Graduate Positions in Plant Systematics

[Mark Fishbein]

Two graduate research assistantships in PLANT SYSTEMATICS (PhD
preferred) are available beginning January 2005 in the Department of
Biological Sciences at Mississippi State University.  Students
supported on these NSF funded assistantships will participate in
ongoing phylogenetic studies of Asclepias (Apocynaceae/Asclepiadaceae)
and develop their own independent projects.  Applicants with strong
backgrounds in molecular biology or computational biology are
especially encouraged to apply.  Stipends are $16,000 per year and may
be renewed for up to three years.  Applications will be evaluated as
they are received.

Ecology and evolutionary biology comprise a focal area for the
Department, with faculty conducting research in plant systematics and
evolution, pollination biology, plant ecology, stream ecology, avian
ecology, marine ecology, and genomics.  Information about the
Department and graduate studies can be found at
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/biosciences.  The Department is also the
home of an NSF funded REU program in Conservation Biology
(http://csmt.msstate.edu/html/REU/).  Mississippi State University is
located in a rural area in close proximity to a wide variety of natural
communities, including prairies; oak-hickory, mixed hardwood, and pine
forests; cedar glades; and wetlands.  The Gulf of Mexico and southern
Appalachians, as well as major cities (New Orleans, Atlanta, Memphis)
are within a 5-hour drive.

Interested persons should send a CV, statement of research interests,
GRE scores, unofficial transcripts, and names of three references, and
arrange for reference letters to be sent to: Dr.Mark Fishbein
(fish at biology.msstate.edu;
http://www.msstate.edu/dept/biosciences/fishbein/mf.html), Department
of Biological Sciences, Box GY, Mississippi State University,
Mississippi State, MS, 39762.

Mark Fishbein
Assistant Professor
Director, Miss. St. Univ. Herbarium (MISSA)
Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
P.O. Box GY
Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
ph: (662) 325-7577, -7570
fax: (662)325-7939
email: fish at biology.msstate.edu


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Mark Fishbein
Assistant Professor
Director, Miss. St. Univ. Herbarium (MISSA)
Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
P.O. Box GY
Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
ph: (662) 325-7577, -7570
fax: (662)325-7939
email: fish at biology.msstate.edu
url: http://www.msstate.edu/dept/biosciences/fishbein/mf.html
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