Graduate Assistantships in Mycology, The Field Museum

[Greg Mueller]

Graduate Assistantships in Mycology, The Field Museum

The Field Museum has one assistantship,funded through the NSF - PEET
program, available for a PhD student to work on a monographic study of
Chaetosphaeria or Lasiosphaeria (Sordariales, Ascomycetes).  The project
emphasizes training in 1) the diverse components of traditional
collections-based studies,  2) molecular techniques, phylogenetic
reconstruction, data handling and analysis and electronic dissemination of
information, and 3) tropical fieldwork. Experience in ascomycete studies is
advantageous.  The successful candidate will join a group of mycologists
using multidisciplinary approaches in systematic research.  Additional
sources of funding are available for outstanding students interested in
other aspects of fungal systematics and such students are invited to apply
for admittance to the program.  Field Museum Mycologists include Sabine
Huhndorf (nonlichenized Ascomycetes), Francois Lutzoni (lichenized fungi),
Gregory Mueller (macrofungi, especially Agaricales), and Qiuxin Wu
(macrofungi, primarily coral fungi).   Contact: Dr. Gregory M. Mueller,
Department of Botany, Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605. Phone: 312-922-9410
ext. 319. Fax: 312-427-2530. E-mail: mueller at fmnh.org.   Potential students
need to apply either to the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the
University of Illinois, Chicago or the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at
the University of Chicago.


Gregory M. Mueller                      phone: (312) 922-9410 ext. 319
Department of Botany                    FAX:   (312) 427-2530
The Field Museum                        e-mail: mueller at fmppr.fmnh.org
Chicago, IL 60605-2496