Graduate Opportunities at Northern Illinois University The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Conservation facultyin the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Illinois University areseeking applicants to the department's M.S. and Ph.D. graduate programs for the2013-2014 academic year. Research interestsamong the faculty are diverse and include community ecology, restorationecology, conservation genetics, vertebrate and invertebrate evolution, plantphylogenetics, behavioral ecology, microbial ecology, and bioinformatics. The EEBC faculty includes: -Nicholas A. Barber, communityecology, http://www.bios.niu.edu/barber/lab/Barber_Lab/Home.html -Neil W. Blackstone, invertebrateevolutionary biology, http://www.bios.niu.edu/blackstone/blackstone.shtml -Melvin R. Duvall, plant molecularphylogenetics, http://www.bios.niu.edu/duvall/duvall.shtml -Holly P. Jones, restorationecology and conservation biology, http://www.bios.niu.edu/jones/jones.shtml -Bethia H. King, insect behavioralecology, http://www.bios.niu.edu/bking/bking.shtml -Richard B. King, populationgenetics and conservation biology, http://www.bios.niu.edu/rking/rking.shtml -Virginia L. Naples, comparative morphology and vertebratepaleontology, http://www.bios.niu.edu/naples/naples.shtml -Karen E. Samonds, paleontologyand paleobiogeography, http://www.sadabe.org/Samonds/Index.html -Wesley D. Swingley, microbialecology, http://www.bios.niu.edu/swingley/swingley.shtml -Yanbin Yin, bioinformatics andevolutionary genomics, https://sites.google.com/site/yinbioinfolab/home Details of the graduate program and application process areavailable at http://www.bios.niu.edu/graduate_studies/index.shtml. The deadline for application materials isFebruary 15, 2013. However, prospectivestudents should contact potential faculty advisors well in advance of applyingto discuss research interests and relevant qualifications. Northern Illinois University is a 25,000-student researchuniversity situated an hour from downtown Chicago in DeKalb, Illinois, adiverse community of 50,000 with a low cost of living. Regional research resources include The FieldMuseum, Burpee Museum of Natural History, TNC’s Nachusa Grasslands, MortonArboretum, Fermilab, Argonne National Laboratory, NIU’s Lorado Taft campus, andnumerous local county forest preserves and state parks.
--------------------- Nick Barber Dept. of Biological Sciences Northern Illinois University nbar...@niu.edu Office: MO414 Phone: (815) 753-7811
