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

格尔-9553386斯坦顿本提案概述了一个多学科的博士生高级培训计划，将通过加州大学戴维斯分校人口生物学中心进行协调。 CPB是一个新成立的团体，在研究生教育和研究方面取得了巨大成就;高素质的申请人很快就被我们年轻的博士课程所吸引。将不同的学者聚集在一起，CPB促进了当代人口生物学背景下的环境生物学跨学科教育。一个广泛的综合领域，使用复杂的分析技术，人口生物学解决生态，进化，行为和遗传机制的核心环境生物学。我们的计划直接涉及生物多样性，濒危物种和社区恢复过程。 GRT培训将提供资金，以增加博士入学水平，我们的教师和支持设施准备容纳。加州大学戴维斯分校已承诺为这一GRT倡议提供重要的匹配支持。我们创新方法的一个主要组成部分是与旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学的财团安排，这将指导不同的学生进入我们的环境生物学博士课程。 SFSU培养高素质和有准备的硕士生，包括大量的妇女和少数民族。

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.