I am interested in accepting one or two new graduate students in the next year. The ongoing projects in the lab for which there are research funds include the experimental studies of evolution in Trinidad and the evolution of placentas in the fish family Poeciliidae. The facilities associated with these research programs include our well-equipped private field station in Trinidad, which includes experimental streams, my extensive vivarium facilities at UC Riverside and my two research labs. The labs are equipped with conventional equipment, including computers, compound and dissecting microscopes and electrobalances.
Our graduate program focuses on getting students started on research and out of the class room as quickly as possible. The number of required graduate courses is small (currently 2) and requirements can be fulfilled with part-time class room work in the first year. Students are mentored through a first year research project and encouraged to attend research conferences beginning on the first year. I encourage students to develop their own projects and to seek co-advisors in our program if they wish to design a project that spans our different areas of expertise. In the recent past I have co-advised students with Mark Springer, Tim Higham and Cheryl Hayashi.
Funding comes in the form of competitive fellowships from the graduate division and administration, training grants and teaching assistantships. Three of my students have received NSF graduate research fellowships.
Our graduate program focuses on getting students started on research and out of the class room as quickly as possible. The number of required graduate courses is small (currently 2) and requirements can be fulfilled with part-time class room work in the first year. Students are mentored through a first year research project and encouraged to attend research conferences beginning on the first year. I encourage students to develop their own projects and to seek co-advisors in our program if they wish to design a project that spans our different areas of expertise. In the recent past I have co-advised students with Mark Springer, Tim Higham and Cheryl Hayashi.
Funding comes in the form of competitive fellowships from the graduate division and administration, training grants and teaching assistantships. Three of my students have received NSF graduate research fellowships.
