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From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
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Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Opportunities for Graduate Study
The Department of Biology at the University of South Dakota
(http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-sciences/biology/index.cfm) is accepting
applications from potential M.S. or Ph.D. students for Fall 2010. Excellent
opportunities for research exist on the nearby Missouri River
(http://www.usd.edu/missouri-river-institute/index.cfm), although our
faculty work in a diversity of other systems within the Great Plains and
elsewhere (including Hawaii, California Channel Islands, etc.).
Several faculty members conduct research in areas of aquatic and terrestrial
ecology, evolution, animal behavior and conservation biology, and are
potentially accepting students for Fall 2010:
Dr. Daniel Soluk ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr. Soluk's research involves population, community, and behavioral ecology
of aquatic organisms. He is currently conducting research on the
conservation of endangered aquatic organisms (dragonflies) and ecosystems
(Large Floodplain Rivers). For more information or to contact Dr. Soluk
directly see: http://people.usd.edu/~dsoluk/
Dr. Jacob Kerby ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr. Kerby's research focuses on the ecological impacts of both contaminants
and disease on amphibians. Recently, he received funding to determine the
prevalence of a chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatitis) in
amphibians found throughout the Midwest. In addition, he is interested in
how pesticides impact amphibians and in particular might alter their
susceptibility to disease. For more information or to contact him directly,
see his website: http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-sciences/biology/kerby.cfm
Dr. Mark Dixon ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr. Dixon is a landscape ecologist who studies the drivers of vegetation and
land cover change, with a particular focus on floodplain forests and their
biota (songbirds). Current interests/projects include:
* Mapping and characterization of calcareous fens in eastern South
Dakota
* Effects of flow regulation on landscape dynamics, vegetation, and
forest songbirds along the Missouri River
* Effects of climatic change and river flow management on cottonwood
recruitment
For more information, contact Dr. Dixon or see:
http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-sciences/biology/dixon.cfm.
Dr. David Swanson ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr. Swanson's research interests are broadly based in the areas of
ecological physiology, the evolution of physiological adaptation in animals
(particularly vertebrates), and ornithology. With specific research foci
including adaptation to cold in birds, freezing tolerance and overwintering
strategies in amphibians, and woodland and wetland habitat use by migrating
and breeding birds in the northern prairie region. Research includes
ecological (field oriented), organismal, biochemical and molecular
approaches. For more information, contact Dr. Swanson or see:
http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-sciences/biology/swanson.cfm
Dr. Molly Nepokroeff ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr. Nepokroeff's research focuses on phylogeography and systematics of
plants, particularly in the Hawaiian Islands, and plant evolutionary
ecology. Research includes field based collecting and studies, and
molecular approaches to address phylogeography of Hawaiian but would welcome
graduate student projects of regional Great Plains plants or other regions
or floristics projects. Additionally, she recently funding for a 9-12
month NSF supported research assistantship available for a graduate student
to be involved in databasing USD's herbarium collection (SDU). This
project is a subaward for a larger multi-institution effort to database the
vascular plants of the Missouri River Plateau. For more information,
please contact her directly at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
Please see website at: http://people.usd.edu/~mnepokro/
Dr. John Swallow ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr. Swallow's research interests are broadly based in the areas of
evolutionary physiology, locomotor behavior, and sexual selection. Current
research focuses on trade-offs between secondary sexual ornaments,
locomotion and fitness in stalk-eyed flies. Research includes ecological,
organismal, biomechanical and behavioral approaches. For more information,
contact Dr. Swallow or see:
http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-sciences/biology/swallow.cfm
All of these faculty members are potentially accepting students for Fall
2010. Please contact them individually if interested. For more information
on the graduate program, see
http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-sciences/biology/graduate.cfm. Applications
received by February 15, 2010 will receive first consideration for fall
admission, although later applications may also be considered.
Mark D. Dixon
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: (605) 677-6567
Fax: (605) 677-6557
Email: [log in to unmask]
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