In collaborationwith Paul Hershberger, Field Station Leader and Research
Fisheries Biologist at the US Geological Survey's Marrowstone Marine
Field Station, the Wood Lab in the School of Aquatic and Fishery
Sciences, University of Washington in Seattle will accept a Master's
student to begin work on a herring disease project in the 2017-2018
school year.
The project will address spatial and temporal patterns of
/Ichth//yopho//nus/ sp. infection in Pacific herring (/Clupea
pallasii/). "Ich" is a protozoal parasite that affects many fish
species. Infection can be fatal or chronic. Research will focus on
identifying drivers of ich infection at the individual and population
scales through field sampling and lab work. The student will be based in
the Wood Lab in Seattle, but will be co-advised by Chelsea Wood and
PaulHershberger. Lab work may be conductedat Marrowstone or at the USGS
Western Fisheries Research Center in Seattle.
We seek a student with demonstrated interest and aptitude in parasite
ecology. Competitive candidates will have prior independent research
experience (e.g., undergraduate honors thesis), field/lab experience,
some statistics training, and excellent writing skills as demonstrated
in scientific publications. This opening for a Master's student is one
of two graduate positions currently available in the Wood Lab - for
details on each, click here:
http://www.chelsealwood.com/Chelsea_L._Wood/Prospective_students.html
SAFS is a world-class aquatic and fisheries science program. Between
2000 and 2014, SAFS students were awarded 19 National Science Foundation
graduate fellowships, eight National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant
Fellowships, and six Sea Grant Knauss Fellowships. SAFS prides itself
on providing excellent professional development opportunities, including
a very successful, student-run NSF graduate fellowship workshop,
opportunities for advanced quantitative training, and highly popular,
experiential-learning courses that teach research skills like
grant-writing and public speaking. More about SAFS' graduate program
can be found here:
https://fish.uw.edu/students/about-graduate-program/prospective-graduate-students/.
For information on other projects in the Wood Lab and and links to
related papers, please see the lab website at www.chelsealwood.com. For
more details on Paul Hershberger's research, please see his USGS
professional page: https://profile.usgs.gov/phershberger.
To apply, you will need to: (1)contact Paul ([email protected]) and
Chelsea ([email protected]) and (2) apply formally here:
https://fish.uw.edu/students/about-graduate-program/how-to-apply/. The
earlier you get in touch, the more time we have to discuss your
credentials and fit with the program, and the more likely you are to
succeed in the formal admissions process. The final deadline for
applications is 15 December.
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*Chelsea L. Wood, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Box 355020
Seattle, WA 98195-5020
cell: +1-831-324-3076
[email protected]
www.chelsealwood.com
