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Students & Postdocs
Information for prospectives
Information
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prospectives
A
note to prospective students and postdocs:
Projects in my lab can include a broad array of topics in the areas of theoretical population, community, and evolutionary ecology. A primary focus is the application of this ecological theory to conservation management, particularly (but not exclusively) in marine systems. Lab members will likely find themselves using similar quantitative tools to address a variety of ecological questions in an array of different systems. A collaborative attitude and atmosphere where all lab members share ideas across this variation is a vital part of the lab dynamic. For more details on current research topics, please visit the research page of this site.
With respect to graduate student projects, students in my lab will construct primarily theoretical theses focused on dynamical models (i.e., using mathematical modeling and computer simulations), but I encourage having at least one empirical (field or lab) project to help better understand the context of the theory they develop. Pursuing such a project will require the student to seek out a secondary mentor who has the empirical expertise to provide the relevant guidance; UC Davis is a highly collaborative institution with many great opportunities for this. Analogously, for students who are pursuing primarily empirical theses on topics related to the research in our group and are interested in incorporating a theoretical project, I am happy to discuss serving as a secondary mentor.
If you are considering applying to the lab, please email me (mlbaskett(at)ucdavis.edu) with a CV and brief description of your research interests. For prospective graduate students, note that I accept students through the Graduate Group in Ecology and the Population Biology Graduate Group.
For a good article on advice on apply to graduate school, see http://www.esa.org/education_diversity/webDocs/articlesPrimer.php.
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