GRT in Environmental Biology

格尔-9452643佛蒙特大学 我们要求在环境生物学的五个研究生研究培训的支持。 这些学生将由佛蒙特大学（UVM）动物学系的八名教师进行培训。 这一群生物学家被选为科学领域的“卓越中心”：州政府和NSF EPSCoR的联合资助将支持这一群生物学家继续进行研究，该大学最近为这一群生物学家增加了两名教师。 EPSCoR基金还为研究生提供种子和旅行赠款。 今天的环境生物学博士生必须将联合收割机传统领域和理论生态学与种群遗传学、系统发育分析和现代分子技术结合起来。 每个学生将在EPSCoR资助的分子生态学和进化实验室接受培训，并参加生态理论，种群遗传学和系统发育分析的一系列现代实验室课程。 此外，八个UVM集群教师中的五个进行生态和进化寄生虫学的研究，为培养学生在这一领域的领先中心。 详细说明了招收妇女和多文化学生的具体计划。 UVM动物学系的女性教师比例异常高，她们可以担任女学生的导师;该集群已经与HBCU的几个有前途的多元文化学生签订了协议。

GER-9452643 University of Vermont Schall We ask support for five Graduate Research Traineeships in Environmental Biology. These students will be trained by eight faculty in the Zoology Department of the University of Vermont (UVM). This cluster of biologists has been selected as a "center of excellence" in science: Joint state and NSF EPSCoR funding will support continuing research by the cluster, and the university has recently added two faculty to the group. The EPSCoR funds also provide seed and travel grants for graduate students. Today's doctoral students in environmental biology must combine traditional field and theoretical ecology with population genetics, phylogenetic analysis, and modern molecular techniques. Each student will receive training in an EPSCoR-funded Molecular Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, and take a series of modern laboratory courses in ecological theory, population genetics, and phylogenetic analysis. In addition, five of the eight UVM cluster faculty conduct research on ecological and evolutionary parasitology, providing a leading center for training students in this field. Specific plans for recruiting women and multicultural students are detailed. The UVM Zoology faculty consists of an unusually high proportion of women who can act as mentors for female students; the cluster already has in place agreements with several HBCU's locate promising multicultural students.