A Graduate Training Program in Environmental Biology: From Genes to Communities

GER-9553386斯坦顿这项提案概述了一项针对博士生的多学科高级培训计划，该计划将通过加州大学戴维斯分校的人口生物学中心进行协调。CPB是一个新成立的团体，拥有在研究生教育和研究方面取得巨大成就的师资队伍；高素质的申请者很快就被我们的年轻博士项目所吸引。CPB将不同的学者聚集在一起，在当代人口生物学的背景下促进环境生物学的跨学科教育。种群生物学是一个广泛的综合领域，使用复杂的分析技术，研究环境生物学核心的生态、进化、行为和遗传机制。我们的计划直接与生物多样性、濒危物种和社区恢复进程有关。GRT实习生将提供资金，将博士入学人数增加到我们的教职员工和支持设施准备好容纳的水平。加州大学戴维斯分校已承诺为这一GRT倡议提供大量匹配支持。我们创新方法的一个主要组成部分是与旧金山州立大学的联合安排，这将引导不同的学生进入我们的环境生物学博士项目。南加州州立大学培养出高素质和有准备的硕士研究生，其中包括大量的女性和少数民族。

GER-9553386 Stanton This proposal outlines a multi- disciplinary program of advanced training for doctoral students, to be coordinated through the Center for Population Biology at UC Davis. The CPB is a newly-formed group with established faculty of great accomplishment in graduate education and research; highly qualified applicants have been quickly attracted to our young doctoral program. Bringing diverse scholars together, the CPB facilitates interdisciplinary education in environmental biology within the context of contemporary population biology. A broadly synthetic field using sophisticated analytical techniques, population biology addresses ecological, evolutionary, behavioral, and genetic mechanisms at the heart of environmental biology. Our program pertains directly to biodiversity, endangered species, and processes of community restoration. GRT traineeships would provide the funds to increase PhD enrollment to levels that our faculty and support facilities are prepared to accommodate. Significant matching support has been pledged by UC Davis for this GRT initiative. A major component of our innovative approach is a consortial arrangement with San Francisco State University, which will direct diverse students into our PhD program in environmental biology. SFSU produces highly qualified and prepared Master's students, including large numbers of women and minorities.