Please pass this along to any interested students or colleagues with students planning to attend graduate school in the near future.
The Microbial Ecology Lab (http://blogs.baylor.edu/sanghoonkang/) at Baylor University is seeking applicants for one or two PhD graduate assistantships starting Fall 2017. Research in my lab focuses on the diversity and dynamics of microbiome along with the environmental gradients such as biogeochemical parameters, anthropogenic perturbation (climate change, antimicrobial agents etc) and spatial distribution. Research in my lab will involve field work (sampling and survey), lab work (genomic, transcriptomic and geochemical analyses) and computational work (multivariate statistics, geostatistics and statistical modeling). The student will have flexibility to explore questions that fall within the broad framework. The student is expected to have strong interests in ecology, microbiology, biogeochemistry and statistics. Applicants should be able to work independently, but also cooperatively with other members of the lab. An MS degree in biology, ecology, microbiology, or related field is preferred, though applicants without an MS degree, but with relevant research experience, will be considered. We offer a very competitive stipend with health insurance coverage and a full tuition waiver. Baylor affords outstanding research and teaching facilities. The Aquatic Ecology Lab is housed in the 500,000 sq. ft Baylor Sciences Building and recently moved into new expansion space to accommodate growth of the lab. Student offices are situated adjacent to the lab and other aquatic teaching and research labs, most notably the Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research (http://www.baylor.edu/crasr), an analytical laboratory supporting a suite of water, soil, and tissue chemical analyses. A stable-isotope mass spectrometer lab is also down just down the hall, one of several multi-user shared facilities offering state-of-the-art instrumentation. Off campus, the 180-acre Lake Waco Wetlands (http://www.lakewacowetlands.com) supports our new Baylor Experimental Aquatic Research (BEAR) outdoor stream facility (http://www.baylor.edu/aquaticlab/index.php?id=869250), one of the largest and most realistic experimental stream facilities in North America. Please review additional departmental admission guidelines for more information (http://www.baylor.edu/biology/index.php?id=68418). If interested, please contact me with your research interests and CV at [email protected].
