Greeting Ecolog-ers! I'm a student enrolled in a Masters of Science program in Biology at American University. My purpose for writing today is to solicit assistance in locating internships or part time employment in my area. I have a BS in Plant science (research background academically) with horticulture professional experience, and am trying to escape the horticulture and get more into naturalist/zoological pursuits [particularly endangered species management], or research in conservation biology, ecology/evolution). My thesis is dealing with sexual selection and predator-prey interactions of a species of amphipod.
As you can see, I have broad interests at the moment and am open to internships or part-time jobs in any of these topics (I'm still figuring out my career direction, don't want to exclude possibilities!) but at least have it have it narrowed down to at least this naturalist/bio research realm. I'm having a VERY hard time locating anything locally. I have numerous roots put down in the area, so unfortunately I'm tied to the DC area in my search. All the internships I have found that pertain to my interests are not in this area (I.e. the CLM internships that have come across Ecolog lately). So I would like to appeal the great readers and posters on this list for help in my search. I'm looking for internship/job leads and recommendations, places I should look at, people I should talk to. Any help and guidance would be most helpful either on list or via email. To help you out, some of the places I've looked at are the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoo, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Student Conservation Association, the Baltimore Aquarium, and Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. I could Thank you so much for any assistance you can provide! Chris Seabolt