The Department of Biology at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) is seeking to recruit students for our Masters degree program. We provide support through teaching assistantships (which include tuition waivers), as well as through faculty research grants. In addition, research and summer support funds are available on a competitive basis. UNO is located in the heart of the Omaha metro (877,000 people) and UNO currently enrolls approximately 3,000 graduate students and 13,000 undergraduates. Our departmental program covers all levels of organization within biology. Faculty with interests in conservation, ecology, behavior, restoration, and evolution include: Tom Bragg (plant community diversity/fire ecology) Tim Dickson (restoration of prairie plant diversity: http://GrasslandEcology.com) Roxi Kellar (plant systematics and biodiversity: http://www.unomaha.edu/biodiversity/) John McCarty (conservation and ecology of birds: http://www.unomaha.edu/environmental_studies/JPM_Home.html) Claudia Rauter (behavioral ecology) James Wilson (Physiological ecology of vertebrates, primarily mammals, relating an individuals body condition to population level factors) L. LaReesa Wolfenbarger (land use and conservation science: http://www.unomaha.edu/environmental_studies/LLWolfenbarger.html)
For a complete list of faculty interests and contact information visit: http://www.unomaha.edu/biology/faculty.php Interested students should contact one or more faculty members prior to application to discuss possible thesis topics. The deadline for applications for fall enrollment is 15 February. For more information http://www.unomaha.edu/biology/grad.php
