV/resume, a brief description of past research experience and future research interests, and GRE scores (if available) to Jay Lennon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
