GRT in Environmental Biology

佛蒙特大学招收环境生物学研究生5人。这些学生将由佛蒙特大学（UVM）动物学系的8名教员进行培训。这群生物学家被选为科学领域的“卓越中心”：国家和国家科学基金会EPSCoR的联合基金将支持这群人继续进行研究，哈佛大学最近还为这群人增加了两名教员。EPSCoR基金还为研究生提供种子和旅行补助金。今天的环境生物学博士生必须将传统的领域和理论生态学与群体遗传学、系统发育分析和现代分子技术结合起来。每位学生将在epscor资助的分子生态学和进化实验室接受培训，并参加一系列关于生态理论，群体遗传学和系统发育分析的现代实验室课程。此外，UVM集群的8名教师中有5名从事生态和进化寄生虫学的研究，为该领域的学生培养提供了一个领先的中心。详细介绍了招收女性和多文化学生的具体计划。弗吉尼亚大学动物学学院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达成了协议。

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.