To prospective graduate students --
Thank you for your interest in my research group. Two key aspects of doing research in graduate school are (1) forming a question that you are interested in and (2) finding an approach that both answers your question that you have the capacity to use. Research in my lab is different than a lot of ‘typical’ EEB research in both of these aspects.
First, we primarily form theoretical questions. This means my lab will be a good fit for prospective students who are interested in asking what-if or under-what-conditions type questions about hypotheticals. Our research is not based on experimental work or observations, and so our findings will never tell you about what is going in an a particular ecological system. If you are driven by data, or are focused on a specific ecological system, I may not be the best advisor for you. That being said, for students interested in both theoretical and empirical questions, I am open to coadvising students jointly with another faculty member (read about other EEB graduate program faculty members here).
Second, we primarily use mathematical (not statistical) approaches to answer our questions. This means my lab will be a good fit for prospective students who have strong mathematical backgrounds (as evidenced by experience with theoretical modeling, having taken math or applied math classes in differential equations or dynamical systems, and/or having experience with computer programming in Matlab, R, etc) who know they enjoy this sort of approach.
If you are interested in potentially working with me, please first consider whether you are a good match in both of these aspects.
You can read more about the EEB graduate program via the program webpage, here.
Thank you for your interest in my research group. Two key aspects of doing research in graduate school are (1) forming a question that you are interested in and (2) finding an approach that both answers your question that you have the capacity to use. Research in my lab is different than a lot of ‘typical’ EEB research in both of these aspects.
First, we primarily form theoretical questions. This means my lab will be a good fit for prospective students who are interested in asking what-if or under-what-conditions type questions about hypotheticals. Our research is not based on experimental work or observations, and so our findings will never tell you about what is going in an a particular ecological system. If you are driven by data, or are focused on a specific ecological system, I may not be the best advisor for you. That being said, for students interested in both theoretical and empirical questions, I am open to coadvising students jointly with another faculty member (read about other EEB graduate program faculty members here).
Second, we primarily use mathematical (not statistical) approaches to answer our questions. This means my lab will be a good fit for prospective students who have strong mathematical backgrounds (as evidenced by experience with theoretical modeling, having taken math or applied math classes in differential equations or dynamical systems, and/or having experience with computer programming in Matlab, R, etc) who know they enjoy this sort of approach.
If you are interested in potentially working with me, please first consider whether you are a good match in both of these aspects.
You can read more about the EEB graduate program via the program webpage, here.