Graduate Students

The Ecology and Evolutionion Biology graduate program at the University of Oklahoma combines the strengths of 35 faculty from the Zoology and Botany/Micro Departments as well as faculty from the Biological Survey, the Natural History Museum, and the Field Station. Teaching assistantships are available, and we help students develop their own funding.

If you are passionate about the biology of insect communities and want the time and resources to explore these interests, consider joining the AntLab as a graduate student. In the calendar year 2005 I am accepting applications from 1-2 students. Contact me for more details.

Undergraduates

We are always looking for bright, motivated undergraduates to join us. If you go to school at OU, you can join us during the school year, helping us sort through the thousands of litter critters we collect every field season, and learn how a biodiversity lab works. Many students go on to do undergraduate dissertations, carving out a question, and often going into the field (e.g., Panama and Costa Rica) to carry out their project.

Students from other schools, as well as OU, can join us during the field season. Currently, we have research assistantships available in the 2003 field season (May-August) for our litter biology project.  These assistantships can include weekly stipends of $100-$300, room and board in Panama or Costa Rica, and airfare. They are competitive, so contact me for more details.